CALENDAR

Calendar of Events

MENU

December 2017

Privacy 101 Workshop
Jun 22, 2012Jun 22, 2019 from 9:00am–12:00pm

Privacy 101 Workshop

Sessions will discuss privacy issues here on campus and how individuals can best protect themselves and the personal data they handle. Trainings will also discuss recently-enacted privacy laws and how UC San Diego handles personal data.

December 2017

Infinity Cube at Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Apr 7, 2017Dec 31, 2017 from 9:00am–5:00pm

Infinity Cube at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Step into an 8-foot cube and become surrounded by video projections of single-celled marine organisms — called dinoflagellates — reacting to various stimulants such as the human heartbeat, music, water flow, and air pressure.

December 2017

Seas 'n' Greetings
Dec 1, 2017Dec 31, 2017 from 9:00am–5:00pm

Seas 'n' Greetings

Birch Aquarium at Scripps is transformed into a holiday wonderland full of SEAsonal activities for the whole family.

December 2017

Jack Keil Wolf Lecture
Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017 from 2:00pm–4:00pm

Jack Keil Wolf Lecture

Join the Center for Memory and Magnetic Research in celebrating the Jack Keil Wolf, who joined the faculty at UC San Diego in 1984 and served as a professor in the ECE Department in the Jacobs School of Engineering.

December 2017

Ethics in the Public Sphere
Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017 from 5:00pm–8:00pm

Ethics in the Public Sphere

Lecture by University Professor of Philosophy Andrew Light on "The Roads To and From the Paris Climate Agreement."

December 2017

ArtPower presents Feufollet
Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017 from 8:00pm–10:00pm

ArtPower presents Feufollet

Feufollet is Americana at its finest—reverential but wholly nonconformist. The young and vibrant southwest Louisiana band takes Cajun, honky-tonk, and string-band music and creates a sound that is at once familiar and fresh, classic and yet original.

December 2017

Tidepooling Adventure at Birch Aquarium
Dec 2, 2017Dec 2, 2017 from 2:00pm–4:00pm

Tidepooling Adventure at Birch Aquarium

Visit a local tide pool to learn how these amazing habitats and their inhabitants truly survive between a rock and a hard place.

December 2017

Challenges for Dreamers in Trump’s America
Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017 from 9:30am–12:30pm

Challenges for Dreamers in Trump’s America

This event will highlight the integration and political mobilization of the Dreamers, as well as the significant challenges that they face as a result of President Trump’s decision to rescind the program.

December 2017

Dec 6, 2017Dec 6, 2017 from 12:00pm–1:00pm

Scripps Science Policy Discussion Group: Natalya Gallo

Scripps Science Policy Discussion Group Meeting Discussion Leader: Natalya Gallo Topic: The Role of Scientists in International Climate and Ocean Policy

December 2017

Living with Wildfires
Dec 6, 2017Dec 6, 2017 from 5:30pm–7:00pm

Living with Wildfires

Join an interdisciplinary expert panel of UC San Diego researchers and county officials as we explore answers to these critical questions. Are wildfires on the rise? What’s being done to prevent wildfires? What can we do to protect ourselves?

December 2017

Dec 6, 2017Dec 6, 2017 from 7:00pm–8:00pm

"St. Francis de los Barrios"—a new opera

The new rock opera has St. Francis as an androgynous youth, squatting in empty buildings of Tijuana & selling sex. Although dying, he heals the sick, becomes an overnight hero, meets the Pope, feared by the government on both sides of the border.

December 2017

She Kills Monsters—Opening
Dec 6, 2017Dec 6, 2017 from 7:30pm–10:00pm

She Kills Monsters—Opening

A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games, She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans following the death of her sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she stumbles into an action-packed journey.

December 2017

The Externally Facing Artist: Arts and the World Today
Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017 from 12:10pm–1:15pm

The Externally Facing Artist: Arts and the World Today

Dr. Steven Schick, Percussionist, Conductor and Author, and Distinguished Professor Reed Family Presidential Chair, Department of Music, UC San Diego, presents a noontime lecture to Oceanids Sounding Board at the Faculty Club.

December 2017

Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying
Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017 from 2:00pm–3:30pm

Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying

Roddey Reid is Professor Emeritus, Department of Literature, UC San Diego where he taught courses on the modern societies and cultures of France, the U.S., and Japan.

December 2017

A View from the Vatican: Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Health as Our Responsibility
Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017 from 6:00pm–8:00pm

A View from the Vatican: Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Health as Our Responsibility

The event will reflect on the November 2017 scientific deliberations by world experts on climate and air pollution, organized by the Vatican and co-sponsored by the UC San Diego Institute for Public Health.

December 2017

She Kills Monsters
Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017 from 7:30pm–10:00pm

She Kills Monsters

A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games, She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans following the death of her sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she stumbles into an action-packed journey.

December 2017

thesisWORKS 2017: Before the horses crash into the ground, and then the ground.—Opening
Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017 from 7:30pm–10:00pm

thesisWORKS 2017: Before the horses crash into the ground, and then the ground.—Opening

MFA Candidate Verónica Santiago Moniello explores the potential of bodies and motion in space while simultaneously confronting subject material that has inspired her intellectual and scholarly pursuits over her time at UC San Diego.

December 2017

An Evening with Andy Weir
Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017 from 7:30pm–8:45pm

An Evening with Andy Weir

Join the Clarke Center for a conversation with Andy Weir, author of the 2011 novel The Martian (adapted into the film starring Matt Damon). Weir will discuss Artemis, his new novel set in a near-future world on the first lunar city.

December 2017

Imaging the Brain: From Molecules to Circuits and Beyond
Dec 8, 2017Dec 8, 2017 from 1:00pm–5:30pm

Imaging the Brain: From Molecules to Circuits and Beyond

"Imaging the Brain: From Molecules to Circuits and Beyond" is a free, public symposium sponsored by the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (KIBM). December 8, 2017, 1:00-5:30pm at the Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium, Salk Institute.

December 2017

thesisWORKS 2017: Before the horses crash into the ground, and then the ground.
Dec 8, 2017Dec 8, 2017 from 7:30pm–10:00pm

thesisWORKS 2017: Before the horses crash into the ground, and then the ground.

MFA Candidate Verónica Santiago Moniello explores the potential of bodies and motion in space while simultaneously confronting subject material that has inspired her intellectual and scholarly pursuits over her time at UC San Diego.

December 2017

Monthly Metabolism Group Meeting
Dec 14, 2017Dec 14, 2017 from 1:00pm–2:00pm

Monthly Metabolism Group Meeting

Presenter: Dr. Andrea Hevener, UCLA Topic: "Strong enough for a man, made for a woman: The impact of ERa on mitochondrial and metabolic health"

December 2017

Holiday Night Lights at Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Dec 14, 2017Dec 14, 2017 from 6:00pm–9:00pm

Holiday Night Lights at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Bioluminescence is more than beautiful, it also helps creatures survive. Get hands on with glowing activities, meet scientists who study illuminating creatures, and create a glowing path on a bioluminescent carpet. All ages welcomed!