Annual report evaluates programs in business, law, medicine, engineering and education.

Christopher Reynolds' vast music knowledge underscores his teaching talent.

New book explores the changing cultural scene in the iconic city since Hurricane Katrina.

David Delgado Shorter set up a wiki where speakers of languages at risk of extinction can post audio, chat or create a dictionary.

Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie among luminaries sharing tales in a new class aimed at future industry insiders.

Celebrating its 25-year annniversary, Townsend Center for the Humanities is igniting free-ranging conversations among faculty and students.

Joshua Bloom's "Black Against Empire" recasts the Black Panther Party as pioneer in worldwide revolutionary politics.

Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter will mentor select students in Herb Alpert School of Music.

Author and professor Jared Diamond discusses what modern societies, such as ours, can learn from small-scale cultures.

Poet laureate memorializes shooting victims, invites others to add verses to nationwide project.

Historians co-author first collection of images and voices focused on an off-reservation Indian boarding school.

150 years ago, legislation spawned the University of California; its principles are still at work.