Cracking symbols and codes, deciphering ancient texts, and uncovering millennia-old secrets are some of the mystifying feats for which fictitious archaeologists are often credited. While we can’t all ...

Asking students to take lecture notes using pen and paper gives them a “deeper cognitive understanding” of what they are studying, a researcher has found. For the study, published in Teaching in ...

The University Writing Program's "Prized Writing" contains work from students across campus. The cover was created by Kristen Shih, a fourth-year design and cinema and digital media double major.&nbsp ...

Like many creative-writing instructors, for most of my teaching career I’ve led classes based on the workshop model: a student brings in a draft, and we talk about how to make it better. When ...

Francesca Zambello, a nationally recognized director of opera, will moderate an online discussion about opera with UC Davis faculty next week. (Courtesy photo) It's a new year, so for this week's ...

Peter Schmidt’s “Use of Part-Time Instructors Tied to Lower Student Success” (The Chronicle. November 14) made me think about my own situation as an adjunct instructor. During my first year of ...