In spring quarter, a new set of seminars will give UCLA students the opportunity to study everything from peak oil to 1980s pop culture. But instead of being taught by professors, students in these seminars will be taught by their peers. Read more...

With dimmed lights and synthetic fog creeping underneath the classroom doorway, Melvin Jimenez hopes to take students back in time to the beat of Billy Idol, where mullets ruled and leggings were a staple. Read more...

More than 150 University of California students lobbied at the steps of the state capitol Monday, asking state legislators to make access and affordability of a UC education a top priority. Read more...

UCLA will be playing a part in addressing drug abuse worldwide as it begins coordinating a global network of drug abuse resource centers. The Integrated Substance Abuse Program at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior has been chosen by the United Nations to coordinate and oversee an international network of drug treatment and rehabilitation centers. Read more...

Putting stem cell research in California in jeopardy, the Institute of Regenerative Medicine went on trial Monday, as taxpayer groups questioned the constitutionality of Proposition 71 in state law. Read more...

Editor’s note: This is second in a three part series about compensation and salaries at UCLA. Part three will run Wednesday. When salaries are compared in terms of gender at UCLA, differences abound. Read more...

In an example of the rapid expansion of stem cell research in the state of California, USC announced late last week plans to build a new stem cell research institute on its health sciences campus. Read more...