Arts & Culture

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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Pharmacy’s Future Leaders: Skaggs School of Pharmacy Celebrates Its Newest Graduates at Commencement

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For Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, UC San Diego Library Gets Gift of New Seuss Materials

Events & Happenings

Every year the University of California, San Diego Library, the world’s repository for the original works of Dr. Seuss, holds a campus birthday party to celebrate the March 2 birthday of Dr. Seuss. The party will be held at noon on Monday, March 3, but it’s the UC San Diego Library that is getting the gift--a gift of more than 1500 additional items donated by Audrey Geisel from the personal archive of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the reading public as Dr. Seuss.

For Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, UC San Diego Library Gets Gift of New Seuss Materials

In Memoriam: Calit2 Advisory Board Member Phil Smith (1932-2014)

Books & Culture

Philip M. Smith, the founding co-chair of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) Advisory Board, passed away on February 16, 2014, after a brief illness.

In Memoriam: Calit2 Advisory Board Member Phil Smith (1932-2014)

To Bangladesh and Back

Books & Culture

Robert Hooper knows the powerful role media can play in bringing about social justice. The UC San Diego alumnus who teaches courses on international conflict and the media at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) has worked intensively in nations facing ethnic, religious and sectarian conflict. He has led workshops on media and conflict resolution that enable journalists to report on ethnic and sectarian conflict in South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. He has put himself in harm’s way through his career, and he credits his ability to do so to the foundation he built at UC San Diego.

UC San Diego’s Mexico Moving Forward Symposium Examines 20 Years of NAFTA

Events & Happenings

Mexico’s most visionary leaders, vibrant culture, past accomplishments and future goals will be the focus of the University of California, San Diego’s Mexico Moving Forward symposium, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 6. The symposium, hosted by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, will focus on Mexico’s progress and future goals 20 years after the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It also will feature University of California President Janet Napolitano, UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies Dean Peter Cowhey, as well as experts from both sides of the border.

UC San Diego’s Mexico Moving Forward Symposium Examines 20 Years of NAFTA

Memorial Tribute to Late Actor and UC San Diego Alumnus James Avery Set for March 1

Events & Happenings

The University of California, San Diego will host a special tribute to James Avery, the late acclaimed actor, poet and UC San Diego graduate of 1976, on Saturday, March 1 at 2 p.m., at the campus’s Mandell Weiss Forum. The event, which is open to the public, will include an afternoon of theater, live music, personal reflections and poetry readings in Avery’s honor. Best known for his portrayal as the charismatic Uncle Phil Banks on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” Avery was a classically trained UC San Diego actor and scholar. He died on December 31, 2013, due to complications from heart surgery. He was 68.

Memorial Tribute to Late Actor and UC San Diego Alumnus James Avery Set for March 1

Theatre and Dance Professor Wins Design Award

Books & Culture

The League of Professional Theatre Women is honoring the work of Judith Dolan, a Tony Award-winning UC San Diego professor of theatre and dance professor and head of design, with the Ruth Morley Design Award.