UC Newsroom |
Honors for faculty, students
Riverside English professor is a finalist for the prestigious National Book Award in Poetry; Santa Cruz grad students' interactive fiction honored at IndieCade games festival.
UCLA |
Egyptologist gives new life to female pharaoh
No usurper, Hatshepsut was just really good at her job, according to new biography.
UC Berkeley |
Berkeley and the making of Yosemite
Digital book brings to life the revered national park that's marking its 150th anniversary.
UC Santa Cruz |
Film professor’s original animation debuts on PBS.org
Unconventional short film uses humor, hip hop and comic book-style animation to tell fascinating story of revolt in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
UCLA |
Visual poetry breaks through boundaries of art
Professor Jennifer Steinkamp won a national award for her video installation "Murmuration."
UC Santa Cruz |
Study traces ecological collapse over 6,000 years of Egyptian history
Ancient Egyptian artworks help scientists reconstruct how animal communities changed as climate became drier and human populations grew.
UCLA |
Archive unveils digitized speeches from turbulent Sixties
UCLA’s communication studies department has posted full speeches given on campus between 1962 and 1973, featuring major figures of the era such as Cesar Chavez, Lenny Bruce, Jane Fonda and Eldridge Cleaver.
UC Riverside |
Sci-fi fan photographer leaves collection to UC Riverside
Jay Kay Klein gift includes thousands of author, fan photos and endowment to support Eaton Collection.
UC Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz alum wins Emmy for ‘True Detective’
Cary Joji Fukunaga takes award for directing HBO drama.
Academy of American Poets |
Professor, poet Robert Hass receives Wallace Stevens Award
UC Berkeley English professor Robert Hass has received the Wallace Stevens Prize from the Academy of American Poets, adding to his honors that already include a Pulitzer Prize and serving as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 1995 to 1997.
UCLA |
Mural in student lounge rediscovered as campus treasure
Painting by acclaimed artist Terry Schoonhoven is one of his last remaining murals.
UC San Diego |
Learn to code while playing Minecraft
A team of computer scientists has developed a software package that allows users to learn how to program while playing the popular video game.