Emily Yu

“Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis,” an exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, opened on September 14. It explores how the environment was documented during a period of rapid industrialization and globalization. The name of the exhibition references a series of lectures from 1884 called “The Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century” by John Ruskin, a writer and art critic. In these lectures, Ruskin was apprehensive about the effects of indus

On May 25, Homage to Nature was unveiled at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Created by Mineo Mizuno, a California-based Japanese American artist, the sculpture appreciates wood in its natural state while highlighting related climate issues and ramifications. Mineo Mizuno, Homage to Nature, 2024. _Photo: Elon Schoenholz/The Huntington

In an email to faculty on January 30, 2024, which was shared with the Tech, President Rosenbaum wrote that, “Two questions that have arisen in recent campus conversations concern the value of standardized testing, and the appropriate role of extracurricular activities, in admissions decisions. We have asked the Advisory Committee [on Undergraduate Admissions Policy] to accord these questions high priority and, if possible, to offer their recommendations on standardized testing by the end of Ma

In an email to faculty on January 30, 2024, President Rosenbaum wrote that, “Two questions that have arisen in recent campus conversations concern the value of standardized testing, and the appropriate role of extracurricular activities, in admissions decisions. We have asked the Advisory Committee [on Undergraduate Admissions Policy] to accord these questions high priority and, if possible, to offer their recommendations on standardized testing by the end of March and on extracurricular activit

Los Angeles native singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams released “Risk” on May 1, over a year since she last had new music. Abrams initially gained traction in 2020 with her honest and personal songwriting, showcased on her EPs (minor, This Is What It Feels Like) and singles such as “Stay” and “Mess It Up.” Since then, she has performed as an opener for Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR Tour and released her debut album Good Riddance. The album had a North American headline tour that sold out in less th

“What kind of American are you?” In this new film from Alex Garland and A24, that question takes on a different meaning. Since 2020, when Garland began writing “Civil War,” political polarization and violence have only increased. Despite its initial trailer and release during an election year, “Civil War” does not address or provide any commentary about the country’s fraught political landscape. Instead, Garland depicts unconventionally divided states of America. The United States has implod

Following the success of “Succession,” writer Will Tracy and HBO team up again for this six-episode limited series. “The Regime” centers around Chancellor Elena Vernham. A former physician, she is seven years into her fascistic reign of an unnamed Central European country known for cobalt and sugar beets. Her advisors, an ensemble of interchangeable yes-men, are devoid of dissent. Her father, a former chancellor, died the previous year from a lung condition. Paranoid that she will succumb to the