May 24, 2018
…shout. You can make poetry. And if you learn ASL later in life, you might be signing with an accent forever. In most ways, it is a language just like any other, with a complex grammar, slang, dialects, the whole shebang. But in some respects, ASL is much more than…
April 4, 2024
A $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the UC Sentencing Project to drive work – inside and outside of prison – that disrupts the narratives that legitimize the racialized and gendered criminalization of people in California’s women’s prisons.
May 15, 2014
…poet, because this is poetry’ ” Tarter said to the audience, while displaying a video of the hundreds of orbiting star systems with habitable planet systems identified by the Kepler Telescope. Such events, combining classic science fiction films with compelling speakers who are also real scientists, are what McGinnis and…
November 1, 2022
On Oct. 27, UC San Diego students, staff, faculty and community members were invited to join in a storytelling and musical performance event to learn about the Day of the Dead tradition.
January 31, 2012
…African descent through spoken-word poetry and musical performances. “Stitching Memories: The Story of African American Quilting,” Feb. 1 to March 31, 2nd Floor West Wing, Geisel Library. Denied the opportunity to read or write, slave women quilted their diaries, creating permanent but unwritten records. This exhibit moves from the past…
October 22, 2020
…recognizable voices in American poetry. She was a 2008 Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for her 10th book of poems, “Versed,” which was also awarded the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award. Most recently, her book “Wobble” was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award…
February 14, 2023
Flying to France to study American Sign Language (ASL) might seem strange at first glance. But, says Peggy Lott, setting a UC San Diego Global Seminar in sign language studies in Paris was far from random.
November 16, 2012
Five UC San Diego students who are former foster youth were recently chosen to receive state-of-the-art Sony Electronics products. Two junior faculty members were also awarded digital tools to enhance their innovative teaching and research projects. This is the fourth year that Sony has partnered with UC San Diego and…
May 7, 2020
…the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2010. “What an incredible honor for Anthony Davis, and the university community congratulates him for this well-deserved award,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “The recognition of his skill and dedication reflects the excellence found at UC San Diego—not only has professor Davis created a…
January 29, 2015
The University of California, San Diego is celebrating a century of black life, history and culture as part of the campus’s 2015 recognition of Black History Month. Events throughout February and March include art exhibits, lectures, film screenings, spoken word performances and the annual Black History Month Scholarship Brunch on…
