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December 09, 2009
Shakespeare Santa Cruz announces 2010 season lineup
The 2010 Shakespeare Santa Cruz season will feature a slate of three plays that explore the theme of "love" in all of its ramifications--from first blush, to wrenching jealousy, to familial dysfunction of the highest order.
October 20, 2009
UC Santa Cruz to offer new Ph.D program in Film and Digital Media
UCSC announces a new graduate program leading to a Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media.
October 13, 2009
UC Santa Cruz announces Shakespeare Santa Cruz will continue in 2010 with 29th season
UC Santa Cruz announced today that Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC)-the university's nationally renowned theater company in residence at the campus-will continue in 2010 to present its annual season.
October 08, 2009
Theater Arts professor Mark Franko to moderate panel on choreographing human rights issues at Lincoln Center
UCSC Theater Arts professor Mark Franko will moderate a roundtable discussion titled "Rights to Move: Choreographing the Human Rights Struggle," at Lincoln Center on October 10
October 05, 2009
UCSC arts and science faculty collaborate for exhibition at Sesnon Gallery
"Full Disclosure"--an exhibition opening on October 7 at UCSC's Sesnon Gallery-is built upon the idea of "failure" as a path to learning.
September 29, 2009
UC Santa Cruz receives $615,000 grant to digitize Grateful Dead Archive
UC Santa Cruz has received a major grant to help digitize the Grateful Dead Archive at the University Library.
September 28, 2009
3rd annual UCSC 'Founders Day' gala dinner at Cocoanut Grove to honor five exceptional individuals
UCSC will host its third annual Founders Day gala dinner at the Cocoanut Grove on Friday, October 23.
August 26, 2009
Art professor to stage performance art wedding at 2009 Venice Biennale
UCSC art professor and multimedia artist Elizabeth Stephens will "marry the ocean" with fellow artist-bride Annie Sprinkle in a performance art wedding at the 53rd Venice Biennale on August 28.
August 21, 2009
Composer donates score of acclaimed Dead-inspired symphony to UCSC Library's Grateful Dead Archive
This summer, renowned conductor Marin Alsop brought orchestral music inspired by the Grateful Dead to the 2009 Cabrillo Music Festival as a tribute to the band's archive being housed at UCSC.
July 23, 2009
Shakespeare Santa Cruz summer festival opens July 24
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) will explore the always relevant and highly entertaining themes of power, politics, and trust in its 28th season, beginning on Friday, July 24.
June 23, 2009
Renowned Indian musician and former UCSC Distinguished Adjunct Professor Ali Akbar Khan dies at 87
Legendary Indian musician and former UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Adjunct Professor Ali Akbar Khan died on June 18 at his home in San Anselmo, CA. He was 87.
May 28, 2009
UCSC grad student to present digital arts project on forced marriage at Santa Cruz museum
Nada Miljkovic knows a lot about forced marriages. In fact, she's a child of one. That experience has led to a thesis project titled "Balkan Song," a video installation, performance piece, and social networking site that will be featured at the Santa Cruz
May 25, 2009
It's all in the family when children of alumni choose UCSC
Last spring, when their daughter was deciding where to go to college, UCSC graduates Moira and Dency Nelson tried to play it cool and hide their Banana Slug pride. They wanted their daughter, Charlie, to make her own decision.
May 19, 2009
UCSC music grad student named winner in 57th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards
UCSC graduate student in music Noah Gideon Meites is one of nine young classical composers who have been named winners in the 57th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards.
May 18, 2009
Kuumbwa Jazz Center launches new half price series for students
Beginning on June 11, the internationally recognized Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz will begin a new monthly half-price series for students.
May 11, 2009
30 Grads in 30 Days: Michael Beirne
B.A. music, mathematics
May 04, 2009
UCSC well represented at Santa Cruz Film Festival, May 7-15
A robust selection of films by UCSC students and alumni will be showcased at the 2009 Santa Cruz Film Festival, running May 7-15 in downtown Santa Cruz.
May 04, 2009
30 Grads in 30 Days: Eli Weinberg
B.A., theater arts
May 01, 2009
30 Grads in 30 Days: Roopesh Sitharan
MFA, digital arts and new media
April 27, 2009
30 Grads in 30 Days: Christopher Gauk-Roger
B.A., Film and Digital Media
April 23, 2009
30 Grads in 30 Days: Maggie Sheldon
B.A., Film and digital media, critical studies concentration in feminist studies
April 13, 2009
UCSC grad students to present exhibition of digital art with social impact at Museum of Art and History
Ten graduate students from UCSC's Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) program will present a two-part exhibition at the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz, running April 17 to June 24.
March 30, 2009
UCSC professor offers 'street smart' guide to making documentary films
Looking for a practical, step-by-step guide to creating a documentary film? You might look no further than a new compact handbook co-authored by UC Santa Cruz associate professor of film and digital media Gustavo Vazquez.
March 09, 2009
Exhibition by Elliot Anderson at Gallery 16 in San Francisco through March 27
<i>Equivalents</i>, a new body of work by assistant professor of art and electronic media Elliot Anderson, will be on display at Gallery 16 in San Francisco through March 27.
March 04, 2009
New book dedicated to work of international literary scholar/founding UCSC faculty member
<i>A Touch More Rare: Harry Berger, Jr. and the Art of Interpretation</i> (Fordham University Press, 2009) celebrates more than four decades of groundbreaking work by UC Santa Cruz emeritus professor of literature and art history Harry Berger, Jr.
February 08, 2009
UCSC alumna Marti Noxon wins Writers Guild TV Award for 'Mad Men'
UCSC alumna Marti Noxon has won a Writers Guild of America award for best dramatic television series of 2008. Noxon received her award as part of the writing team for the hit TV show "Mad Men."
January 25, 2009
UCSC alumnus wins 2009 Sundance directing award for first feature film
First-time director and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Cary Joji Fukunaga received the award for "Best Director, U.S. Drama," at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival for his film Sin Nombre.
January 21, 2009
Award-winning actress/UCSC alumna to perform "I Am That I Am: Woman, Black"-Jan. 28
Award-winning actress and UCSC alumna Adilah Barnes will perform her one woman show-I Am That I Am: Woman, Black-on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. in the College 9 & 10 Multipurpose Room. Admission is free and open to the public.
January 11, 2009
UCSC film professor commissioned to create art for 'video walls' at LAX
UC Santa Cruz professor of film and digital media Chip Lord is one of 20 artists who have been commissioned to create video art works for an innovative installation at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).