Saturday, April 25

State budget delays have little direct effect on UC

California’s state budget is more than 20 days overdue, yet financial analysts and University of California officials are little more than perturbed about the delay. Negotiations over the state budget between the Legislature’s Democratic majority and Republican Gov. Read more...


Medicine professor, 90, dies of kidney failure

A pioneer in the field of pediatric cardiology, a medical mentor and a best friend to a former University of California president, Dr. Arthur J. Moss, a professor emeritus at the David Geffen School of Medicine, died July 14 of kidney failure. Read more...



Regents consider GPA increase

In a time of budget crisis and scarce resources, statistics show that eligible underrepresented students would be mostly affected, and hundreds would have to be turned away if new UC eligibility requirements are approved next month. Read more...


Exotic cats come out to play

Conservationists from the savannas of Africa and the rainforests of Brazil struggled with a technological glitch in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom during a conservation exhibition Saturday, proving they’re more comfortable with wildcats than with computer projectors. Read more...


Los Alamos lab work halted

All operations at the UC-run Los Alamos National Laboratory were halted Friday resulting from a loss of classified material earlier this month. Lab officials say there are no definitive dates when the lab will resume work. Read more...


Science briefs

Cholesterol drugs may be prescribed for profit TRENTON, N.J. “”mdash; Most of the heart disease experts who urged more people to take cholesterol-lowering drugs have made money from the companies selling those medicines. Read more...