Author: Scott Rappaport
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Alumni Profile: Across a Hundred Mountains
Born in rural Mexico, UC Santa Cruz alumna Reyna Grande grew up in extreme poverty. Before she crossed the border to live in Los Angeles at the age of eight
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Alumni Profile: Across a Hundred Mountains
Overcoming the language barrier and her status as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, Reyna Grande made the most of her new home, eventually earning a bachelor’s degree in creative writing/film & video from UC Santa Cruz. For her senior projec
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UC Santa Cruz to collaborate with three universities for live online concert
Musicians from UC Santa Cruz and three other universities will improvise music over the internet simultaneously from different locations in a live telematic music concert on Thursday, March 22, at 5 p.m. The performance will stream live. As part of her MFA Thesis in Digital Arts and New Media (DANM), UC Santa Cruz graduate student…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSC Arts & Lectures partners with South County businesses to present Romeo and Juliet for Watsonville students–Friday, March 23–at the Mello Center
The internationally acclaimed Aquila Theatre Company will perform an educational outreach event at the Mello Center for 500 Watsonville High School freshmen and 200 Pajaro Middle School eighth graders. The company will present a “guided tour” of Romeo and Juliet–an hour-long program with both narration and acted key scenes from Shakespeare’s most famous play. When:…
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UC Santa Cruz to present New Directions in Contemporary Opera, a symposium of panels and performances-April 3-7
The UC Santa Cruz Music Department will present a week-long opera symposium titled New Directions in Contemporary Opera, April 3-7, on the university campus. Conceived and coordinated by music professor/conductor Nicole Paiement and UC Santa Cruz opera director Brian Staufenbiel, the series of panels and performances will bring together scholars, composers, and performers from the…
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Third annual ‘Writing Matters’ conference for community educators to be offered by UC Santa Cruz Writing Project on March 24
The Central California Writing Project (CCWP) at UC Santa Cruz will present the third annual “Writing Matters” conference-a symposium on literacy, equity, and social justice-on Saturday, March 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at UCSC’s Oakes College. The event is designed for K-12 teachers and school administrators in the Monterey Bay Area, as well…
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UC Santa Cruz receives $1 million in grants for stem cell research
UC Santa Cruz has received $1 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to fund human embryonic stem cell research. Two $500,000 grants will support the research of David Feldheim and Bin Chen, both assistant professors of molecular, cell, and developmental biology. The UCSC awards are part of the first state-approved research grants…
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UC Santa Cruz film grads shine again in major indie film awards
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Aaron Platt has been nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award in the category of “Best Cinematography” for his work on the feature film, Wild Tigers I Have Known–written and directed by fellow alum, Cam Archer. Executive-produced by Gus Van Sant, the film was an official selection at last year’s Sundance…
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Geoffrey Pullum to deliver 40th annual Faculty Research Lecture at UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz professor of linguistics Geoffrey K. Pullum will deliver the 40th annual Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, February 13, at 8 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall. His lecture is titled “Who Pays Any Attention to the Syntax of Things.” The event is free and open to the public. Pullum was selected…
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UC Santa Cruz assistant arts dean reports discovery of ancient ruin in Peru
UC Santa Cruz assistant dean of the arts Keith Muscutt reported the existence of a previously unknown pre-Columbian ruin in Peru at the annual Institute of Andean Studies conference held at UC Berkeley last week. Located in the remote and densely forested eastern slope of the Andes Mountains, the massive ruin is thought to be…
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UC Santa Cruz receives $350,000 to create global café and reading garden at University Library
Two gifts to UC Santa Cruz valued at $350,000 will work together to create an exciting new social and educational center at the University Library. Stephen Silberstein–cofounder and former president of Innovative Interfaces, a library software company in Emeryville, California-has donated $250,000 to create a global cyber café in the campus’s newly expanded and renovated…
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UC Santa Cruz to present readings by renowned authors Jonathan Franzen and Nathaniel Mackey
The UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division will kick off the new year with two public events on campus featuring nationally renowned, award-winning authors. UCSC literature professor Nathaniel Mackey–winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Poetry–will read from his book Splay Anthem and talk about his writing on Monday, January 8, at 7:30 p.m. in…