UC Berkeley |
Townsend Center: incubating inspiration in the humanities
Celebrating its 25-year annniversary, Townsend Center for the Humanities is igniting free-ranging conversations among faculty and students.
UCLA |
Book traces Panthers' evolution into global role
Joshua Bloom's "Black Against Empire" recasts the Black Panther Party as pioneer in worldwide revolutionary politics.
UCLA |
Jazz legends named professors
Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter will mentor select students in Herb Alpert School of Music.
UCLA Today |
What traditional societies can teach us
Author and professor Jared Diamond discusses what modern societies, such as ours, can learn from small-scale cultures.
UC Riverside |
A poem for Newtown's dead
Poet laureate memorializes shooting victims, invites others to add verses to nationwide project.
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New book recounts history of Indian boarding school
Historians co-author first collection of images and voices focused on an off-reservation Indian boarding school.
UC Office of the President |
Morrill Act: honoring our land grant history
150 years ago, legislation spawned the University of California; its principles are still at work.
UC San Diego |
Culture heritage center celebrates anniversary
Research center focused on technology and cultural heritage has become an important player in efforts to study, preserve historic artifacts.
UC Irvine |
Growing up, 'geeking out'
Your kid is gaining useful skills playing Starcraft II, says UC Irvine cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito.
UC San Diego |
Search for lost da Vinci mural
UC San Diego researchers make progress in search for masterpiece.
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A year of protest, progress and a very special prize
Just as Time magazine named the Protester as its person of the year, so did unrest shape much of 2011 for the University of California.
Reverberations from January and February's anti-Mubarek protests in Egypt were felt halfway around the world, as UC took emergency measures to evacuate 30 students, faculty and staff enrolled in a study abroad program and taking part in an archaeological dig.
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Historians seek Port Chicago survivor accounts
Officials at the University of California, Berkeley's Regional Oral History Office are looking for first-hand accounts of the 1944 Port Chicago explosion that helped desegregate the U.S. military.