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October – News & Highlights

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La Jolla Music Society SummerFest: Musical Crossroads

SummerFest continues its tradition of presenting works by contemporary composers, with world premieres by three Pulitzer Prize-winning American composers: Steven Stucky, David Del Tredici and John Harbison. The program also features a seminal work by Hungarian composer Bela Bartok, the Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.

La Jolla Music Society SummerFest: Musical Crossroads

Premieres October 5 at 8pm

Books That Changed America with Jay Parini — Dinner in the Library

Renowned author and Middlebury College Professor Jay Parini charms his dinner audience with selections from his “Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America.” From “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” and “Walden,” through “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and “The Feminine Mystique,” Parini offers a compelling narrative on the evolution of American culture. Parini was presented as part of “Dinner in the Library,” the 2013 celebration of the Geisel Library at UC San Diego.

Books That Changed America with Jay Parini — Dinner in the Library

Premieres October 14 at 8pm

Hoarding in Older Adults – Research on Aging

Catherine Ayers, PhD discusses the treatment of hoarding disorder in older adults. Learn about new interventions and how to help those with hoarding behaviors.

Hoarding in Older Adults – Research on Aging

Premieres October 10 at 8pm

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

August News & Highlights

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The Pivot to Asia with Kurt Campbell and Susan Shirk

What’s in a word? Former diplomats Kurt Campbell and Susan Shirk discuss the unintended consequences of choosing “pivot” to describe a new approach to China during Campbell’s years in the State Department.

The Pivot to Asia with Kurt Campbell and Susan Shirk

Premieres August 5 at 8pm

The Future of Human Space Exploration

Charles Kennel, Former Scripps Institution of Oceanography director and chair of the National Academy’s Space Science Board, reviews what NASA’s space program has accomplished, what it is doing now, and what the future holds for human space exploration.

The Future of Human Space Exploration

Premieres August 14 at 8pm

Journey to the Deep with James Cameron – Nierenberg Prize 2013

Ocean frontier explorer and Academy Award winning filmmaker James Cameron shares his experiences as the first person to complete a dive in a one-man submarine to the world’s deepest point beneath the ocean’s surface.

Journey to the Deep with James Cameron – Nierenberg Prize 2013

Premieres August 14 at 9pm

Jazz Camp 2013 – Finale Concert Highlights

Don’t miss great music and behind-the-scenes highlights from UCSD’s annual 5-day summer Jazz Camp. Each program concludes with the Finale Concert, including performances by student ensembles led by an extraordinary faculty of jazz improvisers and educators.

Jazz Camp 2013 – Finale Concert Highlights

Premieres August 16 at 8pm

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

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

Health & Medicine

Bike Fit: It’s All About the Bike

Posttraumatic Stress and Growth in Older Adults – Research on Aging

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Science

Frontiers of Knowledge: John West, Physiologist

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Public Affairs

Global Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Disease with Stanley Maloy and Alan Sweedler –The Silent Spring Series – Exploring Ethics

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Arts & Music

Stewart Copeland, Composer – La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest 2009

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Humanities

An Evening with Billy Collins — Point Loma Writer’s Symposium By the Sea 2013

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Check out the latest additions to our online video archive

Stuart Collection at UCSD: Kiki Smith

Start Me Up! Entrepreneurs at Career Boost Camp 2013

The Literary Imagination with Jonathan Lethem and Kim Stanley Robinson

We may not often think of the role imagination plays in our society and in our everyday lives. Without imagination, would the internet exist? Would Edison have invented the light bulb? Would primitive man have invented the wheel?

Literature is a field where the imagination is encouraged to run freely. Science fiction in particular pushes the imagination to its limits. UC San Diego recently created a center devoted to this creative aspect of our minds, dedicated to the very imaginative author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke.

Watch “The Literary Imagination with Jonathan Lethem and Kim Stanley Robinson” to hear these two science fiction authors discuss the literary imagination in honor of the grand opening of UC San Diego’s Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination.

See what other literature programs are available on UCSD-TV.

May News & Highlights

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Iraq’s Journey

It’s been ten years since the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq. How has the war shaped the country? Where is it headed? In two new programs, experts on the Middle East offer up their insights.

The Iraq War Since 2003: Ten Years of Consequences
Premieres May 6 at 8pm

Iraq’s Journey from Dictatorship to Democracy with Iraq’s U.N. Ambassador, Hamid Al-Bayati

Premieres May 13 at 9pm

More available at www.ucsd.tv/iraq

The Pursuit of Climate Justice

Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the former President of Ireland Mary Robinson shares her vision of climate justice, which links human rights to science in order to protect vulnerable populations and foster equitable stewardship of the world’s resources.
Climate Justice with Mary Robinson

Is Beer in Your Career?

What are the career opportunities in San Diego’s burgeoning craft brewing industry? In this new Career Channel presentation, job seekers will learn the answers from a panel of experts, including Stone Brewing founder Greg Koch, who converse about why San Diego has become such a nationally renowned region for craft beer production, and where the professional brewing industry is headed.
Is Beer In Your Career?
Premieres May 20 on The Career Channel, powered by UCTV and UC San Diego Extension.

Liszt in the World

This fascinating UCSD-TV documentary follows pianist and UC San Diego Professor Emeritus Cecil Lytle around the world as he investigates the music and long and prolific life of the world’s first international musician, Hungarian composer Franz Liszt.
Liszt in the World
Premieres May 3 at 8pm – and online now!
Watch more Liszt video and read the Lizst in the World production blog.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

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

Health & Medicine

Living for Longevity: The Nutrition Connection

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Science

“Perspectives on Ocean Science”
Genetics and Gray Whale Behavior
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Public Affairs

Global Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Disease with Stanley Maloy and Alan Sweedler –The Silent Spring Series
Transforming Conflict through Nonviolent Coalitions with Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee
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Arts & Music

Murder in the Cathedral – Opera Spotlight
Aida – Stars in the Salon
Aida – Opera Spotlight
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Humanities

The Poems of Billy Collins — Point Loma Writer’s Symposium By the Sea
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Check out the latest additions to our online video archive

Aida: San Diego Opera Spotlight 2013
CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique?
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April News & Highlights

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An Evening with Poet Billy Collins

Don’t miss this chance to enjoy American poet Billy Collins as he reads a selection of humorous poems and discusses the craft of writing with Dean Nelson and an appreciative audience at the keynote event of the 2013 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea, sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University.

An Evening with Billy Collins
Premieres April 1 at 8pm

Find more video from past
Writer’s Symposium by the Sea events.

Is the Human Mind Unique?

New from CARTA, scientists from different fields discuss cognitive abilities often regarded as unique to humans, including humor, morality, symbolism, creativity and preoccupation with the minds of others. They assess the functional uniqueness of these attributes, as opposed to the anatomical uniqueness, and whether they are indeed quantitatively or qualitatively unique to humans.

Is the Human Mind Unique? Premieres April 8.

To Be Musical Concludes

We wrap up the six-part series on what makes music musical this month with two fascinating presentations. On April 2 at 9pm, Grammy-winning soprano and UCSD Professor of Music Susan Narucki presents “Utterance, Ritual, Expression: Why Singing Makes Us Human.”

Then on April 16, Diana Deutsch, UCSD Professor of Psychology, shows the striking difference in how people hear simple musical patterns in “Musical Illusions, Perfect Pitch and Other Curiosities.”

Browse all To Be Musical programs.