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Mexico Moving Forward

The Center for U.S. Mexican Studies at UC San Diego was abuzz last month when it hosted  “Mexico Moving Forward,” a rare and open dialogue on the excellence of Mexico and its future. UCSD-TV was there to capture the event and, beginning March 21, will present a four-part series focusing on Arts and Culture, Museums and Culinary Arts, Science and the Environment, and Philanthropy and the Corporate Community.

March 21 Arts and Culture
Novelists Cristina Rivera Garza and Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, and sculptor Sebastián

March 28 Museums and Culinary Arts
Diana Magaloni, director of Mexico’s Museum of Anthropology; Chef and restaurant owner Mónica Patiño; and Roxana Velásquez Martínez del Campo, executive director of the San Diego Museum of Art

April 4 Science and the Environment
World-renown Stanford University botanist Rodolfo Dirzo, Eduardo Santana, co-founder of the Inter-municipal Environmental Agency for Integrated Management of the Ayuquila River Watershed, and Exequiel Ezcurra, plant biologist and director of UC’s Institute for Mexico and the United States

April 11 Philanthropy and the Corporate Community
Business executives Manuel Arango, Herminio Blanco and Roberto Servitje Sendra

“Citizens United” and the Supreme Court

As University of Chicago Law School Professor Geoffrey Stone sees it, the Supreme Court issued its most aggressively activist decision in decades with the Citizens United case, which held unconstitutional the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.

What does this tell us about the judicial philosophy of the current conservative majority on the Court and the future of American democracy? Find out in this 2011 DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture presented by Earl Warren College, the UCSD’s Law and Society Program, and the California Western School of Law.

“Citizens United” and the Role of the Supreme Court in a Self-Governing Society

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

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Health & Medicine

LeNoir – NMA Pediatric Lecture: Rare Diseases

Research on Aging: A Personal Journey Through Mental Illness

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Science

Let’s Talk Trash: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Public Affairs

Achieving Justice for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity with Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp

Osher UCSD: Richard Atkinson

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Humanities

UCSD By Design: Vassal & Clément

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Arts & Music

Lytle Memorial Concert: The Naked Liszt

San Diego Opera Stars in the Salon: Der Rosenkavalier

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UCSD By Design: Robert Storr

CARTA: A New Cradle for Mankind; The Earliest Hominids of Ethiopia

Einstein, The Moon, and the Long-Lost Soviet Reflector

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Understanding Early Hominids

When paleoanthropologists unearth a major find, it hits the headlines for a few days and then disappears. But how do these fascinating discoveries of early hominid remains piece together the mystery of mankind’s beginnings? Find out in this new batch of programs from UCSD’s Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), airing Wednesday nights at 9pm.

African Origins of Hominids; Paleoenvironments of Early Hominids

A New Cradle for Mankind; Early Hominids of Ethiopia

Hominid Teeth; Hominid Locomotion Behavior

Hominid Skulls; The Discovery of Little Foot

More Reasons to Celebrate UCSD’s 50th Year

Tune in February 21 at 8pm for the fourth installment in our series honoring UCSD’s 50th anniversary.

UCSD@50: February 2011
Host Peter H. Smith presents segments on the top-ranked Moores Cancer Center, noted for its collaborative and pioneering research in cancer patient care, followed by a fascinating look at how computers can communicate directly with the human brain, and a tribute to UCSD’s leading role in plant biology for the 21st century. Then UCSD alumni Michael and Richard Antonorsi give lucky “Golden Ticket” winners a tour of their Chuao Chocolate factory, and carilloneur Scott Paulson plays the campus bells.

Visit our 50th anniversary site for more related videos.

Hunting the Higgs with Vivek Sharma

More than two dozen UCSD physicists are working with hundreds of other scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, searching for a subatomic particle called the “Higgs boson”. How are they doing it? What have they found thus far? And why is this search considered one of civilization’s greatest quests?

In this fascinating talk, UCSD Professor of Physics Vivek Sharma, who directs the Higgs search for the CMS collaboration, explains what physicists hope to achieve at the world’s largest scientific experiment, involving an estimated 10,000 individuals from 60 countries.

What Gives Particles Mass? Searching for the Higgs
Premieres February 23 at 8pm

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Health & Medicine

Research on Aging: Growth Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease

Health Matters: Music and the Mind

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Science

Postponing the End of Oil: The Search for Offshore Energy Resources

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Public Affairs

Revelle Forum: Ron Reagan

The 2010 California Governor’s Race: The Inside Story

State of Minds: Winter 2011 UC Riverside

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Humanities

UCSD By Design: Robert Storr

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Arts & Music

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus: Color

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Ira Flatow – Science is Sexy

Research on Aging: Well-being and Aging

Einstein, The Moon, and the Long-Lost Soviet Reflector

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A MUSICAL NEW YEAR

UCSD-TV’s longstanding programming partnerships with local music organizations continue to thrive, as evidenced by a 2011 line-up that’s brimming with beautiful performances and plenty of behind-the-scenes action.

First we kick off our 11th season of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest with three new programs from their 2010 season:

Chopin Celebration
SummerFest Commissions
SummerFest Finale

Then, our 15-year partnership with San Diego Opera continues as their 2011 season gets underway with “Turandot.”

OperaTalk! with Nick Reveles: Turandot
A revealing profile of Puccini’s grand opera

Opera Spotlight: Turnadot
A backstage peek at the stage production debuting the following evening

Stars in the Salon: Turandot
A lively discussion with the principal singers,
director and conductor

50 YEARS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

This month we’re premiering the first talk from UCSD’s Division of Physical Sciences lecture series commemorating the campus’ 50th anniversary. Professor Tom Murphy kicks it off by sharing how his research involving Einstein’s relativity theory helped locate a Russian rover that had been lost on the moon for almost 40 years.

