President Obama to deliver UCI commencement speech

President Barack Obama will give the commencement address at UC Irvine after thousands of students, staff, faculty and alumni requested his appearance, the White House announced Thursday. Obama’s address will commemorate the 50th anniversary of UC Irvine’s founding. Fifty years ago, former president Lyndon B. Johnson helped dedicate UC Irvine’s groundbreaking. “We are thrilled that […]

UCLA lands five-star QB recruit Josh Rosen

Five-star quarterback recruit Josh Rosen announced a verbal commitment to UCLAon Thursday. Rosen ranks as Rivals.com’s No. 1 prospect at the position in the class of 2015. The Bruins have not captured a five-star quarterback prospect since Brett Hundley’s arrival in 2011. With Hundley a de facto entrant in the 2015 NFL Draft, Rosen figures […]

UC medical centers to collaborate, reduce costs

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents announced a project Thursday to cut costs at the UC’s five medical centers in the face of declining revenues. The “Leveraging Scale for Value” plan, presented to the board at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference Center during the second day of its bimonthly meeting, […]