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.
UCLA |

UCLA Library launches L.A. Aqueduct platform

Research resource coincides with 100th anniversary of the aqueduct's opening.
UCLA |

Save Laurel and Hardy's films

UCLA is kicking off a major preservation effort to restore its surviving negatives of Laurel and Hardy. You can help, too.