University of the Pacific News

The American Association of Endodontists recognized six individuals with the organization's highest honors and awards during its recent 2012 Annual Session in Boston.

Heaven knows we've seen our share of dire predictionsA down San Francisco Chronicle way, so when I see something rosy, I want to share it with you.

When this year's graduating class entered college in the fall of 2008, the United States economy was in free fall.

Two new members were elected and a third was re-elected to University of the Pacific's Board of Regents last month.

The subprime mortgage crisis hit. Lehman Bros. collapsed. Billions of dollars in bailouts were being passed out.

Stockton Rotary members Susan Drake, left, Judy Chambers and Karen Munro mark the 25-year anniversary of the date the club first allowed women in during a luncheon at the Stockton Golf and Country Club earlier this month.

Though it was a sparse crowd, none-the-less the first of several events honoring Harvey Milk, last Tuesday, was exciting, informative, and meaningful.

Two University of the Pacific students are in the San Joaquin County Jail on suspicion of sexual assault, the university confirmed Friday.

The University Plaza Waterfront Hotel is a must-see this summer for families and students scouting for a place to honor dads and grads.

She sincerely believed in the power of education to create personal success and to shape good citizenry.

Ceremony: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012, at the University of the Pacific Spanos Center, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton Notable: The Class of 2012 is noted for its academic success and for an unprecedented number of students moving on to college, according to Principal James Davis.

Supervisor Leroy Ornellas, running for state Senate District 5, signed the Americans for Tax Reform no-tax pledge the other day.

For the fourth straight year and fifth time in the last six seasons, St. Mary's-Stockton won the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I South title by beating Buhach Colony 9-1 at University of the Pacific.

More people are ready to hit the road for the coming Memorial Day weekend because it's more affordable at the pump.

Bob Benedetti is a political science professor at Stockton's University of the Pacific.

A recent graduate of California State University, Stanislaus, won a Fulbright award, becoming the campus's first student to earn that achievement.

Terry Ehrich ran Hemmings and readily accepted Lamm's idea of starting a new magazine called Special-Interest Autos .

Though the rate dropped nearly a percentage point from March to April of this year, that's because more people have given up looking for work, said Jeff Michael, director of the Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacific.

Students from Stockton, Tracy, Modesto and Merced came together April 27 at the San Joaquin County Office of Education Wentworth Education Building to pitch their next "big idea" at the Junior Achievement Be Entrepreneurial Business Plan Challenge.

A former Santa Catalina High School student has been chosen to receive a prestigious award designed to pave the way for a career with the U.S. Foreign Service.