Author: Scott Rappaport
-
Gurdon Woods, sculptor who helped establish UCSC Art Department, dies at 92
Gurdon Woods, a visionary arts educator who helped design and create UC Santa Cruz’s first curriculum and facilities in the arts, died July 31 at his Aptos home. He was 92.Woods served as
-
Arts & Lectures announces 2007-08 season of internationally acclaimed artists
Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, renowned Brazilian guitarist and songwriter Caetano Veloso, South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour, and National Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon are just s
-
UCSC librarian recognized by Special Libraries Association
Wei Wei, a librarian at the UCSC Science & Engineering Library, has been honored as a 2007 Fellow of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) for service to the profession. The SLA is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,000 members in 75 countries in the…
-
UCSC to host weeklong philosophy conference on Wittgenstein
More than 40 scholars from across the country and abroad will gather at UCSC the week of June 21-28 for a conference on philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and his significance for contemporary philosophy of mind. The event will be hosted by UCSC associate professor of philosophy Daniel Guevara and assistant professor of philosophy Jonathan Ellis. “Wittgenstein…
-
UCSC graduate awarded $10,000 for best American thesis on modern India
UC Santa Cruz graduate Gillian Goslinga has been honored with the 2006 Sardar Patel Award for “the best dissertation submitted at any American university on the subject of modern India.” The award of $10,000 is administered each year by the UCLA Center for India and South Asia. Eligible dissertations must be completed at an American…
-
UCSC Film Department inaugurates new screenplay event
The UCSC Film and Digital Media Department will present its first-ever public reading of scenes from feature-length film scripts written by graduating seniors on Friday, June 15, at 3:30 p.m. in Baskin Engineering, Room 101. Short scenes from 14 scripts written by students in Film 196B, The Senior Seminar in Screenwriting, will be interpreted by…
-
History Department presents talk by author and manga translator Frederik L. Schodt
The History Department will present a free public talk by author and noted manga (Japanese comic book) translator Frederik L. Schodt on Monday, June 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Humanities Lecture Hall. Frederik L. Schodt is a writer and interpreter who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has written extensively…
-
Renaissance dance/music extravaganza set for May 26
Professor of theater arts and choreographer Mark Franko, in collaboration with assistant professor of music Nina Treadwell and colleagues from Berkeley, will present The Sylvan and Oceanic Delights of Posilipo, Saturday, May 26, at 7:30 and 9 p.m. in the Experimental Theater at UCSC’s Theater Arts Center. Admission is free. A lavish court entertainment first…
-
Theater Arts Dept. presents Buddhist tales from Southeast Asia
The UCSC Theater Arts Department will present Before Becoming Buddha: Jataka Tales of the Previous Lives–a collection of Buddhist stories from Southeast Asia told through music, dance, masks, dialogue, and song–May 31 and June 1-3 at the Theater Arts Center Mainstage. The show is under the direction of theater arts professor Kathy Foley, a specialist…
-
Assistant philosophy professor awarded President’s Research Fellowship
Assistant professor of philosophy Abraham Stone has been awarded a UC President’s Research Fellowship in the Humanities grant of $25,000. Stone joined the UCSC Philosophy Department in 2005. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in 2000 and spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow in Israel, as well as four years as…
-
Exhibit by UCSC art students at Museum of Art and History
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History is presenting an exhibition by UCSC art students titled “Invisible Boardwalks” through June 1 at its Lezin Gallery. Curated by Elliot Anderson, assistant professor of art and electronic media, the exhibit is a tribute to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and its many faces. Using a variety of…
-
UC Santa Cruz professor honored in 11th annual Webby Awards
Public Secrets, an online art project created by UC Santa Cruz film and digital media associate professor Sharon Daniel, has been named an Official Honoree in the Activism category at this year’s Webby Awards. Hailed as the “Oscars of the Internet” by the New York Times, the Webby Awards are the leading international award honoring…