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Monthly Highlights: September 2011

>> August 31st, 2011 · UCSD-TV

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Making over Medellín

Sergio Fajardo, the former mayor of Medellín, Colombia, presents the remarkable transformation he achieved by investing heavily in schools, libraries and public spaces in his city’s poorest neighborhoods. llustrating his talk with before and after images, Fajardo attributes his success to transparency, lack of corruption, and efficient construction.

Fajardo was part of Political Equator III, a two-day conversation on border neighborhoods as sites of production, organized by Teddy Cruz of UC San Diego.

Political Equator III: Reconnecting Urban Policy and the Community’s Imagination with Sergio Fajardo

Focus on Health

This month UCSD-TV brings you the latest in health care research, including an interview about heart health with the head of UCSD’s Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, an update on prostate cancer research from UCSD’s Dr. J. Kellogg Parsons, and a look at the use of integrative medicine in diabetes treatment.

Health Matters: Heart Health

Research on Aging: What’s New in Prostate Cancer Treatment

Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Role of Integrative Medicine in Diabetes Management

The Road to Recovery

Getting help for an addiction or mental disorder is the first step to living a healthy and rewarding life, and the benefits ripple out across entire communities. This four-part series, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, explores the many facets of behavioral health and offers resources for individuals in recovery, families, loved ones, and friends.

Road to Recovery

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All programs repeat throughout the month. Visit the Program Schedule on our web site for additional air dates and times.

Monthly Highlights: August 2011

>> August 1st, 2011 · UCSD-TV

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Aging Isn’t Easy

It’s true that aging isn’t easy, but research and lifestyle tips from UC San Diego experts can help. Tune in Thursday nights to discover the latest in healthy aging, including a discussion about menopause and keeping your brain active as you age.

Research on Aging: The Aging Brain

Health Matters: Menopause

More aging programs at www.ucsd.tv/aging

Life Beneath the Sea

Discover the mysteries of marine life with these “Perspectives on Ocean Science” programs from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Birch Aquarium, Wednesday nights in August.

Sharks

Sea Turtles of Indonesian New Guinea

New Discoveries in Deep-Sea Animal Diversity

Gulf of California’s Deep-Sea Secrets

Listening to Whales

Diabetes: Setting Manageable Goals

Our award-winning series “Taking Control of Your Diabetes” (TCOYD) continues with a discussion of setting realistic goals to successfully manage this complex disease. Dr. Steven Edelman talks with Angela Norton, RN, and diabetes patient Chet Carney about setting goals tailored for your lifestyle and creative tips to stay on track.

Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Setting Manageable Goals

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All programs repeat throughout the month. Visit the Program Schedule on our web site for additional air dates and times.

Health & Medicine

Celiac Disease and Gluten: Facts, Fiction & Controversies

Health Matters: Personalized Medicine and Drug Safety

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Science

CARTA: Uniquely Human Gene Regulation, Signaling Networks and Gene Changes

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Public Affairs

Same Sex Marriage: Past, Present, and Future

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Humanities

Kamza and Bar Kamza
Featuring an interactive website to enrich the TV viewing experience!

Deborah Lipstadt: The Eichmann Trial

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Arts & Music

Symphony of Clouds: Musical Adventures of the Boy Mozart

Robert Polito and Patricia Patterson: Farber on Film

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Check out the latest additions to our online video archive

Osher UCSD: Redrawing Lines Between Chimps and Humans

Children and Armed Conflict: The International Response

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus: Concerto

The New Season of TCOYD is Here

>> June 23rd, 2011 · UCSD-TV

The new season of Taking Control of Your Diabetes begins tonight with Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Natural History of Type 2 Diabetes at 8pm.

Welcome to a new season of Taking Control of Your Diabetes. Our goal is to encourage you to not just cope with your diabetes but to take the lead role in your diabetes plan – and your life. This season, we put the focus on getting activated – giving you the tools to be educated, motivated and empowered to take control of your diabetes with a positive attitude.

