The UC San Diego Library is hosting Ebb and Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science and the Archives, an exhibit curated by Oriana Poindexter ’15, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) alumna and artist, through July 7, 2024.
Birch Aquarium presents Hold Fast, an immersive art installation that explores our local kelp forests and climate change through the lens of local artists and scientists using unique skills and talents to take climate action. Included with admission.
Favianna Rodriguez is a internationally renowned interdisciplinary artist, cultural organizer, and social justice activist based in Oakland, California. Collaborating with social movement groups worldwide, Rodriguez creates visionary and transformative art. Her vibrant posters weave narratives of immigrant rights, racial justice, global solidarity, and more.
In 2019, Rodriguez visited the UC San Diego Institute of Arts and Humanities for a series of workshops as part of their Community, Arts and Resistance series. In a public talk where this art was first displayed, she discussed her artistic practice and shared how art can inspire, educate and spur the imagination.
Join us as we showcase Rodriguez's captivating artwork from the archives of the School of Arts and Humanities
Are you interested in a volunteering opportunity at UC San Diego? Commencement ceremonies will be taking place on Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16. Join us in celebrating thousands of graduates and welcoming their guests in this achievement.
Join us at Climate Conversations to share your climate story, gain insight and inspiration from your peers, learn about available resources and materials, and help guide the goals and actions for a climate-ready UC San Diego.
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Gather friends, neighbors and teammates to create and decorate a 300-foot-long communal tablecloth art project to represent the collective values within our diverse UC San Diego community.
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: Join together as a community for an event marking an incredible story of survival. Joe Alexander will share his story of survival in the camps and survival to grow and flourish without living as a victim.
If you loved the Scholastic Book Fair as a child, you won't want to miss this event! 'Open Pages, Open Minds: The Transformative Power of Literature' is the Cross-Cultural Center's first ever social justice book fair.
"Beyond the Black Box: Four Explorations in Embodied Interaction" is an exploration of human-AI interactions through performance, presented by the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute's IDEAS program and the Jacobs School of Engineering's APT program.
VOICES A pop-up festival of 20th/21st Music for the singing voice
kallisti presents: A Tribute to Kaija Saariaho
Featuring: Miguel Zazueta, Mariana Flores, Natalia Merlano Gomez, Andrew Crappito, Kyle Adam Blair, and more.
Made across several sojourns to Mississippi and Louisiana, Undulation of a Rupture, emerges out of the enigmatic task of touching the past in the present via the Southern landscape.
May 4-5, 2024 To the Stars
Saturday @ 7:30 PM and Sunday @ 2:00 PM
Sameer Patel, Music Director and Orchestra Conductor
Andrea Casarrubios, cello
Mandeville Auditorium
Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern Passacaglia, op. 1
Osvaldo Golijov Azul
Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 3, op. 90
Art of Elan and ArtPower’s first-ever collaboration brings the renowned JACK Quartet to San Diego for an evening of music titled “Modern Medieval,” where connections of musicality and thought between European composers of the past and the voices of American music today are explored. This one-hour program includes music by Caroline Shaw as well as John Zorn.
Gather friends, neighbors and teammates to create and decorate a 300-foot-long communal tablecloth art project to represent the collective values within our diverse UC San Diego community.
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Update as of 5/6/24: This event has been postponed. More information about the new date and time will be shared soon.
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, UC San Diego Library is hosting Professor Jaime Pineda to discuss his new book.
Her work utilizes archival and authored photographs to examine feminist care networks, with particular emphasis on intergenerational, multiracial, and sometimes transnational coalition building.
Gather friends, neighbors and teammates to create and decorate a 300-foot-long communal tablecloth art project to represent the collective values within our diverse UC San Diego community.
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Master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers addressing the human condition, best-selling author David Sedaris returns once again with his acerbic humor, social commentary, and outlandish stories. Slashing through cultural euphemisms and political correctness, he will delight the audience with twists of humor and intelligence as he shares both published stories and works-in-progress. Come early or stick around post-performance for Sedaris’s legendary book-signing sessions.
The UC San Diego softball team will play Cal Poly at 5 p.m., Friday, May 10 at Triton Softball Field. Admission is FREE. The game can be watched on ESPN+.
Hailed by the New Yorker “not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection,” the acclaimed St. Lawrence continues its fabled partnership with Stanford, remaining a cultural cornerstone of the University, directing the music department’s Chamber Music Program, concertizing at Stanford Live, hosting a popular summer seminar, and running the Emerging String Quartet Program.”
The UC San Diego softball team will play Cal Poly in a doubleheader at 1 p.m, Saturday, May 11 at Triton Softball Field. Admission is FREE. The game can be watched on ESPN+.
May 11-12, 2024 Choir Only Concert “Holy Radiant Light”
Saturday @ 7:30 PM and Sunday @ 2:00 PM
Arian Khaefi, conductor
Off-Campus Venue (All-Souls Episcopal, St. Paul’s, or other)
Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil
Please join us for an in-person-only talk where Yeilim Cheong will use an original subnational dataset to show how some forms of autocratic state repression can unintentionally strengthen support for the political opposition.
Ocean Observing in California: Celebrate the Past, Showcase the Present, and Envision the Future will draw on experiences and expertise from partners and end-users across all sectors to explore, honor, and commemorate the ocean observing community.
Gather friends, neighbors and teammates to create and decorate a 300-foot-long communal tablecloth art project to represent the collective values within our diverse UC San Diego community.
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Interested in a major or minor in Astronomy & Astrophysics? At this online information session, we will provide details about our brand new undergraduate program and take any questions! The session is designed for current UCSD students.
