UCTV |
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Angela Davis discusses the latest film about her life with producer Sidra Smith and moderator Dr. Gaye Theresa Thompson.
UCLA |
Center marks half century as hub for medieval and Renaissance scholars
Center for Medieval Renaissance Studies innovates with inclusion of scholars from wide-ranging disciplines and farflung cultures beyond a Eurocentric focus.
UCLA |
Oscar bait or pandering to the audience?
Researchers reveal the logic behind the tough decisions studios make about what films to make.
NPR |
How language seems to shape one's view of the world
Research suggests that speaking another language fluently changes what you pay attention to and how you remember events.
Los Angeles Times |
Susan Straight on the lessons of the mixed-race novel
Novelist, UC Riverside professor brings personal perspective to writing on racial identity.
Phys.org |
Valley Girl speech shifts to males
It's, like, 'uptalk' everywhere else, and more and more young SoCal men talk like that too.
UCLA |
Assignment: assembling a portrait of Los Angeles
City project allows photographer to take an unorthodox view of Los Angeles.
UC Newsroom |
JFK: Fifty years on
Looking back at President Kennedy's assassination a half century ago.
UCLA |
Film archive footage captures the Kennedy era
If you tuned in to watch the PBS documentary, “American Experience: JFK,” earlier this week, you saw historical footage taken from the holdings of the UCLA Film and Television Archive — including clips of John F. Kennedy during his presidential campaign and his nomination at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, a London meeting with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and the president returning from West Palm Beach on crutches.
UC Santa Barbara |
JFK presidency: what was, what might have been
Fifty years after his assassination, scholars examine John Kennedy's accomplishments and the work he left undone.
UC Irvine |
Whirlwind tour of spirituality
Students, faculty and staff explore the world’s great faith — and non-faith — traditions.
UC Berkeley |
Berkeley library readies Pat Brown archive
Former governor's documents will open a window to California political history in the 20th century.