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.

The Fair Wage/Fair Work Plan, which requires that all UC employees hired to work at least 20 hours a week be paid at least $15 per hour, will be phased in over the next three years.

UC continues to stand apart from both public and private research universities in educating large numbers of socioeconomically disadvantaged students, according to the university's annual Accountability Report.

In its first year, the University of California's Global Food Initiative launched food security efforts on every campus, held statewide conferences on sustainable fisheries and food justice, and appointed more than 50 student fellows to pursue projects.

A University of California initiative to reduce costs and improve quality across UC's five academic medical centers has saved more than $70 million in its first year.