Mizuko “Mimi” Ito spends a lot of time “geeking out” at her computer. She plays video games, trolls the Internet, chats, and visits social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter for hours on end. “My kids often say, ‘What’s it like to have a normal parent?’” she says with a laugh. Ito’s not going […]
Al Valdez was looking for sprinkler parts at a discount store when he sensed somebody was watching him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a security guard peeking at him from the next aisle. Valdez had run to the store after working in his yard and was wearing grubby gardening clothes. “I […]
Student interviewers record the life stories of Vietnamese American immigrants for archival preservation.
Kenneth Pomeranz, UCI expert on China, is new American Historical Association president.
UCI professor who studies the films of his homeland finds a fan in Martin Scorsese.
Alumnus Ryan Sharpe helps hospitalized kids cope via video games.
UCI awards first Henfield prize for fiction writing to M.F.A. student James Zwerneman.
Summer’s here, and the reading’s easy. So stash the dry textbooks, research tomes and heavier literary works that pile up on the nightstand during the academic year. The latest by David Sedaris? Got it right here with the sunscreen. No. 17 in Janet Evanovich’s epic Stephanie Plum series? It’s in the beach bag. (Hey, don’t […]
Fifth annual event will celebrate reading, writing with talks, signings by acclaimed authors.
His name is pronounced “Googy,” and in his native African tongue, it means “work.” It’s fitting, because prolific author Ngugi wa Thiong’o has worked hard his entire life, turning out books, plays and newspaper columns that have made his unusual name known the world over. Now in his 70s, Ngugi could be forgiven for slowing down the […]