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UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center’s Survivor Beach Brings Community Together June 15

Events & Happenings

The University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center will host the 8th annual Survivor Beach on Sunday, June 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa in Mission Bay. The event will culminate Cancer Survivor Week, a week-long series of annual special events hosted by Moores Cancer Center. Survivor Beach will feature a beach festival, barbeque, live music, stand-up paddleboard (SUP) competitions for all skill levels and ages, and a paddle out for cancer survivors. Hundreds of community members are expected to gather for the day-long event in solidarity with and celebration of survivors and their caregivers.

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center’s Survivor Beach Brings Community Together June 15

A Second Chance at Practicing Medicine

Events & Happenings

Thousands of well-educated foreign-trained physicians in California face daunting barriers to becoming doctors here, and UC San Diego School of Medicine physicians are trying to help – out of altruism and to improve patient care in San Diego County.

“Completer” IDEAS Performance To Meld Sound & Vision in Real-time

Books & Culture

This week’s performance of “Completer: An Immersive Experience” at the University of California, San Diego might be the closest the average person comes to experiencing synesthesia -- the condition by which some people have the sensation of “hearing” images or “seeing” sounds.

“Completer” IDEAS Performance To Meld Sound & Vision in Real-time

Run, Walk or Roll to Support Mitochondrial Disease Research May 17

Events & Happenings

When Brayden Burge was 15 months old, his parents noticed a significant drop in his skills and a sudden increase in illness. Brayden was taken to the University of California, San Diego Health System and diagnosed with mitochondrial disease.

Run, Walk or Roll to Support Mitochondrial Disease Research May 17

Filmatic Festival: Expanding Cinema, Collaboration and Consciousness

Books & Culture

In a world where people prefer to be alone together, what will become of filmmaking and film-going? It sounds as much like the beginning of a futuristic movie trailer as it does the impetus for a film festival — specifically the inaugural Filmatic Festival, a collaboration between ArtPower! and the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego.

Filmatic Festival: Expanding Cinema, Collaboration and Consciousness

Author and Humorist Gary Shteyngart to Visit UC San Diego

Books & Culture

Gary Shteyngart, critically acclaimed author of “Absurdistan” and “Super Sad True Love Story,” will appear at the University of California, San Diego on May 12 at 7 p.m. in Mandeville Auditorium. He will be joined onstage by Seth Lerer, dean of the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities, for a conversation about Shteyngart's life and work, followed by a book signing of his latest book, “Little Failure: A Memoir.”