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Loving fire with fire: Humor, horniness and happiness inhabit post-CZU film
Five years after the fact, memories of and reflections on the CZU Lightning Complex fires in Santa Cruz County almost always come through a scrim of tragedy and loss — though, as time goes on, that sense of tragedy is, for many, ripening into a…
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Artist Wesley Modes, Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) MFA alumnus and UCSC lecturer, featured in the New York Times
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T.J. Demos, a professor of art history, believes the trope of art history graduates as unemployable is “commonly exaggerated in the media.”
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Bikini Bottom meets redwoods: SpongeBob musical hits stage at UCSC this fall
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David Cope, Godfather of A.I. Music, Is Dead at 83
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UC Santa Cruz Division of Undergraduate Education appoints Soraya Murray as new Provost of Porter College
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John Jota Leaños selected as new Interim Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the UC Santa Cruz Arts Division
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Campus secures funding for innovative research projects addressing climate action and linguistic diversity
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Professor Elliot Anderson named the inaugural director of the new AI lab for the Arts Division
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- May 22, 2025
- Fond Farewell | Joyful Graduations
- April 23, 2025
- Welcome to Spring!
- March 18, 2025
- Dean Celine’s Important News | Sesnon Gallery Acquisition | Spring Events….and More!
- February 24, 2025
- Grad Slam | Arts Events…and more!
- January 23, 2025
- Welcome to the New Year! | SO TO SPEAK Premieres | Arts Events…and more!
- December 6, 2024
- Ken Corday’ Piano Donation | Squiggle Turns 50 | Arts Events & More
- November 21, 2024
- Dean Celine on New AAPI Council | Fall Season Events, and More
- October 2024
- Welcome to the New Academic Year! | FDM Celebrates 25 Years | New AI Lab
- May 23, 2024
- Iolanthe | Print Sale’s 50th | Spring Events & More…
- April 24, 2024
- Spring Events | Student Exhibitions | And more…
- March 20, 2024
- Dean’s Book Launch | AGPM in Top Rankings | Spring Events
- February 22, 2024
- Arts Retreat | Grad Slam | Upcoming Events and Much More
- January 26, 2024
- Welcome to the New Year in the Arts!
- December 13, 2023
- Bittersweet Holidays | Gratitude to Rowland Rebele | Arts News
- November 15, 2023
- KEN CORDAY on 11/17 and CONVOCATION on 11/29
- October 12, 2023
- Welcome to Fall in the Arts!
- May 23, 2023
- The Little Prince | AATAT Story Wins Murrow Award | Many Live Events on Campus…and More!
- April 25, 2023
- FDM Professors Awarded Guggenheims | Sir Isaac Julien at the Tate | Spring Events…and more!
- March 20, 2023
- Charles Hamilton in Jazz Hall of Fame, 80 Years Later Gets SF Honor, and much more!
- February 15, 2023
- PIPELINE Opens 2/24 | Patty Gallagher in LITTLE HEART | And much more…
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