The University of California recently began a months-long search for its new president, following current UC President Mark Yudof’s announcement that he will step down from his position in late August.

A federal appeals court declared a voter-approved ban on affirmative action to be unconstitutional in Michigan last week ““ a case that experts say may impact a similar ban in California if it makes its way to the Supreme Court.

With Election Day less than two weeks away, students from outside the Los Angeles area who cannot go to the polling booths are looking for alternative ways to cast their vote.

California voters will determine the fate of Proposition 30, which would raise the California sales tax by a quarter of a cent for four years, as well as income taxes on households that earn $250,000 or more annually for seven years.

The governor encouraged students to register to vote and to educate themselves about the tax measure, which has garnered mixed reactions from California voters in recent months.

Rain pelts a windy road on a stormy, summer night.

Starting in fall 2014, California community college students looking to transfer to UCLA may be able to register for their courses earlier than students who do not have immediate plans for exiting the community college system, officials announced this month.

An increasing number of college students are turning away from traditional methods of note-taking, instead looking for other ways to keep track of their coursework.

Janet Liang, UCLA alumna and a prominent figure in the push for more bone marrow donations for Asian Americans, died Sept. 12 in Houston, Texas after a three-year battle with leukemia.

An elderly Japanese woman would sit alone at a round table tucked away in a corner of the large room, trying to put together a puzzle.