A short profile of Javier Lepe, a CIRM-funded intern at the UC Irvine Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and how the program is advancing his career. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36475]

A short profile of Cherie Lepe, a CIRM-funded intern at the UC Irvine Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and how the program is advancing her career. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36474]

Should your art send you to prison? Rap lyrics are increasingly turning up as evidence in courtrooms across the country. The fictional characters portrayed in violent gansta rap songs are often a far cry from the true personalities of the artists behind them, yet uninitiated audiences easily conflate artist with character and fiction with fact. On a broader scale, using rap lyrics as evidence in criminal cases also raises questions about artistic freedom, freedom of speech and the rights of all citizens to receive a fair trial. UC Irvines Charis E. Kubrin, Ph.D and Adam Dunbar explore these issues. Series: "Zot Talks" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 31368]

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, PhD examines the political career of Xi Jinping from a historical and comparative perspective. Starting in the Qing dynasty and moving to the present, Wasserstrom outlines the events that have shaped China and Xi Jinping's political outlook and the implications of recent term limit changes. Wasserstrom also deconstructs the question: Is Xi Jinping a new Mao, a new emperor, or a new Putin? Series: "Zot Talks" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33604]