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UC San Diego Composer Philippe Manoury Wins French Grammy

UC San Diego composer Philippe Manoury has been awarded Best Composer of the Year in France's Victoires de la Musique Classique 2012, the French equivalent of the Grammys.

March 20, 2012Arts, On Campus

Data Support Theory on Location of Lost Leonardo da Vinci Painting

Evidence uncovered during research conducted in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio late last year appears to support the theory that a lost Leonardo da Vinci painting existed on the east wall of the Hall of the 500, behind Giorgio Vasari’s mural “The Battle of Marciano.”

March 13, 2012Arts, General, Science and Engineering

Archive Chronicling History of San Diego’s Chicano Movement to Go Digital

In 2004, the University of California, San Diego Libraries acquired one of the region’s most significant archives—the papers of Chicano activist Herman Baca— documenting the struggles and achievements of the Chicano Movement in San Diego from 1964 to 2006.

February 22, 2012Arts, General, Giving

Theatre and Dance Alum Returns to Direct Campus Production of ‘June Moon’

Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy may get girl in the end? The plot is simple. But the real story behind “June Moon,” the next offering from the UC San Diego department of theatre and dance, is about the quest for love and the price of fame, according to director Jonathan Silverstein.

February 22, 2012Arts, On Campus

Scholarship Connects Hollywood Actor with Budding UC San Diego Talent

With dreams of seeing his name in lights on Broadway, UC San Diego theatre and dance major Brian Bose was astonished to learn that he had received the James Avery Scholarship to help support his educational studies at UC San Diego. The fund was established by UC San Diego alumnus and acclaimed actor and poet, James Avery ’76.

February 22, 2012Arts, Giving

Art and Science Have a Chat in ‘ANOMALIA’

In scientific research, an anomalous finding can be cast aside because it falls outside of the typical and does not fit cleanly in a normal distribution curve. This very deviation is the premise for the “ANOMALIA” exhibition at the University Art Gallery Feb. 16 through May 18.

February 14, 2012Arts, On Campus

History of Chinese in San Diego to be Examined in Feb. 4 Geisel Library Talk

The history of the Chinese American community in San Diego will be the subject of a February 4 lecture and book signing at UC San Diego’s Geisel Library by Murray K. Lee, author of the recent book, In Search of Gold Mountain:  A History of the Chinese in San Diego, California.

January 25, 2012Arts, Events, General

Rare Posters, Drawings From the Spanish Civil War on View at Geisel Library Through May 11, 2012

“So There Will Be No Forgetting:  Images from the Spanish Civil War,” an exhibit of materials from the Mandeville Special Collections Library’s Southworth Collection, will be on view at UC San Diego’s Geisel Library from January 23 through May 11, 2012.

January 25, 2012Arts, Events, General

Composer Steve Reich Storms Campus with ‘Music for 18 Musicians’

In a rare San Diego appearance, renowned composer Steve Reich was honored at a sold-out January 18 concert at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.

January 24, 2012Arts, Events

Don’t Know Much About Charter Schools

Some two decades into the grand national experiment with charter schools, how much do we really know about them? Not all that much. And not nearly as much as we easily could, say researchers from the University of California, San Diego Division of Social Sciences.

January 12, 2012Arts, General, Social Sciences

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