Author: Scott Rappaport
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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…
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UCSC receives $157,000 to support open archive of congressional proceedings
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $157,000 grant from the Sunlight Foundation to support Metavid-an online, open-source archive of U.S. House and Senate proceedings created last year by two graduate students and hosted by the campus. The award was among a round of grants totaling $267,000 that the foundation has distributed to…
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UCSC Arboretum Music Series begins May 17
UC Santa Cruz will kick off its third annual Arboretum Music Series on Thursday, May 17, with a concert by Austin, Texas, singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo, at the Arboretum Amphitheater, located off Empire Grade in Santa Cruz. The series will present folk, blues, and roots concerts on the third Thursdays of the month, from May through…
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Art meets science in campus Earth Day mural project
Ten UCSC art students spent Earth Day weekend creating a mural project at the Thimann Laboratories Greenhouse. The project was organized by Christine Bors, a senior art student and the educational outreach coordinator for the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery. “We had a team of volunteers painting a nature and scientific-themed mural to welcome the…
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May 10 bell hooks event postponed
Acclaimed author, social critic, and UC Santa Cruz alumna bell hooks will speak on the topic “What’s Love Got To Do With It? Ending Domination,” on Thursday, May 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room at UC Santa Cruz. Admission is free and the public is invited. UPDATE:…
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Shorts by UCSC students to screen at Santa Cruz Film Festival on April 28
Six short films by UCSC students will be presented as part of the 2007 Santa Cruz Film Festival on Saturday, April 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Rio Theater. UCSC film students mentored students from three local high schools–San Lorenzo, Aptos, and Watsonville–to create documentary film shorts based on socially relevant local…
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Nathaniel Mackey wins 2007 Northern California Book Award
UCSC literature professor Nathaniel Mackey has been named a winner in the 26th Annual Northern California Book Awards in the poetry category for his latest book Splay Anthem.
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Artist Fred Wilson to speak on April 26
Conceptual artist Fred Wilson will speak on the topic “Revealing the Frame: Museums on College Campuses,” Thursday, April 26, from 6 to 7:45 p.m. at the UCSC Media Theater. His lecture is part of the 2007 Visiting Artist Series, presented by the Center for Art and Visual Studies’ “Museum Without Walls” project (see Currents story.…
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Two UC Santa Cruz humanities professors awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Two UC Santa Cruz humanities professors have been selected to receive 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship awards. History professor Gail Hershatter and history of consciousness professor James Clifford were among the 189 artists, scholars, and scientists selected this year from 2,800 applicants for awards totaling $7,600,000. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in…
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Award-winning filmmaker, Time correspondent, to headline UCSC series of screenings/talks on war
Who serves in our nation’s wars? Why did they serve? What is their experience? Those questions are the inspiration for “Personal Perspectives of the Iraq War and Past Wars,” a series of film screenings and talks by award-winning filmmakers and authors tha
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The Changing Face of the Humanities: A new dean, a new building, a new direction
The humanities at UC Santa Cruz are poised to meet the challenges of a global future.
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UC Santa Cruz to have faculty art exchange with Japan
FUSE, a group show featuring new work by 12 members of the UC Santa Cruz art faculty, will travel to Japan later this year for exhibit at two university art galleries in Tokyo and Kyoto. Running from April 11 to May 12 at UCSC’s Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, the exhibition explores the influence of digital…