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Novelist, essayist, scholar and diplomat, Carlos Fuentes is the author of The Old Gringo, the first-ever U.S. bestseller by a Mexican writer, and is one of the world's most highly respected intellectuals. He comes to UC San Diego April 24 to discuss "Globalization: A New Deal for a New Age."
The 17th work in the university's Stuart Collection—an ongoing program of site-specific sculpture by leading artists of our time—is called "Another" and is by former Visual Arts faculty member Barbara Kruger.
Literature professor and performer Camille Forbes, author of a critically acclaimed book about Bert Williams, America’s first black superstar, discusses her work with the La Jolla Light and why black history is American history.
Educational reformer and feminist Gracia Molina Enriquez de Pick was recently recognized by UC San Diego for her challenge gift that will support the division's Chicano/a and Latino/a Arts and Humanities minor program.
The appointment of alumna Christine de Pagter, '90, as assistant director of alumni affairs in Arts and Humanities marks the beginning of a new era for the Office of Alumni Affairs.
According to the New York Times, architect Teddy Cruz has a thing or two to teach New York's Hudson River Valley based on lessons from Mexican border towns.
UCSD is one of the first universities in the nation to have endowed faculty chairs in all three major eras of Greek history and has just named an inaugural holder of one.
Philosophy professors Patricia and Paul Churchland, founders of neurophilosophy, join neuroscientists for a public-radio consideration of the mind and the brain.
The Literature Department’s New Writing Series showcases new and established writers reading selections from their latest work.
Thought-provoking talks, presented by the division and its Center for the Humanities, continue in the Spring Quarter with the Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society: "Islamic Law and the Challenge of Islamophobia," by UCLA's Khaled Abou El Fadl.
Symphonies, chamber orchestras and solo performances are among the many concert offerings from the Music Department.
The University Art Gallery presents "Revolutions," a selection of 18 video works from the collection of London-based French collectors Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître, through May 17.
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