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Office of the Dean
Division of Arts and Humanities
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive # 0406
La Jolla, CA 92093-0406

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UCSD Division of Arts and Humanities

News & Notables

Review of Pittsburgh New Music Ensembles' latest concert - including rave reviews for Music Professor Steven Schick and Theatre and Dance Professor Shahrokh Yadegari. (7.24.08)
Randy Olson's "Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy" opened this week at the Woods Hole Film Festival. One of the film's main subjects is History Professor Naomi Oreskes. (7.22.08)
Washington Post review of "For the Love of Animals" by Literature Professor Kathryn Shevelow. (7.23.08)
Upcoming exhibition at the gallery@calit2 envisages future on nanoparticles and distributed social cinema. Features work by several members of the Visual Arts Department including Ricardo Dominguez and new Department Chair Adriene Jenik. (7.23.08)
New York Times review of "Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling" at NYC's MOMA - includes work by Visual Art's Professor Teddy Cruz. (7.18.08)
New Yorker article written by Literature Professor Sarah Shun-lien Bynum. (7.16.08)
Opening night of Summergarden in NYC includes review of Music's Chinary Ung's Spiral X: 'In Memoriam'. (7.16.08)
San Diego Union Tribune article about the Latino vote in the upcoming presidential election - featuring comments from Literature's Jorge Mariscal. (7.16.08)

Thomas Nee
, Professor Emeritus and long-time music director of the La Jolla Symphony, died on July 7, 2008 at the age of 87. A memorial service will be held this fall at UCSD's music department. (7.10.08)
Rebecca Webb, film curator, works to create interactive experiences for ArtPower! audiences. (7.9.08)
Dr. Seth Lerer of Stanford University has been appointed Dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Literature effective Jan. 1, 2009.  Dr. Lerer is highly recognized and respected for his research in the area of medieval and renaissance studies, comparative philology, the history of scholarship, and children's literature. (6.20.08) Update: Lerer on NPR

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