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Celebrating Contemporary Literature

April 12, 2019

The UC San Diego Department of Literature’s New Writing Series has introduced hundreds of writers to the greater San Diego community since 1986. The six events set for Spring Quarter kicks off April 17.

UC San Diego Welcomes the Newest Tritons

September 26, 2024

Excitement is high on campus as today marks the first day of classes at UC San Diego. We spoke with several of UC San Diego’s newest Tritons about why they chose UC San Diego, what inspired them to choose their major and their advice for prospective students.

Genre Giants

May 11, 2017

…Shelley Streetby, professor of literature and ethnic studies at UC San Diego and director of the Clarion Workshop, to raise awareness and support for the world’s oldest writing program of its kind. Both men formerly served as Clarion Workshop instructors, and Robinson was a former Clarion graduate. He also is…

Triton Pride at This Year’s San Diego Festival of Books

August 11, 2021

When this year’s San Diego Festival of Books returns Aug. 21, UC San Diego will once again be well represented, from faculty as featured authors and professors leading key panels, to staff who have helped shape the cultural event in our region for years.

Students for a Democratic Society Founder Tom Hayden to Speak on Activism at UC San Diego

October 31, 2012

…Arts and Humanities (CLAH) minor, Thurgood Marshall College, the Department of Political Science and the Department of literature.

Planting the Seeds for Transfer Student Success

August 13, 2020

…years. Wisdom and passion Literature major Emily Vastola with her UC San Diego Class of 2022 swag, hand delivered for the PATH Summer Academy. Transfers enter the university as third-year students, when the majority of their classmates have already acclimated to and learned how to function successfully within the university,…

Helen Edison Lecture Series Highlight Festival

January 18, 2018

…Anthony Davis from the Department of Music, with saxophonist and longstanding Mingus band member Charles McPherson. The discussion precedes two performances of “Mingus Dynasty: Tijuana Moods,” Jan. 21 at CECUT in Tijuana and Jan. 22 at Athenaeum Jazz at The Scripps Research Institute. On Feb. 1, the second Helen Edison…

UC San Diego Literature Department Excellence Reflected in Alumna’s First Novel

August 2, 2017

…of California San Diego Department of Literature ranks among the best in the nation for creative writing. Alumna Kaitlin Solimine’s (MFA, ’11) “Empire of Glass” demonstrates that excellence with its inclusion on The Center for Fiction’s 2017 First Novel Prize long list. Her premier novel, which emerged from her MFA…

UC San Diego Library Receives Grant to Digitize Archive for New Poetry Collection

February 9, 2023

Audiovisual items within the UC San Diego Library’s Archive for New Poetry (ANP) collection will be digitized and preserved thanks to a $250,000 grant awarded to the organization by the Mellon Foundation.

UC San Diego Encourages Creativity of Prospective Students

April 14, 2016

…these skills, the division’s departments of music, theatre and dance, and visual arts invite undergraduate applicants to submit arts portfolios showcasing their creativity. Since 2014, when the Arts Portfolio Option was initiated in partnership with the Office of Admissions on campus, applications to the Division of Arts and Humanities have…

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