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Another piece for Stuart Collection. A mural by former UCSD faculty member Barbara Kruger adorns the new Price Center atrium. (5.6.08)
UC San Diego alum Zach Horton makes waves in Hollywood with innovative film series. (5.6.08)
Lecture on globalization by famed writer Carlos Fuentes draws a crowd of almost 900 people at Mandeville Auditorium. (5.6.08)
LA Times review of Phantom Sightings at LACMA. Exhibit features several members of our Visual Arts department. (4.18.08)
New York Times review of Candide - featuring costumes designed by Associate Dean Judith Dolan. (4.17.08)
Leading scholar of the Bible, David Noel Freedman, dies at age 85. Holder of the Endowed Chair in Hebrew Biblical Studies since 1992, Professor Freedman had been author and editor of more than 300 scholarly books. UCSD will host an international memorial symposium in Freedman's honor in the fall of 2008. (4.14.08) Update: obituary from LA Times.
MOCA gives props to 'un-artist' - Allan Kaprow . Also New York Times article. (4.14.08)
Contrabassist and Music Professor Mark Dresser to perform at Monterey Jazz Festival on September 21, 2008. (4.11.08)
Literature Professor Rae Armantrout receives prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. Visit our awards page to see previous recipients in our Division. (4.7.08)
Famed writer Carlos Fuentes to speak on campus on April 24th. (4.3.08)
Noted art historian and Literature Emeritus Bram Dijkstra to lecture at Oceanside Museum of Art. As guest curator at OMA, Dijkstra assembled some of the finest paintings for the exhibit Masterpieces of San Diego Painting: Fifty Works from Fifty Years, 1900-1950. (4.3.08)
Educational reformer and feminist Gracia Molina de Pick to be honored at UC San Diego’s César Chávez Celebration. (3.21.08)
Congratulations to History Professor Naomi Oreskes - the recipient of the 2007-08 Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award for Community Service. Click here for previous recipients in our Division. (3.20.08)
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus to build on 'building blocks of music' for its upcoming 54th season. (3.18.08)
New York Times review of Visual Arts Lecturer Jean Lowe's latest exhibition. (3.13.08)
Literature Professors Babak Rahimi and Michael Davidson each featured in separate newspaper articles. Rahimi discusses Iran in the Chicago Tribune and Davidson discusses the art of sign language in the San Diego Union Tribune. (3.5.08)
Theatre Professor Marianne McDonald has been selected to be inducted into the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame on March 29th at the UCSD Price Center. The ceremony begins at 5:00pm, with dinner at 6:00pm. Past winners include Ellen Browning Scripps, Joan Kroc, and Lucy Killea. (2.27.08)
Southwest Art magazine reviews LACMA exhibit that features Visual Arts Professor Rubén Ortiz-Torres. (2.27.08)
CISA3 director Maurizio Seracinifeatured in Daily Telegraph article about lost da Vinci masterpiece. (2.27.08) Update: Seracini named National Geographic Fellow. Update: NPR article. (3.18.08) Update: Wall Street Journal article. (4.10.08) Update: featured on 60 Minutes (4.22.08)
The concert video for Music Professor Roger Reynolds' "Sanctuary" will be shown at Calit2 on February 28th. (2.27.08)
San Diego theatre legend Floyd Gaffney to be honored February 29th at the Weiss Forum Theatre. (2.22.08)
New York Times article features architect and Visual Arts Professor Teddy Cruz. (2.22.08)
Visual Arts graduate student Derek Lomas connects young minds to India with latest technology. (2.22.08)
Theatre Professor Kim Rubinstein makes her Old Globe directing debut this week with "The American Plan." (2.22.08)
National Geographic journeystreams interviews Visual Arts undergraduate Christin Turner. (2.22.08)
Newsweek article mentions Literature Professor Camille Forbes' new book "Introducing Bert Williams." (2.12.08)
Music Professor and contrabassist Mark Dresser will perform live with counterparts at UC Berkeley and Stanford University on February 13th at 8pm in Atkinson Hall. (2.12.08)
Beginning Spring Quarter 2008, UCSD will offer a European studies minor program, directed by Literature Professor Roddey Reid. This minor will highlight Europe’s political and economic expansion, as well as broader issues of national identity. (2.11.08)
Rosemary Radford Ruether, a Christian feminist theologian at the forefront of scholarly efforts to diagnose major social problems in American society, the churches, and the world, will give a lecture at UCSD on February 25th as part of the Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society. (2.8.08)
Naomi Oreskes, History and Science Studies Professor, named Provost of Sixth College effective July 1, 2008. (2.5.08)
UC San Diego establishes chair in Modern Greek History; renowned scholar Thomas Gallant named inaugural chair. (2.1.08)
Assistant Dean Heath Fox was featured on KPBS' These Days where he discussed the recent investigation into looted antiquities at a local museum. (1.31.08)
Jean-Pierre Gorin, filmmaker and Visual Arts professor, has been honored as Chevaliers des Arts et des Lettres. (1.30.08)
Gallery at Calit2 opens 2008 season with super-sized version of iconic Atari joystick. Exhibition runs from February 4th to March 17th. (1.25.08)
Los Angeles Times article about the outdoor art collections of California's colleges and universities, including UCSD's Stuart Collection. (1.24.08)
'In the Beginning' marks new curator Stephen Hepworth's beginning at the University Art Gallery. (1.22.08)
The La Jolla Playhouse unveils two more shows for the 2008 season. The Playhouse plans to announce three additional shows – two as part of the experimental The Edge series and the other a play directed by Christopher Ashley, the theater's new artistic director. (1.16.08)
Neuroscientists and philosophers , including Patricia and Paul Churchland, are grappling with the interplay between the inner mind and the outer world, looking at how the brain we are born with changes in response to the cultural, social, personal and physical environments in which we live. (1.8.08)
UC San Diego researchers acquire data on Renaissance
landmark in search for da Vinci mural. (1.8.08)
