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

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Soap Opera Star Colby Muhammad Takes Us Behind the Scenes

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Educational and Artistic Events Center of UC San Diego’s California Native American Day Celebration

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Spoken word and theatrical performances, film screenings, a powwow as well as an art and essay contest are all part of UC San Diego’s 11th annual California Native American Day celebration. A statewide holiday established in 1998, California Native American Day is recognized on the fourth Friday of September. At UC San Diego, the one-day festivities have been expanded to a yearlong celebration. The theme for the campus’s 2016-2017 celebration is “Native Journeys: Forging Paths to an Empowered Future.”

Convocation Keynote to Students: Mistakes are Stepping Stones on Path to Greatness

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It’s no surprise that Vivienne Ming, Muir, ’00, was selected to address thousands of UC San Diego students at this year’s Convocation. The alumna, who served as keynote speaker for the ceremony that marks the official entrance of new students to the campus community, is a story of success. With a bachelor’s from UC San Diego, a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, a loving family and a successful career in Silicon Valley with several esteemed technology and software companies, Ming knows what it takes to prosper and achieve goals that may seem unreachable. Her secret? Failure.

Convocation Keynote to Students: Mistakes are Stepping Stones on Path to Greatness

EnVision Interns: The Power of Volunteer Student Teams for a Maker Space

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LED lights in the shape of a 3D printer head light up the word “3D” in the window of the EnVision Arts and Engineering Maker Studio, visible to passersby. The LED interactive display art was one of the projects that a team of interns worked on over the summer as part of a new summer internship program at the EnVision Maker Studio.

EnVision Interns: The Power of Volunteer Student Teams for a Maker Space

“Holocaust and the Burden of History” is Focus of 2016-17 Holocaust Living History Workshop Series

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The Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLWH) at the University of California San Diego kicks off a year-long series of educational events with two compelling programs this fall, underscoring this year’s theme “Holocaust and the Burden of History.” The 2016-17 workshop events will approach the Holocaust from various angles to shed light on lesser-known aspects of the atrocities committed.

‘Inside Innovation’ Series at UC San Diego Kicks Off with Todd Coleman

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“Inside Innovation,” a new series of free, public presentations, will feature the latest innovation technologies by UC San Diego, with opportunities for participants to get an inside look at what’s happening in our labs, explore commercialization opportunities, and inquire about licensing.

Downtown Change Makers Event Features ‘Professor Algae’ Stephen Mayfield

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UC San Diego’s Professor Stephen Mayfield, a pioneer in exploring the uses of algae for fuels, medicine, food and other purposes, is the featured speaker at this year’sthe inaugural launch of the “Change Makers” eventseries, set for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24 at the Downtown San Diego Partnership, 401 B Street , Suite100.