Arts

UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts posthumously honors its namesake.

Visits engender friendship between UCI arts students and their Ghanaian counterparts.

In the past year, UC Irvine students, staff and faculty have stepped up in the face of continuing budget challenges and fee increases with innovation, drive and talent. The result? Research breakthroughs, national honors, global outreach, sports firsts – even a Guinness world record. Here are some top 2010 stories.

New arts dean hopes to raise school’s profile by ‘bringing different kinds of people together.’

Physical sciences dean since 2006, the renowned chemist is a ‘committed campus collaborator.’

After 20 years as an L.A.Times crime reporter, author and literary journalism professor, Miles Corwin crosses over into fiction in “Kind of Blue.”

UCI Libraries to showcase Hollywood’s role as style maker.

For a decade, UC Irvine’s innovative Beall Center has been showcasing technology-based work and challenging perceptions.

“Abraham & Isaac in Jerusalem,” a new Claire Trevor School of the Arts production about faith, aims to bring people together — in the theater and real world.

UCI alum and “Wicked” star defied gravity as Elphaba. Now she’s hoping to give other students a boost by raising money for scholarships.