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Conference Explores the Exodus through Multiple Perspectives

Events & Happenings

“The Exodus means many things to many people,” says Distinguished Professor Tom Levy, who organized the event at the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute.

Tom Levy in front of Exodus-themed screens

Stuart Collection to Launch Mindfulness Audio Tour Composed and Performed by Mashonda Tifrere

Visual & Performing Arts

The Stuart Collection at UC San Diego is launching an innovative mindfulness audio tour of its renowned collection in collaboration with artist Mashonda Tifrere.

Person standing smiling in front of tall columns

Soap Opera Star Colby Muhammad Takes Us Behind the Scenes

Visual & Performing Arts

UC San Diego alumna Colby Muhammad recently landed the role of Kat Richardson on CBS’s new soap opera “Beyond the Gates.” She shares a glimpse of her world on set—from auditions to the fast-paced filming—as well as reflects on her experiences as an MFA student in the Department of Theatre and Dance.

Colby Muhammad sitting at a dinner table smiling at a woman across from her.

Making It Real

Events & Happenings

During week ten of spring quarter, the UC San Diego Design Lab’s Junior Designers presented their year-end projects—each shaped by interdisciplinary collaboration and grounded in real-world impact. These student teams spent winter quarter immersed in the “discover” and “define” phases of the double

Nine students pose in a classroom environment. They are holding a poster that says

Simons Foundation Funds Research on Symmetries Between Art and Science at Mandeville Art Gallery

Visual & Performing Arts

Can you witness cognition in motion? Do human consciousness and artificial intelligence (AI) share common ground? These questions will be investigated over the next seven months by cognitive neuroscientist Ying Choon Wu and artist Rhonda Holberton in partnership with Mandeville Art Gallery.

Exterior of the Mandeville Art Gallery in the evening with a video on the media mesh screen.

UC San Diego Alumna Carrie Mae Weems Shares Hard Truths

Visual & Performing Arts

Artist Carrie Mae Weems, MFA ’84, has been inspired to create work that addresses big questions: Who wields power, and who is relegated to the fringes? What unites people, and what causes them to fall apart?