Lear on the 2nd Floor

Composer Anthony Davis presents a modern take on Shakespeare’s classic, King Lear.

Lear on the 2nd Floor tells the story of Nora Lear, a neuroscience researcher suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s. As Nora loses her bearings and autonomy, she is increasingly at the mercy of her three quarreling daughters. In this version, Nora’s dead husband Mortimer is Shakespeare’s fool and her constant companion, as she wanders through a world where past and present blend and reality bends.

Davis’s music incorporates diverse styles and influences, ranging from classical opera to jazz to reggae. This performance by UC San Diego’s Kallisti Vocal Ensemble includes various music styles from classical opera to reggae, as well as a libretto by playwright Allan Havis.

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Lear on the 2nd Floor

This chamber opera production, composed by Anthony Davis with a libretto by Allan Havis, is a contemporary rendition of Shakespeare’s classic “King Lear.” The music ranges from classical opera to jazz to reggae as Nora Lear (a neuroscientist) succumbs to Alzheimer’s, falling prey to her three bickering daughters.

Lear on the 2nd Floor

Premieres June 7 at 8pm

The Anatomy of Malice: Rorschach Results from Nuremberg War Criminals

Join Dr. Joel Dimsdale as he deciphers what can be determined about the characteristics and emotional functioning within the minds of Nazi war criminals. Don’t miss this glimpse into his latest research, based on the results of Rorschach inkblot tests administered at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial.

The Anatomy of Malice: Rorschach Results from Nuremberg War Criminals

Premieres June 10 at 8pm

Bringing Jobs Back to the USA

Top CEOs examine strategies to keep or create jobs in the United States while also staying competitive in the marketplace. Peter Cowhey of UC San Diego leads a discussion with Qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs; Vizio CEO, Willliam Wang; former Gateway CEO, Ted Waitt; and national correspondent for The Atlantic, James Fallows.

The Resurgence of Manufacturing in the United States

Premieres June 17 at 8pm

Richard Dreyfuss: Common Sense Is Not Common

Actor and activist Richard Dreyfuss presents the Dreyfuss Initiative, a national campaign to improve how civics are taught in schools so that American children will understand democracy before they are called upon to run the country.

Richard Dreyfuss: Common Sense Is Not Common

Premieres June 24 at 8pm


PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

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Health & Medicine

Brain Fitness: Social Aspects of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment – Research on Aging

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Sudden Cardiac Death – Health Matters

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Science

Listening to Earth’s Atmosphere: Tuning into the Sounds of Our Dynamic Planet

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Public Affairs

A Look at What Cesar Chavez Symbolizes in the 21st Century with Hilda Solis — Helen Edison Lecture Series

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Arts & Music Arts & Music

Malashock Dance – 25th Season Celebration Concert

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Humanities Humanities

From Text to Interpretation: How the Bible Came to Mean Some of the Strange Things It Means with James Kugel – Burke Lecture

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Elephants or People? Ethical Dilemmas in Recovering Endangered Species — The Silent Spring Series — Exploring Ethics
Malashock Dance – 25th Season Celebration Concert
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Elephants and the Ethics of Extinction

Domestic cats in America kill millions, maybe even hundreds of millions of song birds each year.

It is estimated that one third of all song bird species are declining in the United States. If this pattern continues, people will eventually be forced to take sides on which animals existence is more important.

This is just one example Robert Wiese, Chief Life Sciences Officer at the San Diego Zoo, gives to illustrate the way humans interfere with the ebb and flow of animal populations. He discusses what happens when people introduce foreign species to an unfamiliar ecosystem with no natural predators and why it’s important to maintain checks and balances in populations.

If humans cause the decline in a species’ population, are they responsible to restore it? With success stories like the captive breeding program of the California Condor, we know that it is possible to save species from extinction. But at what cost?

Check out “Elephants or People? Ethical Dilemmas in Recovering Endangered Species,” part of “The Silent Spring Series-Exploring Ethics.”

Check out more videos about the environment and conservation.

Fighting Food Allergies in Children

Every three minutes some one goes to the emergency room because of an allergy-related event.

When you have an allergic reaction to something you eat, your body recognizes a protein in the food and reacts against it. There are many different responses that can happen-rashes, hives, diarrhea-but, the most dangerous occurrence is when there is potential for anaphylaxis, which can cause death.

In this episode of Health Matters, Dr. David Granet talks with UC San Diego’s Dr. Stephanie Leonard who is the director of the Food Allergy Center at Rady Children’s Hospital here in San Diego.

More than 3 million people under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with food allergies, but Dr. Leonard says that number is on the rise. In a ten year period, she says, there has been an 18% increase in the diagnosis of food allergies in children.

Watch “Children’s Food Allergies- Health Matters” to hear the various theories behind why that number is increasing.

For more on food allergies, check out Food Allergies: Past, Present and Future.

Climate Justice: A Humanitarian Approach to Environmental Equality

We have all heard about climate change, but did you know that there is a fight for justice within this claim?

Climate justice is more than just a demand for the stop of wrongful damage to the environment. It goes deeper into the tangible effects of climate change and the way they are unequally effecting the world’s population.

According to the Center on Global Justice at UC San Diego, “Climate Justice links human rights and development to achieve a human-centered approach, safeguarding the rights of the most vulnerable and sharing the burdens and benefits of climate change and its resolution equitably and fairly. Climate justice is informed by science, responds to science, and acknowledges the need for equitable stewardship of the world’s resources.”

Mary Robinson was the first woman president of Ireland and has served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She has been a long standing icon for social justice and has recently devoted her attention to campaigning for climate justice.

In “Pursuing Climate Justice with Mary Robinson and V. Ramanathan,” presented by UC San Diego’s Center on Global Justice, hear Robinson discuss climate justice with V. Ramanathan, distinguished professor of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

If you like this video, check out V. Ramanathan’s series “Lifting the Blanket:The Pursuit of a Climate Change Solutions.”