UC Riverside |

Professor edits new encyclopedia on multiculturalism in America

Carlos Cortés, professor emeritus of history, worked as lead editor for "Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia."
UC Berkeley |

Life stories of early black faculty offer window onto history

Eighteen African American faculty and senior administrators, hired before the advent of affirmative-action policies in the 1970s, recount their stories in an oral-history series.
UCLA |

UCLA prof gives TV viewers bird's-eye view of climate change

Alex Hall, a professor in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, appears on Showtime's “Years of Living Dangerously” to explain how climate change will impact lives.
UC Riverside |

Author wins major literary award

Nalo Hopkinson receives the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy.
UCLA |

Can big data transform social justice?

The mass availability of information can be used for more than just an invasion of privacy.
UC Newsroom |

Early career awards go to 12 UC scientists

Energy Department honor is among the most prestigious in the country for young researchers.
UCLA |

Angela Davis returns to UCLA classroom 45 years after controversy

Now the Regents' Lecturer this spring, Davis will take the stage at Royce Hall — where she taught her first UCLA class.
UCLA |

Who is at fault when a driverless car gets in an accident?

Engineer: We already have the laws we need for dealing with this inevitable situation.
UC Berkeley |

I say Hispanic. You say Latino. How did the whole thing start?

Sociologist traces the commercial, political and cultural interests that colluded in the 1970s to create a national Hispanic identity.
UC Newsroom |

10 UC professors elected to National Academy of Sciences

Faculty members honored for outstanding contributions to research by prestigious organization.
New York Times |

The search for our inner lie detectors

New research suggests that people’s ability to spot liars is buried deeply in the unconscious mind.
UC Davis |

Faculty, regent join American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Class of 2014 honorees bring UC's membership in the academy to 489.