University Of California At San Francisco

Two women, one a noted cancer researcher and the other an electrical engineering expert and veteran academic administrator, were nominated Friday to become chancellors at UC San Francisco and UC Davis, respectively. Currently, only one woman, Marye Anne Fox at UC San Diego, heads any of the system's 10 campuses.

A powerful U.S. senator has demanded more information about the financial health of UC San Francisco's medical school, raising questions about whether the entire University of California system may be mismanaging federal research funds. Sen. Charles E.