Arts & Culture

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

Visual & Performing Arts

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

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Interested in Finding Your Next (Elevated) Beach Read?

Books & Culture

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UC San Diego Arts and Humanities Names New Associate Deans

Books & Culture

The University of California San Diego’s Division of Arts and Humanities includes three new associate deans. In addition to their faculty and research work, David Gutierrez from the Department of History will serve as the new associate dean for the division, and John “Jody” Blanco from the Department of Literature will fill the role of associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Natalia Molina of the Department of History has been selected to serve as interim associate dean of the division until Gutierrez returns from a scheduled sabbatical in 2017.

UC San Diego Arts and Humanities Names New Associate Deans

UC San Diego, Human Vaccines Project Harness Advances in Machine Learning

Events & Happenings

The Human Vaccines Project is teaming with the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California San Diego to apply advances in machine learning to solve critical problems impeding the development of vaccines and therapeutics for a wide range of diseases.

UC San Diego, Human Vaccines Project Harness Advances in Machine Learning

Ticket to a Brighter Future

Events & Happenings

When Tatiana Jones begins attending Syracuse University this fall, there’s one thing she won’t have to worry about: the cost. That’s because Jones is one of four seniors at The Preuss School UCSD recently awarded the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship, which covers all college costs for undergraduate and graduate education.`

SmartCity Hackathon Connects the Data Dots on Behalf of Climate

Events & Happenings

Several UC San Diego students competed last week in the two-day competition, which was designed to transform climate-related data into solutions the City of San Diego can implement in support of its ambitious Climate Action Plan.

SmartCity Hackathon Connects the Data Dots on Behalf of Climate

Alumnus’ Heritage Featured in Play Premiering at La Jolla Playhouse

Books & Culture

UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance ranks high in the nation for a reason—the transferable training it provides to its graduate students through a unique partnership with the world-renowned La Jolla Playhouse. Proof of that collaboration’s success lies in, “The Last Tiger in Haiti,” an award-winning play by UC San Diego alumnus Jeff Augustin, ’14, which premieres during the playhouse’s upcoming 2016/2017 season, June 28 – July 24, 2016, in the Mandell Weiss Forum. This marks the first time that a former UC San Diego theatre student’s production has premiered during the playhouse’s regular season.

Alumnus’ Heritage Featured in Play Premiering at La Jolla Playhouse

UC San Diego First Art Practice Ph.D. Candidate to Graduate in June

Books & Culture

Seven years ago Katrin Pesch embarked on an academic journey in artistic research and production at the University of California San Diego. An inaugural member of the Ph.D. Art Practice concentration within the Art History, Theory and Criticism doctoral program in the Department of Visual Arts, Pesch will be the first graduate of the program this spring. She will screen her thesis film, “Finding Things I Don’t Want To Find?,” Tuesday, May 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. and June 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Visual Arts Presentation Lab, SME 149. A reading from the written component of her dissertation entitled, “(Im)material Encounters: Ghosts and Objects at the Bancroft Ranch House Museum,” will accompany the screening.