Arts and Culture
April 20, 2012
Trevor AlbertsonWhen Trevor Albertson (’09) started as the California deputy secretary for veterans services last summer, his longtime focus on higher education came in handy right away.
Considering his...
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March 29, 2012
Graduate student Marco Valesi's dissertation is combining research and photography that focuses on urban art in Brazil, Italy and San Francisco’s Mission District.Graduate student Marco Valesi is turning a scholarly...
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March 19, 2012
Peter Balakian, who brought renewed attention to the Armenian Genocide, will be the 2012 recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance. Peter Balakian, an award-...
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February 29, 2012
Leading Popol Vuh scholar Michael Coe will deliver a keynote address at 6:30 p.m. March 2 at the arts center to accompany the gallery opening.The Popol Vuh, the ancient Mayan creation myth, has permeated several...
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February 15, 2012
Henry O. Nightingale, an abolitionist and Union soldier, wrote in his diary about his firsthand account of Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre. Diaries belonging to a Civil War soldier who witnessed the...
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January 3, 2012
Professor Dunya Ramicova designed costumes for four projects last year, including the Metropolitan Opera production of 'Nixon in China.' Dunya Ramicova's costume designs have enchanted audiences for decades, but...
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December 9, 2011
History Professor Ruth Mostern has published a book with Harvard University Press that chronicles the changes made by the Song Dynasty in medieval China. Government, for better or worse, hasn't changed all that...
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December 5, 2011
At the Dec. 7 teach-in, sociology Professor Nella Van Dyke will discuss the factors that make social movements successful and how they relate to the Occupy movement. As the Occupy social movement sweeps across the...
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December 2, 2011
The latest exhibit in the UC Merced Art Gallery, "Our Merced," features more than 70 photographs taken by students.UC Merced can add another first to its list — dedicated space for an art gallery.
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September 8, 2011
The Whiffenpoofs, a 102-year-old a cappella group from Yale University, will kick off the 2011-12 season of Arts UC Merced Presents. The Whiffenpoofs, Yale University's world-famous a cappella singing group, will...
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June 2, 2011
Studying ancient remains, exploring caves, publishing books, leading workshops and presenting papers are just a handful of the things that will keep faculty busy this summer in the School of Social Sciences,...
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May 6, 2011
World history major Dulcemaria Anaya will represent the Class of 2011 at commencement on May 14.Dulcemaria Anaya once vowed to represent her UC Merced class as the student speaker at commencement.
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January 28, 2011
Literature professor Ignacio López-Calvo’s fifth single-author book will be published by the University of Arizona Press in February.UC Merced Professor Ignacio López-Calvo's "Latino Los Angeles in Film and Fiction:...
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January 14, 2011
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