New Edie and Lew Wasserman Building to revamp facilities of Stein Plaza, housing Jules Stein Eye Institute and two departments of the David Geffen School of Medicine

A state-of-the-art research center slated to open in 2014 in Stein Plaza will boast 3-D surgical imaging technology, new programs to treat eye diseases and a patient-centered approach to care that experts say is the first of its kind in the U.S.

UC examines proposal to assume care for California prisons in bid to alleviate the state’s budget problems

The UC Board of Regents weighed the possibility of managing the state prison health care system in a public discussion Thursday in San Francisco, marking the first step in an ongoing University of California investigation into the topic.