It is easy to become disheartened with the day-to-day frustrations of this chronic condition and all of the demands put forth by our professional community. Taking Control of Your Diabetes is here as a resource for patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers to help make these daunting tasks more manageable and help address the emotional toll they take. Join us as we sit down with experts as well as people living with diabetes to discover how to get healthy, get fit, get knowledge, get in control, and GET ACTIVATED!

– Dr. Steve Edelman

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May Movies: The Films of Akira Kurosawa

>> May 12th, 2010 · UCSD-TV

A giant of 20th-century cinema, Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) holds a unique place among the world’s most distinguished filmmakers as the only non-Westerner whose work is revered by American and European audiences and directors alike.

Join us Saturdays in May for our annual month-long homage to this visionary celluloid artist.

Kurosawa is recognized as one of the great cinema auteurs both for his technical mastery and the universal humanist themes that pervade his work: a compassion for individual suffering, a quest for justice through personal rebellion against corrupt social structures, and a concern for the existential crises of humanity in the face of death, social pressure, and the apparent meaningless of life’s struggles.

His work has exerted enormous influence on post-WWII film: George Lucas used Kurosawa’s Hidden Fortress as a model for Star Wars, Sergio Leone adapted his samurai tales to create the “spaghetti western,” and John Sturges transformed Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai into The Magnificent Seven (to cite but a few examples).

Here are just a few of Kurosawa’s acclaimed films we’ll be broadcasting throughout the month:

The Seven Samurai
An epic retelling of the most famous Japanese story, The Seven Samurai is a true classic. The film has proved inspirational to many other films including George Lucas’ Star Wars, and The Magnificent Seven, a direct adaption for the old west.

Drunken Angel
Another classic from arguably the greatest filmmaker of all time. The story revolves around a petty gangster who contracts TB, and the doctor who attempts to treat him despite the gangster’s foolish pride.

Rashomon
In ancient Japan, a woman is raped and her husband killed. The film gives us four viewpoints of the incident – one for each defendant.
Don’t miss out!

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Monthly Highlights: May 2010

>> May 2nd, 2010 · UCSD-TV

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A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On

San Diego’s had quite a few tumblers lately and, with additional earthquakes occurring around the world, a lot of us are feeling pretty shaky ourselves. Check out these earthquake-related programs that’ll help you understand what’s behind the quakes, how engineers are making our buildings safer, and what you can do to be better prepared.

Paths to Peace in the Middle East

Navigating negotiations in the volatile Middle East is a challenge yet to be met, and it seems to grow more complicated by the week. Tune in this month for several perspectives that offer the valuable context you need to really understand this complicated process.

Can Obama Bring Peace to the Middle East?
Steven Spiegel, the director of UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development, shares the innovative and informal negotiation techniques that he is urging the Obama administration to employ as it pursues security in this historical volatile region.

Achieving a Just Peace in the Middle East with Nasser Barghouti
The President of San Diego’s American-Arab Anti-Discrimination League examines the root causes of conflict in the Middle East and offers a vision for resolution that he argues is based on universal concepts of human rights.

Amb. Michael Oren: US-Israel Relations from a Historical and Personal Perspective
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States recounts the long history of shared goals between the US and Israel and outlines how the two countries can work together for peace in the Middle East.

In Memoriam: Craig Noel

We mourn the recent passing of local theater legend Craig Noel. In 2005, Noel visited the UCSD-TV studio and sat down for a chat with another local legend, Jack O’Brien. Tune in for an encore presentation of this wide-ranging conversation about Noel’s storied 70-year career with The Old Globe.

A Theatrical Life: A Conversation with Craig Noel

The Evolution of Human Biodiversity

From the brain, to immunity to entire populations, the Evolution of Human Biodiversity series explores the many facets of human biodiversity from where it begins — in our genetic makeup.