Einstein, the Moon and the Long Lost Soviet Lunar Rover

Then, stay tuned in February for Vivek Sharma’s discussion about the quest to uncover why matter has mass at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider.

IRA FLATOW: SCIENCE IS SEXY

Last November, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the William Nierenberg family presented NPR’s Science Friday host Ira Flatow with the 2010 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. UCSD-TV was there to capture his acceptance address for our viewing audience.

Ira Flatow: Science is Sexy

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Health & Medicine

Celiac Disease and Gluten: Facts, Fiction & Controversies

Research on Aging: Growth Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease

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Science

Unraveling the Secrets of the Southern San Andreas Fault

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Public Affairs

The Future of Technology with Irwin Jacobs and Bill Stensrud

Breaking the Cycle of Violent Conflict with Johan Galtung

UCSD at 50: Rady School, Calit2, Schick (Dec. 2010)

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Humanities

Burke Lecture: The Israeli Policy of Separate Development–Amira Hass

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Arts & Music

SummerFest 2007: An Evening with Cho-Liang Lin

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An Afternoon with John Polkinghorne

Research on Aging: Well-being and Aging

Earth’s Magnetic Field: From Satellites to Reversals

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UCSD By Design: The Stuart Collection

Whether it’s your first trip to the UCSD campus or your 50th, you’re bound to find something that catches your eye — and your imagination–in the Stuart Collection, UCSD’s unique collection of site-specific works by leading artists.

Tune in this month for a new “UCSD By Design” talk featuring art historian and curator John Walsh on the history of this prized sculpture garden. Then, go online to watch a new series of short videos profiling different pieces in the collection. And finally, come to campus and see it for yourself!

UCSD By Design: John Walsh

Stuart Collection Video Shorts

Cecil Lytle Hosts Latest Edition of UCSD@50

In the third installment of our year-long series honoring UC San Diego’s 50th anniversary, guest host Cecil Lytle takes us to meet Rady School of Management Dean Bob Sullivan, along with Beth Baber, a Rady alum who launched The Nicholas Conor Institue for Pediatric Cancer Research. Also featured, a profile of Cal IT2 in its 10th year; a performance by La Jolla Symphony and Chorus with conductor and UCSD music professor Steven Schick; and clips from UCSD’s Founders Day celebration.

UCSD@50: December 2010

Science & Religion with John Polkinghorne

Polkinghorne, an Anglican priest who became famous as a young physicist for confirming the existence of quarks and gluons, joins journalist Dean Nelson for a discussion on science and religion in this event sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University.

An Afternoon with John Polkinghorne

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Health & Medicine

Research on Aging: Well-Being and Aging

Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Veterans with Diabetes

About Health: Bullying, What Everyone Needs to Know

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Science

Earth’s Magnetic Field: From Satellites to Reversals

The Diversity of Development: Embryos and Evolution

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Public Affairs

James Fallows: Evolution of the Role of the Pacific Region in World Affairs

Humanities

Burke Lecture: Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza

A Theatrical Life: A Conversation with Craig Noel

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Arts & Music

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Revelle Forum: Colombian Politician and Former Hostage Ingrid Betancourt

Seismic Testing of Wind Turbines for Renewable Energy

UCSD By Design: Kurt Forster

Earthquakes in Southern California: A View from Space

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UCSD@50: The Celebration Continues

UC San Diego’s 50th anniversary celebration is officially underway, so it’s time for the November edition of UCSD@50, our year-long series highlighting the people and projects that make this institution great.

Premiering November 1 at 8pm on TV and online (and re-airing throughout the month), this installment is hosted by Dr. David Granet and features Arts and Humanities Dean Seth Lerer, campus architect Boone Hellman and author Dirk Sutrow as they explore UCSD’s built environment.

The program also includes research on fighting antibiotic resistant “superbugs” at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; a profile of “Inception” and “Avatar” actor and UCSD alumnus Dileep Rao; a wrap-up of the “Meet the Beach” Volunteer 50 clean-up event; and a chat with UCSD staffer Darren McKay, a junior development engineer at UCSD’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

We’re also kicking off UCSD By Design, an anniversary-related speaker series about the history and future development of UCSD’s built environment.
More UCSD-TV 50th programming at www.ucsd.tv/50th

Great Minds Gather Here

UC San Diego and its nine sister campuses have always served as gathering places for new ideas and knowledge, and this month we have an especially impressive line-up of guests who take on some of today’s most pressing issues.

Revelle Forum: Colombian Politician and Former Hostage Ingrid Betancourt

Research on Aging: Wisdom and Successful Aging

Main Street First: Fixing Broken Markets and Rebuilding the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren

Osher UCSD: Making A Difference In A Hostile Land with Fary Moini

Improving Diabetes Awareness

The American Diabetes Association has designated November as American Diabetes Month and we’re happy to offer our extensive archive of diabetes-related programming as a resource for improving diabetes awareness, prevention and treatment.

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  Health & Medicine

Health Matters: Communicating with Your Surgeon

Research on Aging: Prevention and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Coping with the Emotional and Behavioral Aspects of Diabetes

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  Science

Seismic Testing of Wind Turbines for Renewable Energy

Earthquakes in Southern California: A View from Space

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  Humanities

UCSD By Design: Kurt Forster

An Evening with Werner Herzog

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  Arts & Music

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Shake, Rattle, and Roll: The Physics of Earthquakes

State of Minds: Rural Doctors, Science of Happiness, Teacher Scientists, Special Collections Fall 2010

San Diego OperaTalk!: Der Rosenkavalier

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