May 7, 2020
…Five’ Opera Department of Music Distinguished Professor is third UC San Diego faculty member to receive prestigious award When composer Anthony Davis began creating an opera based on the 1989 case of five black and Latino men falsely convicted of a horrific crime in New York City—famously dubbed the Central…
November 6, 2014
…blend of stand-up comedy, improvisation and unique musical performances. The event also featured laughs from Andy Haynes, a comedian from New York City who has appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing; and Esther Povitsky, an actress and comedian who has been featured on MTV and Comedy Central. The series culminated…
February 26, 2014
As part of the annual Kyoto Prize Symposium, world-renowned evolutionary biologist Masatoshi Nei, Ph.D., will speak at the University of California, San Diego on March 18 at 3:30 p.m. in the Price Center West Ballroom on campus.
May 20, 2015
On June 15, the Qualcomm Institute will kick off its new season of nine works involving residencies and performances funded by the institute’s Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS). The interdisciplinary work, titled CrowdCAVE, will use two of the Qualcomm Institute’s key visualization spaces: the StarCAVE virtual-reality…
September 15, 2024
They are arts activists and philosophers of language, scholars of avant-garde children’s literature and composers of experimental music. The School of Arts and Humanities welcomes 19 new faculty members for the 2024-25 academic year.
April 23, 2015
…experiences in dance, chamber music, jazz, global music and film. The four-day festival takes place April 30 through May 3 at the Qualcomm Institute and is open to the public. Focusing on themes of “Time and Velocity,” this year’s festival showcases UC San Diego research scientists as artists. Rebecca Webb,…
July 14, 2017
Over 200 high school students have moved into dorms at UC San Diego for the 2017 California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS), a four-week program focused on advanced tech skills including programming and robotics.
October 27, 2014
An upcoming exhibition in the gallery@calit2 at the University of California, San Diego will explore notions of virtual and physical presence. Body Practices opens November 5 , 2014 with a panel discussion at 5pm with artists represented in the exhibition, followed by a 6pm reception. The panel and reception are…
October 28, 2013
2013 is turning out to be a banner year for University of California, San Diego alumnus D. Fox Harrell (Ph.D. Computer Science and Cognitive Science, ’07). In July he received tenure at MIT, where he is an associate professor of digital media.
July 27, 2021
Daniel and Phyllis Epstein have committed to provide a $10 million gift to the University of California San Diego in support of a new state-of-the-art amphitheater, signaling a major step in the university’s plan to become a top cultural destination.
