Film & Digital Media
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Focus on excellence: Student Achievement Week recognizes outstanding work
Student Achievement Week from June 2-6 honors high academic achievement and creativity. Highlights include a science and mathematics poster symposium and the 40th annual Print Sale.
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UCSC grad student to promote short film at Cannes Film Festival
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Rolando Vargas is heading to France this week for the screening of his documentary film, “Walking Kids of Choco,” at the 67h annual Cannes Film Festival.
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Leon Panetta touts ‘real grit,’ blasts congressional gridlock at Launch celebration
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fired up a crowd of 275 with shout-outs for ingenuity and “sheer grit” at Launch! A celebration of the UCSC student experience
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B. Ruby Rich to host lecture series on ‘New Queer Cinema’
This spring, the 2014 Arts Dean’s Lecture Series “Issues in the Arts” features a series of free lectures by guest speakers from the film course “Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Cinema,” taught by UCSC professor and film critic B. Ruby Rich.
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UCSC alumnus Ron Yerxa up for ‘Best Picture’ Academy Award
“Election,” “Cold Mountain,” “King of the Hill,” “Little Miss Sunshine”…these are just a few of the high-quality films produced by Ron Yerxa since he left UC Santa Cruz with a masters degree in 1976…
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Exhibition and symposium: ‘Complicated Labors’ opens Feb. 5
An exhibition featuring historical and contemporary work at the intersection of feminism and maternity opens on Feb. 5 at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery, accompanied by a one-day symposium and a screening series.
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Institute of Arts and Sciences third LASER talk on Jan. 28
UCSC’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences will present its third “LASER” talk on Tuesday, January 28, beginning at 6:45 p.m. in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC building, Room 108).
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UCSC alumni glow in TV spotlight
It’s been a hot week in Hollywood for two former students at UC Santa Cruz.
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UCSC honors arts alums in Film/TV at Hollywood event
Renewing the connection from campus to professional life, a high profile group of UCSC arts alums working in the entertainment and film industry gathered at West Hollywood’s Soho House.
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UCSC well represented at upcoming Santa Cruz Film Festival
A wide range of films by UCSC faculty, students, and alumni will be showcased at the 2013 Santa Cruz Film Festival, running November 7- 12 in downtown Santa Cruz.
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MacArthur ‘genius’ photographer Carrie Mae Weems to speak at UCSC
Carrie Mae Weems–a photographer, video artist, and social activist who explores the complex legacy of African American identity, class, and culture in the United States—will come to the UCSC campus for a visiting artist talk on Monday, October 21.
