Scotland was home to the G-8 summit last week, where the leaders of eight industrialized nations gathered to decide how they were going to behave in and toward the rest of the world in the years to come. Read more...

After nearly six months of unsuccessful negotiations with the University of California, nurses at UC medical and health centers voted last week to authorize the first strike in their union’s 21-year relationship with the university. Read more...

No University of California students are believed to be among those killed or injured in the terrorist bombings of three subway trains and one double-decker bus during the morning rush hour Thursday in London. Read more...

We should all be hoping for a swing voter. Realistically, that’s the best we can get when it comes to replacing retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Read more...

LA JOLLA “”mdash; With the faint cheers of “U.S.A” in the background off the coast of San Diego, four UCLA women’s water polo players illustrated exactly why the Bruins’ water polo program has dominated the rest of the nation in recent history. Read more...

The University of California has reached a tentative agreement with the University Council-American Federation of Teachers union for a contract extension for lecturers, UC officials announced last week. Read more...

The UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science has announced the development of a new Water Technology Research Center to improve methods of water conversion from salt water to potable water and to integrate these methods with more efficient and cost-effective energy sources. Read more...