UC Natural Reserve System |
Raising an invisible barn
Environmental art project at Sagehen Creek Field Station is designed to provoke questions about the presence of people in nature.
UCLA |
Linguist, Indians use social media to revive extinct language
Gabrielino-Tongva descendants learn Tongva through professor's Facebook page.
UCLA |
A grand finale for conductor extraordinaire
Donald Neuen officially retired at the age of 80 with a stirring concert at UCLA's Royce Hall.
Fig. 1 by University of California |
Into the archives of animation
Long before Pixar and today's CGI special effects extravaganzas, early animators of the silent era introduced new techniques into filmmaking.
UC Riverside |
Pulitzer Prize-winning author to teach at UC Riverside
Jane Smiley joins distinguished faculty of the Department of Creative Writing.
UCLA |
Rare documentary about early Japanese immigrants resurfaces
After 30 years, film about first-generation Issei in California reaches new audiences.
California Magazine |
Hunt for Depression-era national park posters leads to Berkeley
Surviving prints, commissioned by the WPA and printed at UC Berkeley, were sought for "POSTERity."
UC Merced |
Bringing attention to overlooked artists
Art history professor is on a detective mission to find works produced by Asian-American artists from the early 20th century.
Fig. 1 by University of California |
Renegades of bike culture
Today’s hipsters and their fixies are not the first to embody the too-cool-for-school persona of the cyclist.
California Magazine |
Cal’s plan to shrink a big, impersonal campus
Berkeley Connect is Cal’s plan to shrink a big, impersonal campus and reintroduce elements of the small liberal arts college experience.
UCLA |
New book explores L.A.'s Nisei girls clubs
A UCLA historian explores the vast network of social clubs that helped Japanese-American girls navigate the prejudice and exclusion they faced in Los Angeles between 1920 and 1950.
UC Davis |
Law students seek to right historic wrong with posthumous California Bar admission of Chinese lawyer
Law students seek posthumous California Bar admission of Chinese lawyer who was denied license in 1890.