Arts

Commencement 2013: By the numbers

Figures offer sneak peek at circumstances behind pomp

Richard Brestoff

Quite the character

Whether he’s performing for film or in UCI’s intimate New Swan Theater, actor Richard Brestoff breathes life into a script

Edward Patrick Alva

Alumnus’s internship leads to Oscar nod

Claire Trevor alumnus discusses work on Academy Award-nominated documentary

Highlights of 2012 at UCI

Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement and loss of campus stalwarts

National dance groups host summer training

Collaboration that allows students and community members to train with professionals is rare, says organizer Jodie Gates.

What summer slowdown?

Summer learning and extracurricular activities are crucial to establishing a foundation of excellence in California education.

All the world’s a stage

This first season of what will be an annual event features reimagined versions of William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” and “The Merchant of Venice” that take place in the Wild West and 1930s Italy, respectively.

Eli Simon

‘Shakespeare Under the Stars’

Twelve-night midsummer festival is fulfillment of drama department’s 20-year dream.

No. 2 pencil not required

End-of-year exams, projects can take unorthodox forms.

Seeing how the other half lives

Art exhibit evokes milieu of families residing in budget motels.