In the second meeting in as many weeks to discuss executive compensation, the UC Board of Regents on Monday was rebuked yet again for its accountability and compensation practices. Read more...

For Harley Kornblum, the ability of a stem cell to renew itself piqued his interest. For Jerome Zack, pursuing stem cell research was a natural transition in his work. Read more...

Though a judge recently rejected a challenge to the legality of Proposition 71 ““ the 2004 act that gave embryonic stem cell research $3 billion in state funds ““ debate continues over how stem cells will be researched and where scientists will receive the funding to do so. Read more...

As details continue to surface regarding the excesses in University of California executive compensation, a new report shows faculty salaries at colleges and universities across the nation have been taking hits in recent years. Read more...

UCLA will offer a new intensive language program this summer that will use Los Angeles’ language-rich community in teaching students to speak, read and write. The program, “Language Intensives in L.A.,” will feature classes in seven tongues: Spanish, Arabic and Russian, along with Amharic, spoken in Ethiopia, Catalan, spoken around Barcelona in Spain, and Swahili and Yoruba, spoken in Tanzania and Nigeria, respectively. Read more...

Working in a tradition of trailblazers, it is not hard to see why environmentally conscious students on campus can turn Earth Day into Earth Week. Contributing to a grassroots movement over 35 years old, students are taking advantage of the whole week to share facts about current policy issues and educate others about water conservation and environmentally friendly practices. Read more...

Michael Heim, professor of Slavic languages and literatures, took up French in 1956. It fulfilled a foreign language requirement at his Staten Island high school. Two years later, he began learning German. Read more...