June 19, 2014
…San Diego County Fair photography exhibition Best of Show/1st place, b/w Architecture/Cityscape: “The Quiet of the Night in Transylvania” Kim Signoret-Paar, UC San Diego’s senior director of scholarship giving, was awarded “Best of Show” last week at the annual San Diego County Fair photography exhibition held at the Del Mar…
March 3, 2022
…Photo credit: Xavier Bailey Photography. UC San Diego recently hosted social justice advocate, civil rights activist and author Cornel West for a lively discussion about channeling anger over injustice into strength and a catalyst for positive change. More than 150 middle and high school students representing underserved communities from across…
April 14, 2016
…an Endangered Species Through Photography Just four hours south of the UC San Diego campus lives the most endangered marine mammal in the world: the vaquita porpoise. Despite the Mexican government’s ban on gillnet fishing in the northern Gulf of California, fishermen on the hunt for totoaba fish and shrimp…
November 3, 2016
…anniversary with “Extensions of Photography: A Visual Arts Faculty, Emeritus Faculty and Alumni Exhibition,” running through Dec. 9. Two related events will be held to inaugurate the celebration, including a panel discussion from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on Nov. 3 at the University Art Gallery and the “Artists & Language” reception from…
September 22, 2022
If you’ve seen a photograph of the campus and its people in the past decade, there’s a good chance that Erik Jepsen has taken it.
March 10, 2016
…Photo by Lori Serocki Photography “We need young people to play this music. A lot of times, we can encourage people, especially young women, to enter jazz programs,” Hofmann said. “If I can inspire a young woman to pursue jazz, I’ve made a contribution to the music.” To help draw…
April 4, 2016
University of California, San Diego Department of Visual Arts Professor Lisa Cartwright has spent her career working across different disciplines.
March 16, 2017
…alumni relations, design and photography, digital communications, magazines, marketing and video. The university garnered 12 awards—including five gold awards—in the annual CASE District VII Awards of Excellence, which recognizes best practices at educational institutions in the western United States. “We received a record number of entries this year, over 600…
October 5, 2015
MacArthur Fellow Carrie Mae Weems reflects on her journey as an award-winning artist, negotiating the contradictions and intricacies of racism, sexism, class, gender roles and political systems in a presentation at UC San Diego entitled, “Color: Real and Imagined,” Oct. 12, 7:00 p.m., at the Price Center West Ballroom. Free…
August 1, 2023
UC San Diego alum Brandon Güell recently was recognized in the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for “Treefrog Pool Party,” a stunning photo that showcases his mastery of capturing rare moments in nature.
