UC Irvine |
UC Irvine launches Shakespeare center
UCI Shakespeare Center aims to become the premier institution in California for the integrated production, study and enjoyment of the Bard's works.
UC Riverside |
Fear of Islam in America
Reza Aslan challenges the stigmas and stereotypes affecting Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
UC Newsroom |
UC scholars win Guggenheim fellowships
Thirteen fellows from seven campuses are among the newly named honorees for 2015.
Los Angeles Times |
UC Berkeley among top 10 college museums
Cal — with six natural history museums, among others — is the only school in the West to break into CollegeRank's top 10.
University of California |
Public records: Nelson Gallery
UC Davis' Nelson Gallery is home to the UC Davis Fine Arts Collection — more than 5,000 works, including the work of Davis’ own faculty associated with the California Funk art movement: Arneson, Thiebaud, Wiley, Gilhooley, de Forest and more. Another example of the power of public.
UC Santa Barbara |
Speaking in the vernacular
Library of Congress adds Vernacular Wax Cylinder Recordings collection to the National Recording Registry.
UCLA Magazine |
True colors: Hollywood’s diversity dilemma
The country has never been so diverse — but not so in Hollywood. The numbers of nonwhite and female actors and others in the entertainment industry remain distressingly low.
UC San Diego |
Singing their hearts out
UC San Diego Gospel Choir tops the charts among students.
High Country News |
Most native tongues of the West are all but lost
Of the roughly 70 Native languages still spoken in the region, many are down to their last speakers. A UC Santa Cruz linguist is helping to preserve aspects of these languages.
UCLA |
Researchers document disaster recovery in, around Fukushima
Video, photos, interviews and mapping tools capture the extent of damage four years after the 2011 quake and tsunami.
UC Santa Cruz |
New book explores myth of secularism in contemporary France
Anthropology professor Mayanthi Fernando’s new book provides insight to understanding Islamic culture and secularism in contemporary France.
UCLA |
Exhibition in war-torn Syria celebrates UCLA archaeological discovery
While war rages in Syria, that country's people can still experience the culture and history of the region’s Mesopotamian roots through an exhibit made possible by a Kurdish nonprofit organization and UCLA archaeologist Giorgio Buccellati.