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News from 2006
Philosophy Chair Patricia Churchland discusses Philosophy and Neuroscience on Philoso?hyTalk. (12.20.06)The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop, the nation’s oldest and most respected program of its kind, has a new home in the Division of Arts and Humanities. (12.18.06)
UCSD's Experimental Game Lab, which is run by Visual Arts Professor Sheldon Brown, wins IBM Shared University Research (SUR) award. (12.18.06)
BBC interview with Theatre & Dance Professor and sound designer Shahrokh Yadegari. (12.14.06)
Kimberly L. McCartney named new Director of Development for the UCSD Division of Arts and Humanities. (12.6.06)
Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History, testifying before Congress about global warming. Also featured in Washington Times article. (12.6.06) Update: Additional articles on the subject in the San Jose Mercury News, CBS News, San Francisco Chronicle, the Voice of San Diego and Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Union Tribune article regarding the three Visual Arts faculty who are the recipients of the San Diego Prize. Plus, review of Jean Lowe's art exhibit - the second in a year-long series devoted to the winners of the San Diego Prize. (12.1.06)
Literature Professor Amelia Glaser has been awarded the Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies by the MLA. (11.29.06)
Dallas News article about immigrants in the military quotes Literature Professor Jorge Mariscal. (11.28.06)
San Diego Art Museum exhibit curated by Visual Arts Professor Roberto Tejada. (11.27.06)
Alex Dragulescu, manager of UCSD’s Experimental Game Lab, turns email spam into art. (11.27.06) Update: featured on These Days on PBS.
UCSD's resident percussion ensemble, red fish blue fish, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a Nov. 18th concert. (11.27.06)
Theatre & Dance Professor Nadine George-Graves cited in New York Sun article. (11.21.06)
New Scientist article featuring Philosophy Department Chair Patricia Churchland. (11.20.06) Additional NS article written by Churchland.
Two UCSD alumni, Robert Baizer ('87) and Diane Jacobs ('86), recently established the Baizer Family Fellowship with a gift in support of graduate fellowships in the Department of Theatre and Dance. (11.17.06)
Q & A with the Chair of UCSD's Diversity Council (and professor of Literature) Robert Cancel. (11.14.06)
Calit2 has appointed Visual Arts Professor Jean-Pierre Gorin as its first Filmmaker in Residence. (11.09.06)
Two faculty members from our Division, Michael Parrish and Donald Wesling, have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants for the 2006-2007 academic year. (11.07.06)
Union Tribune article discussing the explosion of classic Greek
anti-war plays features Theatre & Dance professor Marianne MacDonald. (11.07.06)
Theatre & Dance Chair Charlie Oates discusses his recent trip to China to teach movement. (11.06.06)
Article written by Literature Professor Jorge Mariscal in Counterpunch. (10.30.06)
Review of Theatre & Dance Professor Yolande Snaith's “Garden Trilogy" in Union Tribune. (10.30.06)
Article discussing the UC-Taiwanese endowment features Dean Bernstein and other UCSD faculty members. (10.10.06)
San Diego Union Tribune review of Loussier Trio written by Music Department graduate student Grace Leslie. (10.10.06)
Dean Bernstein and Music Department Chair Rand Steiger discuss plans for a new Music Center and concert hall at UCSD. (10.2.06)
Three faculty members in the Department of Visual Arts (Raul Guerrero, Jean Lowe and Ernest Silva) have been announced as recipients of the San Diego Prize, established just this year in recognition of "excellence in the visual arts." (9.26.06)
Visual Arts Professor Natalie Jeremijenko’s show at Postmasters reviewed in the New York Times. (9.22.06)
Kyle Donnelly, professor and Arthur and Molli Wagner Endowed Chair of Acting, directs a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. (9.20.06)
Amy Alexander, Visual Arts Professor, talks to the Union Tribune about how she uses surveillance tools as art. (9.18.06)
History Professor Michael Provence discusses American foreign policy since 9/11 on KPBS. (9.15.06)
Global Warming article in the San Diego Union Tribune featuring History Professor Naomi Oreskes. (9.15.06)
Two articles featuring Visual Arts Professor Sheldon Brown: San Diego Union Tribune article and CityBEAT article. (9.13.06)
Music Professor Steven Schick talks to KPBS about his experience walking from the Mexican border to San Francisco. (9.11.06)