When you hear the word “bee,” what kind of insect comes to mind? Have you ever been asked to “help save the bees” and wondered how you can make a real impact?
Join alumni and friends at Starbucks Reserve Roastery for an evening of connection and inspiration, as we explore critical topics in the field of environmental justice. Connect with Triton professionals living and working in Seattle.
Berlin based violinist Sarah Saviet visits UC San Diego to work with Graduate Composition students on six World Premiere performances. UC San Diego composers: Aaron Mencher, Lyra Montoya, Myra Hinrichs, Pauline Ng, Stephen de Filippo, Bryn Harrison.
This annual 24-hour fundraising event brings together the UC San Diego community to propel local and global impact through philanthropy. Giving back and spreading the word this #TritonGivingDay helps others discover how Tritons are unabashedly chasing the unknown and pushing the boundaries of possibility. When we come together, nothing is beyond us. For more information, email giving@ucsd.edu or call (858) 534-8568.
Join us at Climate Conversations to share your climate story, gain insight and inspiration from your peers, learn about available resources and materials, and help guide the goals and actions for a climate-ready UC San Diego.
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The Stein Institute for Research on Aging and Center for Healthy Aging offer free public lectures promoting physical and mental well-being and staying active throughout life. Join us for this popular series with renowned researchers and clinicians.
This interdisciplinary symposium – organized by UC San Diego Nature Space & Politics Research Group, Human Rights & Migration Program, and the Communication Department’s Democracy Lab – will explore themes related to human displacement and efforts...
Gather friends, neighbors and teammates to create and decorate a 300-foot-long communal tablecloth art project to represent the collective values within our diverse UC San Diego community.
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Boots Riley is a director, activist, screenwriter, producer, poet, rapper, and speaker. His directorial debut "Sorry to Bother You" premiered to strong critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival.
Otherwise Film Festival expands the reflections, representations, and discourses created by mainstream media. We invite artists who reshape their own narrative to offer a different interpretation of the world to new audiences.
OTHERWISE centers issues important to our complex present, offering messages, expressions, and reflections coming from specific creators and communities that can offer a different interpretation of the world.
The UC San Diego baseball team hosts Cal Poly for a three-game series beginning at 6 p.m., Friday, May 17 at Triton Ballpark. Saturday’s game starts at 2 p.m., followed by Sunday’s 1 p.m. finale. Tickets are available. ESPN+ will stream the games.
Please join us for an evening of film and creativity to honor the memory of Adam D. Kamil and showcase the talent of undergraduate UC San Diego students.
Join us for a Pop-Up Event in Normal Heights to solicit community input how to transform an alley into a vibrant public space for people of all ages! “What do YOU want to see in your Alley?” to support clean, green, and healthy public spaces.
World Bee Day 2024 is on May 20! Visit Geisel Library’s Seuss Room at noon for a lecture about the native bees of San Diego by Jess Mullins, a PhD student in the Ecology, Behavior and Evolution Department.
Please join us for an in-person-only talk with professor Bong-Geun Choi from Yonsei University who will discuss how Artificial intelligence (AI) has the ability to transform the banking sector by increasing efficiency, personalization and security.
A learner, she grapples with the poetics-pleasures-politics of Black knowledge production, information technologies, [un]learning, and belief formation.
A can’t-miss lineup with Ina Garten, “the Barefoot Contessa” cookbook author and TV host; Michelle K. Hanabusa, entrepreneur and antiracism activist; and Margot Lee Shetterly, bestselling author of “Hidden Figures.” Journalist Lynn Sherr moderates.
This interdisciplinary event will explore themes related to human displacement and efforts for remediation and reparation that bring into dialogue filmmakers, scholars, activists, policy analysts and journalists engaged with the cascading concerns...
On Friday, May 24, the Qualcomm Institute’s IDEAS series presents “Hearing Extremes” with renowned composer and UC San Diego Professor of Music Lei Liang and New York City-based new music chamber group loadbang.
Walk with a Doc is a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. What better way to start your weekend than on your feet making strides to help your heart and improving your general health to live longer!
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Join us in creating traditional Japanese origami cranes with messages of peace attached. You’re welcome to keep your beautiful creation or you can contribute it towards a final installation to be displayed in a prominent location on-campus.
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Join us in creating traditional Japanese origami cranes with messages of peace attached. You’re welcome to keep your beautiful creation or you can contribute it towards a final installation to be displayed in a prominent location on-campus.
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LaJuné is a Multidisciplinary Artist, and Educator creating art that integrates performance, extended reality, and physical computing to question our contemporary forms of communication.
Come mingle with our amazing faculty and staff and learn how we are working to drive policy solutions and create actionable change in India and beyond! Light refreshments will be provided.
Join us at Climate Conversations to share your climate story, gain insight and inspiration from your peers, learn about available resources and materials, and help guide the goals and actions for a climate-ready UC San Diego.
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Join the International House for the next Global Forum, a collaborative program hosted with the UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego LGBT Resource Center and the Diversionary Theatre.
Join us in creating traditional Japanese origami cranes with messages of peace attached. You’re welcome to keep your beautiful creation or you can contribute it towards a final installation to be displayed in a prominent location on-campus.
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Are you considering a career in Human Resources? UC San Diego Extended Studies offers a variety of HR courses for anyone who is looking to enter the field, advance their career, or maintain their credentials with recertification hours.
The AAASRC 30th Anniversary Awards Banquet will celebrate AAASRC's achievements and contributions to UCSD campus life. The Banquet will honor the outstanding achievements of African Studies students, faculty, staff, and community members.