UC Irvine chancellor to oversee center’s administration, begin search for executive director.
Ralph Bunche: The peacemaker
How UC legend Ralph Bunche brokered peace.
Battling bias
A freshman seminar series on prejudice aims to teach tolerance and encourage activism.
How storybook lessons impart scholastic success
Differences in children's literature in the U.S., Mexico and China may help explain academic performance.
First Thiebaud paintings uncrated for upcoming exhibition
The first exhibition devoted to Thiebaud's artistic maturation opens Jan. 16 at Manetti Shrem.
New center aims to nourish your empathy — with art
Dacher Keltner helps launch the art world’s first ‘empathy center,’ using the power of art to induce compassion.
Former street kid fulfills educational promise with Ph.D.
Marcus Shaw turns his troubled past into an area of study and fuel for his own academic achievement.
The new science of acting
Cognitive scientists are helping actors infuse characters with genuine memories, feelings and personalities.
We'll always have ‘Casablanca’
As the beloved film turns 75, a scholar reflects on its enduring relevance.
Conversations I wish I had
Death is not a dirty word to alumna Morgan Brown, whose art projects take on mortality taboos.
UC seeks applicants for its Free Speech Fellowship Program
Fellows selected by the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement will lead the way on issues related to the First Amendment.
Fellowship applications open for UC’s National Center for Free Speech
Starting today (Nov. 9), the University of California will accept applications from individuals interested in joining the inaugural group of fellows for its National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement in Washington, D.C. The fellowship program is the cornerstone of the university’s newly established center, which aims to explore the timely, critical issue of free speech on our nation’s college campuses and in society as a whole.