Arts & Humanities

Professors Julia Lupton and Eli Simon discuss UCI’s new Shakespeare Center, dedicated to ‘exploring the world of Will through performance, scholarship and teaching’

Vicki Ruiz to be honored for her contributions to Latino and Chicano history during National Women’s History Month

Revival of iconic “Billy the Kid” ballet honors its original choreographer, Eugene Loring, founding chair of UCI’s dance department

Interdisciplinary Center on Family Violence brings together community partners, faculty from 20 UCI departments to address multifaceted issue

Through an innovative new program developed at UC Irvine, the arts and the sciences – which often occupy opposite ends of the grammar school curriculum – are being integrated to help young students better grasp the basics of Earth, life and physical sciences.

Yong Chen’s book explores how the popular ethnic cuisine altered the US gastronomic landscape

Before fast food and home delivery, there was chop suey and red leather booths. American Chinese food was a precursor to ubiquitous chain restaurants, democratizing the once-exclusive dining-out experience for working-class whites, African Americans and Jews.

Exhibition celebrates iconic abstract painter Ed Moses, one of UCI’s earliest art instructors

Once a struggling writer, alumnus David Benioff is now Hollywood royalty as the co-creator of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’

Founding faculty member Robert Cohen has had a dramatic role in shaping UCI arts