UCLA |

‘Get Out’-inspired class gets students to dig into portrayals of race and fear

Jordan Peele stops by lecturer Tananarive Due's course on how depictions of blackness have shaped real-life prejudice.

UC Merced |

Animations that are true to life

Animated films are about to take a leap forward, thanks to math.

UC Santa Cruz |

The link between dreaming and mind-wandering

What are dreams? "An accidental byproduct of our waking cognitive abilities," a new book says.

UC Merced |

Human speech, jazz and whale song

Three wildly different samples show how much forms of communication have in common.

UC Berkeley |

New podcast explores people, places behind the food we eat

The Berkeley Food Institute explores the network of people and places behind what we eat in a new series.

UC Santa Barbara |

Step back into the 19th century

A replica printing press from England takes center stage in the new Maker Lab.

UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz music alumnus lands job as head archivist of Bob Dylan Archive

Alum will help build the world's leading academic resource on the artist.

UCLA |

Grammy-winner Plácido Domingo to receive UCLA Medal

Campus will present its highest honor to the singer, conductor, opera impresario and former prof.

UC Berkeley |

Alice Waters on free speech and the making of a counterculture cook

The celebrated chef releases a memoir spanning her days at UC Berkeley to the White House garden and Chez Panisse.

UC Santa Barbara |

How tea shaped the modern world

Historian traces tea’s journey across the globe as a commodity and a tool of the British Empire.

UCSF |

Comedian looks to tell the stories of dementia patients, caregivers

Josh Kornbluth empowers others to use storytelling as a therapeutic tool.

UC Santa Barbara |

'The Secret Life of Muslims' earns Emmy, Peabody nods

From when you wear a hijab to getting typecast as a terrorist, the web series invites viewers into Muslim American life.