UC Santa Barbara’s annual undergraduate competition for the best short research presentation took place last week, spotlighting students who could explain their projects in three slides and under three minutes. The winner was Sriram Ramamurthy, a third-year biology-major for his work on genetic differentiation among tree species in their evolution.
The current golden age of international television offers an opportunity for more diversity on the screen, television executive Rick Rosen told a student audience at a recent Pollock Theater screening of an episode of HBO's limited series Scenes from A Marriage. It was part of the Carsey-Wolf Center’s “Global” screening series.
Classical music is often typified by staples of the concert repertoire, such as Beethoven and Mozart, but musicians are pushing for change. In a recent interview, Music major and composer Mia Paul discussed the importance of diverse representation in classical music. Identifying as a woman of color composer with a background primarily in Western classical music, she looks to reinvent the way people view classical music
Theo Hirschfield, an art major in the UC Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies, originally planned to use the coronavirus lockdown as a mere opportunity to work on his pottery, but was able to merge his artistic passion with a career by posting his creative process to TikTok. In a matter of months, Hirschfield grew his following from 3,000 followers to over 250k, and can now support himself financially while creating art that represents his personal growth.
After a three-year hiatus, the social media storytelling project "Humans of UCSB," has made a comeback. Relaunched under the UCSB Writing Program, the project publishes student photos and interviews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, providing a unique platform for UCSB students to share their stories.
In this personal essay, undergraduate student Makayla Gomez writes about facing extreme financial burden while studying at UC Santa Barbara and how she found resources that could help her stay in college.
This spring, UCSB’s Humanities and Fine Arts Division hosted a creativity contest to highlight creative student voices across the UCSB campus. Explore the third-place prose entry submitted by Charlie Prindle.
This spring, UCSB’s Humanities and Fine Arts Division hosted a creativity contest to highlight creative student voices across the UCSB campus. Explore the second place prose entry submitted by David Gjerde.
This spring, UCSB’s Humanities and Fine Arts Division hosted a creativity contest to highlight creative student voices across the UCSB campus. Explore the first place prose entry submitted by Claudia Lee.
This spring, UCSB’s Humanities and Fine Arts Division hosted a creativity contest to highlight creative student voices across the UCSB campus. Explore the winning poetry entries submitted by Kiana Perez, Aran Hosseini, and Vivian Walman-Randall.
This spring, UCSB’s Humanities and Fine Arts Division hosted a creativity contest to highlight creative student voices across the UCSB campus. Explore the music submitted by Noah Vela, Charlie Prindle, and Violet Joy Hanson.
This spring, UCSB’s Humanities and Fine Arts Division hosted a creativity contest to highlight creative student voices across the UCSB campus. Students from all walks of life submitted their original works of photography, poetry, prose, visual art, and music for the opportunity to be featured on the HFA website.
This spring, UCSB’s Humanities and Fine Arts Division hosted a creativity contest to highlight creative student voices across the UCSB campus. Explore the works of photography and visual art submitted by Aran Hosseini, Reed Gaynor, Ethan Lacher, and Pricila Flores.
South African film director Enver Samuel produced a documentary on the 1988 assisination of South African anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September, Murder in Paris: The Assassination of Dulcie September. In a post-screening discussion of the film , a panel of UCSB professors and visiting NYU scholar Leonard Cortana, focused on sexism as a factor that prevented September from receiving proper police protection and due justice after her murder.
I-In Chiang is a Taipei-based film academic who teaches East Asian Languages and Cultures at Tamkang University. She recently shared her most recent research on Li Han-hsiang, a prolific Chinese director during the 1960s and 70s, as well as the founder of Grand Motion Pictures. This private-owned studio revolutionized the Taiwanese film industry and elevated its status amongst other Asian cinemas during a period in history where political tensions ran high.
The UC Santa Barbara Dance Company departed early this week for its annual trip to Europe, where the company will perform its repertoire across multiple countries as well as take and teach dance classes while immersing itself in international culture. This year the company will visit Krakow, Prague, and Barcelona, and will even perform twice on April 29 in celebration of International Dance Day.
Makenna Gaeta found her voice at UCSB’s WORD Magazine, breaking through her anxieties and finding her passion for journalism through the challenging process of writing her very first published work.
On January 6, 2021, when an armed mob stormed the U.S. capitol building to prevent Congress from verifying the presidential election, viewers were surprised to see rioters sporting Christian symbols. But for author and sociology professor Samuel Perry, the Christian symbolism at the insurrection represented a growing ideological trend in American politics. In a recent talk, Perry presented research from national surveys to define the ideology known as Christian nationalism and illuminate the threat such ideas pose to U.S democracy.
In a recent Interdisciplinary Humanities Center event, writer Elizabeth Kolbert introduced her new book, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, which explores the relationship between technology and climate change. She said that humans must use technology to create sustainable solutions in order to save our dying planet.
The Glass Box Gallery, a student ran exhibition space on campus, kicked off Spring quarter by hosting UCSB Art student Anna Sophia Monzon. Last week, Monzon displayed her colorful art series “Up, Up, and Away.” Monzon spoke about her journey as a painter and the events that brought the series to life.
