This post was updated March 9 at 3:57 p.m. The University of California made a two-year open-access agreement Feb. 19 with the Public Library of Science, which researchers say is part of an upending of the traditional academic publishing model. Read more...

Photo: The University of California announced a two-year open-access agreement Feb. 19 with the Public Library of Science, under the deal, the UC Library will cover the first $1,000 of the article processing charges required for researchers to publish in PLOS journals. (Daily Bruin file photo)