Launching Oct. 6 and running through Dec. 10, the first Cool Campus Challenge aims to get everyone across the UC system on board with the carbon neutrality effort with a bit of friendly competition to get things moving.

Dr. Laura Esserman is filled with hope this Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The UC San Francisco surgeon is gearing up for a five-year study that will tap into technology to improve breast cancer screening and patient outcomes.

UC will increase the minimum wage for employees, including contract workers, on Thursday, Oct. 1, the first stage of a three-year plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2017.

In his talk at UCOP last week, UC San Diego atmospheric scientist Veerabhadran "Ram" Ramanathan spoke of climate disruption, working with the Vatican and UC as a leader in carbon and climate stability.

President Janet Napolitano will be interviewed today by PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley about higher education, immigration and global terrorism.

Can video games be an effective teaching tool in the classroom? UC San Diego computer scientist Sarah Guthals believes they can be.

UC President Janet Napolitano has appointed a systemwide task force of UC faculty, staff and administrators to help develop a new set of retirement benefits options for UC to offer future employees hired on or after July 1, 2016.

California's startup economy is booming — a phenomenon that owes no small debt to the three-dozen incubators and accelerators operating across the University of California system.

Looking for a book to round out your summer reading list? You could take a look at any number of best sellers lists — or you could check out the UC Berkeley Reading List for New Students.