UC President Janet Napolitano. (Photo courtesy of the UC Office of the President)

University of California President Janet Napolitano has announced that she plans to step down in August after seven years at the head of the UC system.

Napolitano, the first female president of the system that includes 10 campuses, five medical centers and three nationally affiliated labs, made the announcement at the UC Board of Regents meeting in Los Angeles on Sept 18.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.