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UC teams with Indigenous scholars to recast history of the California missions
October 12, 2021
UCLA-led critical mission studies program creates a new model to understand the past, present and future.
A lunar honor for explorer Matthew Henson, thanks to a UCLA graduate student
September 30, 2021
A crater on the moon is now named for the Black Arctic explorer, whose achievements were played down in his lifetime.
New book explores how an epidemic shaped Christianity in the Americas
August 19, 2021
A new book details how Indigenous Mexicans rebuilt the Roman Catholic Church in the aftermath of an outbreak.
Quiz: How well do you know your UC Olympians?
July 19, 2021
The Tokyo Summer Games marks 100 years of UC Olympic history! See how well you know our competitors past and present with this quiz.
In the words of the Buddha
July 15, 2021
UC Santa Barbara joins forces with global 84000 project to translate entirety of the Tibetan Buddhist canon.
How many T. rexes were there? Billions.
April 16, 2021
Paging your inner child: Paleontologists conclude 20,000 T. rexes roamed North America at any given time.
UC San Diego approves new undergraduate degree in Black Diaspora and African American Studies
April 15, 2021
The new degree will not only enhance academic offerings but will foster collaborative study regarding the current experiences and histories of people of African descent.
UC Santa Cruz joins new consortium to ensure future of SlaveVoyages database
March 25, 2021
Three UC campuses will help grow a repository that Henry Louis Gates Jr. has called one of the most significant research projects in the history of slavery.
Happy Lunar New Year
February 11, 2021
Reflections on the holiday and its global celebrations from scholars at UC Irvine.
Lessons from Dante in a time of COVID-19
January 14, 2021
Reflecting on the poem’s renewed relevance on the 700th anniversary of its completion.