April 13, 2020
San Diego-based The Conrad Prebys Foundation today awarded a $350,000 challenge grant to support the University of California San Diego in its COVID-19 efforts. The purpose of the foundation’s match opportunity is to raise funds specifically for frontline health care in the region.
January 18, 2017
An international team of researchers shows that among the preschool set, or children ages 3 to 5, native speakers of Mandarin Chinese are better than their English-speaking counterparts at processing musical pitch.
October 8, 2015
…performance and Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports” In his first year with ArtPower, Jordan Peimer spent a lot of time in the audience, watching performances through the eyes of students and community members. He noted what piqued their interest and stimulated their curiosity. That feedback became the basis for ArtPower’s…
February 26, 2018
…San Diego Department of Music is well known for its emphasis on experimental music and sound in composition, performance and scholarship, and brings this to the forefront at a special two-day conference March 2-3. “Sonic Fluidities: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference” is the first of its kind at UC San Diego,…
March 6, 2014
…to 2:30 p.m.—Enjoy live music, dancing, singing and demonstrations. Throughout campus. Thurgood Marshall College’s 36th Annual Cultural Celebration, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—Experience the cultural diversity of UC San Diego at Thurgood Marshall College. The festival will feature music, dance, games and a children’s village with face painting, cotton candy,…
February 16, 2017
…Antarctica, there are stories—and musical compositions—to be told. Composer Glenn McClure recently teamed up with researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Birch Aquarium at Scripps to transform Antarctic ice shelf vibrations into unique musical arrangements. “What I want to do is to give a voice to…
January 14, 2019
The Lytle Scholarship Concert brings together talented local musicians to support the dreams of first generation college students who attend the UC San Diego. This year’s concert will blend the Jewish folk traditions of Eastern Europe with songs of the Yiddish theater and Broadway.
February 8, 2018
…Family Presidential Chair in Music holder Steven Schick with UC San Diego literature alumnus Luis Alberto Urrea at the San Diego Central Library Feb. 1. Photos by Farshid Bazmandegan. From Borders to Bridges Work of UC San Diego alumnus highlighted in Department of Music’s Reed Family Concert Called a “border…
June 17, 2019
Two UC San Diego undergraduate students were named Donald A. Strauss Foundation Public Service Scholars, and were awarded a $15,000 prize to pursue their social change and public service projects.
April 14, 2016
…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 nearly doubled.…
