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Spanning the arts, humanities and social sciences, the College of Liberal & Creative Arts (LCA) is committed to inspiring the next generation of thinkers, makers and doers. We are home to world-class ...
The most popular African American-helmed comedies of the 1980s and 1990s made millions of people laugh, but San Francisco ...
SYFY WIRE -- Most cartoon characters are unaware that they’re naked, unless a designer puts them into a costume. Animation historian and San Francisco State media professor Karl Cohen says that early ...
CONTRA COSTA TIMES -- Mims grew up in Bay Point before moving to Pittsburg, where he met his wife of nearly 50 years, Darlene Mims.
Long before his illustrations would be seen at restaurants and on television, LeRoid David drew art in school yearbooks. Not just the covers. Every year he would sign dozens of yearbooks with a ...
Caro De Robertis spent election night 2024 in their Oakland home, huddled around the TV with their children, ages 12 and 15. “My kids are Black and Latinx, growing up in a queer family, with one trans ...
BACKSTORY RADIO -- Conversations about U.S.-China relations often revolve around tariffs, trades and recently, President Donald Trump’s tweets. So on this episode of BackStory, Nathan Joanne and ...
When hip-hop legend and actor André “3000” Benjamin released an album by surprise last fall, he was not the only multi-hyphenate involved. San Francisco State University alumnus Nate Mercereau is a ...
San Francisco, CA, February, 2023 ‐‐‐ One of San Francisco’s treasures, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at San Francisco State, has reached a major milestone: two decades of service to ...
The Ethical AI certificate provides a foundation in the computer science, philosophy and business of ethical AI U.S. President Joe Biden recently issued an executive order on managing the risks of ...
San Francisco State University’s School of Art has named Liz Hernández as the Harker Artist-in-Residence, a 12-month appointment in which she will create a “fictional research organization” on campus, ...
In 2018, San Francisco State University announced a $25 million gift from alumni and philanthropists George and Judy Marcus, the largest gift in University history. Five years later, the gift ...