Visual Arts Professor Teddy Cruz has been confirmed as a member of San Diego's Centre City Development Corporation's Board of Directors. Also, he is featured in two San Diego Union Tribune articles - one on the CCDC and the other on Casa Familiar. (9.11.06)
Article in the San Diego Union Tribune about Mexico's presidential election written by History Professor Everard Meade. (9.6.06)
Luis Martin-Cabrera, professor of literature, discusses the films of Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar on KPBS. (9.1.06)
CRCA Director Sheldon Brown receives 2006 IBM Faculty Award. Also, his "Scalable City" project is featured at World-Famous Digital Media Festival. (8.31.06)
Three Music Professors (Roger Reynolds, Rand Steiger, and Chinary Ung) awarded grants from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music by the American Music Center. (8.25.06)
Visual Arts Professor Roberto Tejada awarded National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship. (8.9.06)
SummerFest performances feature two Arts and Humanities professors, percussionist Steven Schick and choreographer
Allyson Green. (8.9.06) Additional review. (8.18.06)
Adriene Jenik, a professor of computer/media arts, featured in New York Times and San Jose Mercury News articles. (8.8.06)
History Professor Michael Provence discusses his recent visit to Beirut on KPBS. (8.1.06)
Dean Bernstein discusses his strategic vision for the Division of Arts and Humanities in local newspaper article. (7.28.06)
Science & Spirit article features Philosophy Department Chair Patricia Churchland. (7.7.06)
Visual Arts Professor Natalie Jeremijenko discusses her work in two online articles: Wired and Salon. (7.6.06)
Amy Alexander, Visual Arts Professor, featured in Wired. (7.5.06)
Editorial in Counterpunch by Literature Professor and Director of the Chicano-Latino Arts and Humanities Program Jorge Mariscal. (6.29.06)
Visual Arts Professor John Welchman discusses Andy Warhol exhibit on KPBS. (6.16.06)
Assistant Dean Heath Fox is a newly appointed member of the City of
The Gerard A. Sasek Trust has provided a recent estate gift of real property to establish the Gerard Allen Sasek Endowed Fellowship Fund in support of graduate fellowships in the Department of Theatre and Dance at UCSD. (6.9.06)
Philosophy Professors Paul and Patricia Churchland in The Independent. (6.8.06)
Theatre and Dance Professors in the news: Allyson Green in the NY Times and Liam Clancy in the SD Union Tribune. (6.6.06)
History Professor Jeremy Prestholdt wins HF Guggenheim Research Grant. (6.5.06)
Visual Arts Department: "Cross-Border Art Cuts Across National Lines." (6.1.06)
San Diego Reader Article featuring Visual Arts Professor Emeritus Manny Farber. (5.30.06)
Andrea Rosa Frenkel has been named Dean’s Scholar in the Arts and Humanities for 2006/07. This scholarship is part of
The Mexican Migration Field Research and Training Program. (5.29.06)
Playwright and Theatre & Dance Professor Allan Havis appointed Provost of Thurgood Marshall College. (5.22.06)
UCSD Establishes Taiwan Studies Endowment. (5.11.06)
Music Professor Roger Reynolds featured in San Diego Union Tribune article that discusses his new work "Illusion." (5.8.06)
Visual Arts Professor Sheldon Brown named first Artist
in Residence at Calit2. (5.1.06)
Congratulations to Grant Kester (Visual Arts) and John Granger (Literature) for receiving 2006 Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards. (4.26.06) Literature Professor, Kathryn Shevelow, wins George Freedley Memorial Award for her book Charlotte. (4.21.06)
Anthony Davis (Music) and Robert Edelman (History)
named Guggenheim Fellows for 2006. (4.6.06)
History Professor Nancy Caciola wins two prestigious fellowships: the President's Research Fellowship in the Humanities and an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship. (4.3.06)
Newsweek article featuring Philosophy Professor
Patricia Churchland. (3.20.06)
Union Tribune article featuring Visual Arts Professor Natalie Jeremijenko. (3.19.06)
Three of Visual Art's graduate students have been accepted into Skowhegan's Residency Summer Program. Congratulations to
Zerek Kempf, Joe Winter & Alan Calpe! (3.17.06)
New York Times article featuring Visual Arts Professor Teddy Cruz. (3.12.06)
New York Times article featuring Literature Professor Jorge Mariscal. (2.9.06)
V.A. Professor Natalie Jeremijenko to be part of National Design Museum exhibit. (2.9.06)
Review of Visual Arts Exhibit in Union Tribune. (2.9.06)
New Assistant Dean named. (2.1.06)
Two Theatre & Dance faculty members, Darko Tresnjak and Marianne McDonald, win San Diego Theatre Critics Circle’s Craig Noel Awards for outstanding 2005 work on local stages. (1.30.06)
Theatre & Dance faculty/students receive Patté Awards for Theater Excellence. (1.17.06)
