Past Events

Dr. Seuss's 116th Birthday Celebration

Mar 2, 2020 (11:45 AM–1:00 PM)
Dr. Seuss’s 116th Birthday Celebration
Due to conflicting activities on campus, we have cancelled the Seuss Day celebration at Geisel Library. Our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience this might cause. Join Executive Vice Chancellor for …

Beeline Author Talk with Shalini Shankar

Feb 27, 2020 (5:00 PM–6:30 PM)
Beeline Author Talk with Shalini Shankar
Join us for a conversation with Shalini Shankar, professor of anthropology at Northwestern University and author of Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z's New Path to Success. In …

New Writing Series with Dmitry Kuzmin

Feb 26, 2020 (5:00 PM–6:30 PM)
New Writing Series with Dmitry Kuzmin
Dr. Dmitry Kuzmin is a poet, translator, and editor, originally from Moscow. His poetry has been published and anthologized internationally, in the original Russian and in translation. In 1989, Kuzmin founded …

World Bookmark Day Celebration

Feb 25, 2020 (12:00 PM–1:30 PM)
World Bookmark Day Celebration
Join us at the World Bookmark Day exhibit at Geisel West, 1st Floor for a DIY opportunity to make your own one-of-a-kind bookmark. This event will allow participants to express …

Transmitted Wounds: Media and the Mediation of Trauma with Amit Pinchevski

Feb 19, 2020 (5:00 PM–7:00 PM)
Transmitted Wounds: Media and the Mediation of Trauma with Amit Pinchevski
In his new book Transmitted Wounds, Amit Pinchevski explores the ways media technology shape the social life of trauma both clinically and culturally. Drawing on a number of case studies such as radio …

Data and the UC San Diego Community

Feb 13, 2020 (2:00 PM–3:00 PM)
Data and the UC San Diego Community
Cybersecurity Awareness Program Coordinator Ronise Zenon will talk about data concerns specific to UC San Diego affiliates, including tips and resources to help you protect your data. We will also …

Take a Break: Midterm De-Stress Events

Feb 11, 2020–Feb 13, 2020 (4:00 AM–6:00 AM)
Take a Break: Midterm De-Stress Events
“Take A Break” from studying and tests to build, color, create, and play. Join your friends, or make some new friends, at our “Take A Break” event series in Geisel’s …

New Writing Series with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Feb 12, 2020 (5:00 PM–6:30 PM)
New Writing Series with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo is a poet, essayist, translator, and immigration advocate. He is the author of the collection Cenzontle (2018), which won the 2017 A. Poulin Jr. prize, and the …

Cultured Data Symposium

Feb 7, 2020–Feb 8, 2020 (All Day)
Cultured Data Symposium
How can data science and the arts and humanities learn from one another? The growing digitization of the cultural record and the explosion of new data generation, collection, and analysis …

Take a Break: Midterm De-Stress Events

Feb 4, 2020–Feb 6, 2020 (4:00 PM–6:00 PM)
Take a Break: Midterm De-Stress Events
“Take A Break” from studying and tests to build, color, create, and play. Join your friends, or make some new friends, at our “Take A Break” event series in Geisel’s …

Pulse of GIS at UC San Diego

Jan 31, 2020 (2:00 PM–3:30 PM)
Pulse of GIS at UC San Diego
Taking place at the School of Global Policy & Strategy (Room 3107) this month, the next Pulse of GIS meeting will shed light on which UC San Diego constituents are currently …

The Business of Location Intelligence – Why Where Matters

Jan 31, 2020 (9:00 AM–12:00 PM)
The Business of Location Intelligence – Why Where Matters
Location data is everywhere and increasingly important to business success and innovation. Uber, Tesla, Amazon, Airbnb and many more disruptors are built around spatial analysis and locational context, yet many …

Take a Break: Midterm De-Stress Events

Jan 28, 2020–Jan 30, 2020 (4:00 PM–6:00 PM)
Take a Break: Midterm De-Stress Events
“Take A Break” from studying and tests to build, color, create, and play. Join your friends, or make some new friends, at our “Take A Break” event series in Geisel’s …

"The Dandelions Call to Me": The Living History of Terezin with Jacqueline Gmach, Cheryl Rattner, Steven Schindler, Yale Strom, et al.

Jan 22, 2020 (4:30 PM–7:00 PM)
“The Dandelions Call to Me”: The Living History of Terezin with Jacqueline Gmach, Cheryl Rattner, Steven Schindler, Yale Strom, et al.
Registration for this event is closed. Walk-ins will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis if seats become available. Terezin was unique among Nazi ghettos and camps. Intended as a …

New Writing Series Featuring Mira Jacob

Jan 15, 2020 (5:00 PM–6:30 PM)
New Writing Series Featuring Mira Jacob
The UC San Diego Department of Literature’s New Writing Series returns this winter with a number of events taking place in Geisel Library’s Seuss Room. Mira Jacob is the author and illustrator of Good …

Jeronimo: The Untold Tales of Koreans in Cuba Film Screening

Jan 14, 2020 (3:00 PM–5:00 PM)
Jeronimo: The Untold Tales of Koreans in Cuba Film Screening
Join us for a screening of Jeronimo, a documentary about Korean Cubans who fought for Korea's independence as well as in the Cuban revolution. Director and UC San Diego alumnus …

Finals Week Stress-Free Zone

Dec 9, 2019–Dec 11, 2019 (7:00 PM–9:00 PM)
Finals Week Stress-Free Zone
Take a break from studying and exams and stop by Room 2072! Free snacks and coffee will be available along with a variety of de-stress activities. Visit the de-stress page for more …

BLB Stress-Free Zone

Dec 4, 2019–Dec 5, 2019 (4:00 PM–6:00 PM)
BLB Stress-Free Zone
Take a break from studying and exams and stop by the Events Room on the 1st Floor of Biomedical Library Building. De-stress activities like board games, kinetic sand, coloring sheets, …

Fundamentals of Text Mining: Curating, Preparing, Analyzing, and Visualizing Textual Data

Dec 5, 2019 (2:00 PM–4:00 PM)
Fundamentals of Text Mining: Curating, Preparing, Analyzing, and Visualizing Textual Data
The relationship between close reading, mid-range reading (Alison Booth, “Mid-Range Reading: Not a Manifesto,” 2017), and distant reading (Franco Moretti, “Distant Reading,” 2013) has expanded the scholarly potential of both …

BLB Stress-Free Zone

Dec 3, 2019 (5:00 PM–7:00 PM)
BLB Stress-Free Zone
Take a break from studying and exams and stop by the Events Room on the 1st Floor of Biomedical Library Building. De-stress activities like board games, kinetic sand, coloring sheets, …

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