Brown, a veteran professor and administrator at UC Santa Barbara and former chair of the UC Academic Senate, has been named UC provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs.

“Alex Bustamante was selected for this critical position at the university based on his impressive career focused on legal and compliance matters,” said President Napolitano.

  Reflecting its commitment to sustainability, UC has received a “Leadership in Greener Purchasing Award for Public University Sector” from Office Depot. Office Depot annually assesses spend patterns across their largest customers and UC was named an award

By Andy Murdock, UCOP Communications Strategist The arrival of summer in the U.S. means Fourth of July parades, picnics, barbecues, camping. It also means the return of something much less pleasant: mosquitoes, ready to suck

The preliminary admissions numbers also show increases in the proportion of Californians from historically underrepresented groups, as well as those from low-income families.

The university’s Whistleblower Policy provides multiple avenues for employees to bring forward concerns of potential misconduct.

Participant registration closes this Friday, July 14.

Scientists at UC Natural Reserve System’s Hastings Natural History Reservation have gained a whole new perspective on the acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus) they’ve watched for decades. The birds turn out to be a lot more sly and strategic

These new procedures, which campuses must locally implement by no later than Sept. 1, follow the systemwide model UC issued last year for cases involving students.

  The first annual University of California People Management Conference will be held in Los Angeles on Aug. 2-3, 2017 (with a networking reception on Aug. 1). Participant registration for the conference closes on July

  For three UC alums, the horizon now stretches into the vastness of space itself: Jessica Watkins (UCLA, Ph.D. ’15), Robb Kulin (UC San Diego, Ph.D. ‘10) and Warren “Woody” Hoburg (UC Berkeley, M.S. ’11,