UCSD-TV Blog – Page 138 – The latest news, information, and behind-the-scenes scoop on the people and programs behind UCSD-TV.

"60 Seconds and You’re Hired!" with Robin Ryan

If you enjoy what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.

But how do you land your dream job?

Top career coach and author Robin Ryan visited UC San Diego for 2013 Career Boost Camp and UCSD-TV has captured some of her tips for taking your career to the next level.

Hear her strategies for promoting your own personal brand that will allow you to pursue more fulfilling work, while representing yourself as best you can to potential employers.

Watch “60 Seconds and You’re Hired!” with Robin Ryan as she discusses how to improve your career with Reo Carr, executive editor of San Diego Business Journal.

For more career tips check out Robin Ryan’s book, “60 Seconds and You’re Hired!” or check out the articles, videos and podcasts available at The Career Channel.

A Saturday of Classic Comedy

Jacques Tati takes over World Cinema on UCSD-TV this Saturday. This comedic actor and director got his start in the entertainment business as a cabaret performer before his hilarity was quickly recognized in his famous charade/performance of Impressions Sportives. In 1946, he transitioned into film with the creation of his production company Cady-Films, co-founded with Fred Orain, which produced his first three movies.

Mon Oncle (My Uncle), one of Tati’s most highly praised films, begins the film festival starting at 4pm. It won that year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the New York Film Critics Award. Starring Tati as one of his most beloved characters, Mr. Hulot, the 1958 film follows Mr. Hulot’s relationship with his nine year old nephew as he comically struggles with France’s postwar consumerism. In case you miss the first showing, Mon Oncle airs again at 9pm.

At 6pm, watch the debut of Tati’s character Mr. Hulot in Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot). This 1953 film reveals the gauche Mr. Hulot as he vacations in the tiny seaside village of Saint-Marc-sur-Mer. The hotel Mr. Hulot stays at in the movie is still there today and a statue of Tati resides on the beach.

Play Time begins at 7:30pm and is arguably Tati’s masterpiece. Tati spent nine years on the film making it the most expensive French film ever made at the time (1967). He built an all glass and steel mini city on the outskirts of Paris to be the set for his futuristic foray of Mr. Hulot and some American tourists.

Don’t miss these Tati classics!

July 2013 News and Highlights

Featured This Month
Program Highlights
New to Video On-Demand

FEATURED THIS MONTH

The Literary Imagination with Jonathan Lethem and Kim Stanley Robinson

Join science-fiction writers Jonathan Lethem and Kim Stanley Robinson in a conversation about the literary imagination. The discussion is moderated by Sheldon Brown and held in honor of the grand opening of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego.

The Literary Imagination with Jonathan Lethem and Kim Stanley Robinson

Premieres July 1 at 8pm

Women in Science: 50 Years After Silent Spring The Silent Spring Series — Exploring Ethics

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking novel Silent Spring, women in the scientific community acknowledge the difficulties Carson experienced as a woman in the field five decades ago and examine the hurdles that remain. Featuring: Dorothy Sears of the UC San Diego School of Medicine, Christina Deckard of the SPAWAR Systems Center, and science journalist Lynne Friedmann.

Women in Science: 50 Years After Silent Spring

Premieres July 15 at 8pm

“60 Seconds and You’re Hired!” with Robin Ryan — Career Boost Camp 2013

Turbo charge your career with tips from UC San Diego’s Career Boost Camp 2013, featuring author and career coach Robin Ryan. Insightful strategies and techniques will help you to promote your own personal brand in order to find more fulfilling work.

“60 Seconds and You’re Hired!” with Robin Ryan — Career Boost Camp 2013

Premieres July 8 at 8pm

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

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

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.

Richard Dreyfuss on Civic Duty

The trend of declining voter turn out has been ongoing for over a century. In the most recent presidential election, only 57.5% of people eligible to vote actually voted.

What is causing this decline in our sense of civic duty?

It is proven that younger generations are less inclined to vote, but in the 2012 election not even half of the youngest generation of eligible voters made it to the ballot box.

According to a report from the United States Census Bureau, voter rates increase with age. In the most recent election only 41.2 percent for 18- to 24-year-olds voted, compared to 71.9 percent for those 65 and older.

Actor Richard Dreyfuss seems to think that it is the duty of the older generation to reverse this voter apathy. At UC San Diego’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, he introduced the Dreyfuss Initiative, a plan to better teach civics in schools with the hope that children will better understand our democracy before it is their to turn to run it.

Watch “Richard Dreyfuss: Common Sense is not Common” and don’t forget to register to vote!

See what other programs are available on education and society.

FEATURED THIS MONTH

The Literary Imagination with Jonathan Lethem and Kim Stanley Robinson

Women in Science: 50 Years After Silent Spring The Silent Spring Series — Exploring Ethics

“60 Seconds and You’re Hired!” with Robin Ryan — Career Boost Camp 2013

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Health & Medicine

Science

Check out the latest additions to our online video archive