New guide aims to help keep New Deal’s legacy alive
May 12, 2015
UC Berkeley-based project is dedicated to documenting the vast treasury of public art, park trails, schools, civic buildings and more produced during 1933-1943.
Get ready to be 'Shakespeared'
April 23, 2015
UCI Shakespeare Center aims to become the premier institution in California for the integrated production, study and enjoyment of the Bard's works.
True colors: Hollywood’s diversity dilemma
April 1, 2015
The country has never been so diverse — but not so in Hollywood. The numbers of nonwhite and female actors and others in the entertainment industry remain distressingly low.
Speaking in the vernacular
March 25, 2015
Library of Congress adds Vernacular Wax Cylinder Recordings collection to the National Recording Registry.
Singing their hearts out
March 19, 2015
UC San Diego Gospel Choir tops the charts among students.
Freshman crooner makes top 11 on 'American Idol'
March 17, 2015
Adanna Duru performed the Bruno Mars song 'Runaway Baby' last week, and ran away with some nice compliments from the judges.
Florentine 'patient' gets high-tech physical
February 24, 2015
Two doctoral students travel to Italy to assess the structural condition of one of Florence's landmarks, the Baptistery of St. John.
Exhibition in war-torn Syria celebrates UCLA archaeological discovery
February 20, 2015
While war rages in Syria, that country's people can still experience the culture and history of the region’s Mesopotamian roots through an exhibit made possible by a Kurdish nonprofit organization and UCLA archaeologist Giorgio Buccellati.
A question of justice
February 17, 2015
In his new book, Richard Ross explores the conditions and contexts of girls remanded to detention centers.
Echoes of the Ottoman Empire
February 4, 2015
UC Santa Barbara Library acquires a sizable collection of classical Turkish music recorded from the early to mid-20th century.