August 4, 2016
In a new study, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego found that the background music in shark documentaries affects viewers’ perceptions of sharks.
October 17, 2013
…Chair of Department of Music, Dies at 92 Composer Will Ogdon, founding chair of UC San Diego’s department of music, died Oct. 6. He was 92. Ogdon was hired in 1965 by Muir College Provost John Stewart, along with composer Robert Erickson, to create the music department at UC San…
May 1, 2023
Villa Musica’s Fiona Chatwin, DMA ’06 delivers music across San Diego County.
May 17, 2023
Established with an endowment from longtime campus supporters Chiu-Shan Chen Ph.D. ’69 and Rufina Chen, the Center for Taiwan Studies aims to connect local and international communities with diverse events and programming that expands the cultural understanding of Taiwan and Taiwanese Americans.
October 11, 2011
San Diego’s original chamber music series Camera Lucida returns for its fourth season, offering concerts ranging from lesser-known masterpieces to familiar landmarks of the chamber music repertoire.
September 23, 2014
All 156 Indonesian students who are currently attending Extension’s English Language Institute are also members of a cultural performance troupe that celebrates the art, music and culture of their native land.
April 25, 2013
…of the impact of music training on the brain and behavioral development in children has been awarded a grant of nearly $20,000 by the Grammy Foundation. The San Diego Youth Symphony’s Community Opus program works in partnership with the UC San Diego SIMPHONY project to better understand how music helps…
January 10, 2013
…It Means to Be Musical Lineup for “To Be Musical” Lecture Series What makes music musical? Why is music such a potent form of expression? And how does the human brain respond to music? A series of talks by UC San Diego faculty will answer these questions and more in…
December 10, 2014
Scott Makeig, research scientist and director of the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience at the Institute for Neural Computation of UC San Diego, has brought together a research group from four UC campuses who have won a $300,000 President’s Research Catalyst Award, one of five such awards across the UC…
