Donation from UC San Diego alumna and Foundation trustee Sally T. WongAvery ‘75 (Philosophy) establishes a transformative endowment dedicated to East Asian collections, and will be recognized by renaming the Biomedical Library (above) the Sally T. WongAvery Library.
“Isidro Pérez García’s gestures unbrick the border walls of 500-plus years of colonialist authoritarian temporality,” said department chair Ricardo Dominguez (Visual Arts).
Kaleidoscoped is a new, online publication created by MFA writing students in Literature, featuring visual, literary and multimedia pieces from 20 contributors.
Sundance Film Festival alum Alexandre O. Philippe, Denise Demetriou (History) and Daisuke Miyao (Literature) explore the film-making process at this event co-sponsored by the Film Studies Program and Center for Hellenic Studies.
Erik Jepsen ‘10 (History) shares his perspective as the university photographer: “UC San Diego is more than just earning a degree. True growth as a person is about the perspectives you gain.”
The university has selected artists to create a 10,000-square-foot mural planned for the exterior of the Visual Arts Facility. Alumni Oscar Magallanes MFA ‘21 (Visual Arts) and Reinhart Selvik ‘13 (Visual Arts) will be included.
Kumi Obayashi-Ward is the program coordinator and academic advisor for the Japanese Studies Program in the Institute of Arts and Humanities. She is passionate about students, and helping them learn new languages. Read more >>
March 31 at 4 p.m. (virtual): Arts & Philosophy presentation “Radically Re-examining ‘Modernity’” by one of the 36th Kyoto Prize Laureates, Bruno Latour. John H. Evans, co-director of the Institute for Practical Ethics, will introduce Latour. Register >>
Literary Hub: “War shortens the distance from person to person, from birth to death.” New work by Ukrainian poet Halyna Kruk, translated by Amelia Glaser (Literature) and Yuliya Ilchuk. “Halyna Kruk’s poems of war are gut-wrenching,” Glaser writes.
April 7 at 4 p.m. (in person, livestream): The Vibrant Being: Luis Valdez in Conversation with Professor Emeritus Jorge Huerta will be moderated by Jade Power-Sotomayor (Theatre and Dance) and celebrates the publication of “Theatre of the Sphere.” Register >>
Reverb: For the last three decades and some change, Philadelphia-born DJ, producer and educator King Britt (Music) has been at the forefront of the many revolutions and catalytic movements that have shaped the tenor of electronic music.
