UC Santa Cruz alumnus Steve Mirrione also receives Oscar nomination in film editing.
Film by UC Santa Cruz art professor nominated for Academy Award
Goodbye jobs, hello ‘gigs’: Nunberg’s Word of the Year
The word that's re-emerged with the decline of the traditional American job.
Music professor tapped for National Council on the Humanities
President Obama will nominate UC Riverside's Deborah Wong for the National Council on the Humanities.
One professor’s top holiday movies
UC Riverside media and cultural studies professor Derek Burrill offers his favorites. Warning: Not all these films are reindeer approved.
Santa vs. superheroes
UC Irvine physics professor compares St. Nick’s powers to those of traditional caped crusaders.
‘My Merced’ captures UC Merced’s spirit in song
Award-winning composer Jimmy Dunne composes campus’ official alma mater.
Final volume of Mark Twain’s autobiography now on shelves
Famed writer mandated that his autobiography remain unpublished for a century after his death.
Juan Felipe Herrera is a voice for the people
U.S. poet laureate — a UCLA alumnus and UC Riverside professor emeritus — has been called an 'American original.'
UC Merced humanities center aims to bring depth to water issues
Research center's interdiscipolinary projects will focus on water for the next two years.
The science behind Hollywood explosions
Nobody blows things up like Hollywood. Now, with the help of a tool called Wavelet Turbulence, filmmakers can generate realistic swirling smoke and fiery explosions that are more detailed, easier to control and faster to create.
President Napolitano to interview Salk biographer
Commonwealth Club event Aug. 19 features Napolitano in conversation with Dr. Charlotte Jacobs, author of "Jonas Salk: A Life."
UCLA moves to establish independent Herb Alpert School of Music
If approved, it would be first stand-alone music school in the UC system.