The 25-year staffer, who is currently UC Merced's ombuds, will join Donna Coyne of UC Santa Barbara to serve a two-year term as staff advisor to the UC Regents.

UC has become the first major U.S. higher education institution to clearly define privacy and establish guiding principles and a framework to address privacy issues.

UC President Janet Napolitano will appoint a President’s Advisory Group on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues to create a more inclusive environment for UC's LGBT students, faculty and staff.

Policy-covered employees eligible for UCRP on June 30, 2013, will be subject to the eligibility rules that were in place as of that date.

Neurologist Stanley Prusiner was among the faculty from UCSF and other U.S. medical centers who spoke at the New York Times Health for Tomorrow conference at Mission Bay on May 29.

UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry Yang has established a new fund to honor the students who died in the Isla Vista shooting.

President Napolitano met with Mexican government officials and distinguished academics and researchers, as part of a broad UC-Mexico initiative aimed at strengthening ties between the university and Mexico.