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UC San Diego Extended Studies Showcase 2024 Highlights Collaborative Excellence

Events & Happenings

The theme of "Partnership and Collaboration” will take center stage on Thursday, September 18 at UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies Showcase 2024. Hosted in the new 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive building–-just across from UC San Diego's entrance at La Jolla Village Drive—the day's agenda will highlight the various services and benefits Extended Studies offers to support campus and community partners in achieving growth and innovation to meet their goals.

UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies Showcase 2024 on September 18 at 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive

Farfy Foundation Gift Spurs Student-Led Music Festival

Visual & Performing Arts

Thanks to a gift from Marco Londei and Liquin Wang—founders of the Farfy Foundation—undergraduate students will have the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of creating a musical production through a new course in UC San Diego’s Department of Music that will culminate in a student-produced music festival on campus in May 2025.

Audience on their feet listening to a concert in Conrad Prebys Concert Hall

UC San Diego’s Mandeville Art Gallery Receives Grant from New York-Based Teiger Foundation

Visual & Performing Arts

Since 1966, UC San Diego’s Mandeville Art Gallery has presented highly experimental contemporary art within the context of a major research university and the greater region. The gallery also serves as a laboratory for learning about curatorial practice, with programs for students to gain hands-on skills in museum studies.

Three students explore a large horn as part of an art installation

Summer Research Conference Draws International Crowd

Events & Happenings

While some escape San Diego’s warm summer temperatures by enjoying the coastal La Jolla breeze, fourth-year students Austin Hutton and Lucia Rejzek sought respite this summer in an air-conditioned lab on campus.

Austin Hutton presenting at the Summer Research Conference at UC San Diego.

Hypnotic Art Installation Celebrates Black Movement and Liberation

Visual & Performing Arts

This summer, Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego presents a new video commission called "The Portal's Keeper," which explores liberated Black realities by artist LaJuné McMillian.

The exterior of Mandeville Art Gallery with a video installation playing on the mesh screen.

Bridging the Future: UC San Diego’s New 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive Building Opens Doors for Science and Education

Events & Happenings

The UC San Diego campus is set to unveil a new facility at 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive that promises to create new opportunities for international students, lifelong learning communities, workforce development efforts and health science research. The new building, located right across the street from the main campus, will serve as the headquarters for the UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, featuring classrooms, training spaces and key administrative offices. It will also be a research hub for UC San Diego Health Sciences, offering new collaborative resources for a dozen different programs.