Tag Archive: [Events & Exhibits]
April 8, 2014
Thinking Big with Geoff Bowker
April 7, 2014
Mozart’s Humors: Cultural and Clinical Problems of Retrospective Diagnosis
Was Mozart manic depressive or did he suffer from ADHD or OCD? Or, perhaps his restless movements and peculiar personality suggest a diagnosis of Tourette’s Syndrome or even autism? Since …
April 2, 2014
Earth Week DIY Makers Day
The Library and the Environmental Sustainability Group is hosting a DIY Makers Day celebrating Earth Week on campus, using sustainable, non-toxic, reusable, and recyclable materials. Maker stations include: make your own …
February 25, 2014
UC San Diego Library Receives Gift of New Dr. Seuss Materials
Annual birthday celebration set for March 3rd with exhibit of new materials. Every year the University of California, San Diego Library, the world’s repository for the original works of Dr. …
February 21, 2014
Author Talk & Book Signing, William Lanouette
“Leo Szilard: The Man Behind the Bomb” A talk and book signing by William Lanouette, author of the new edition of Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard. …
February 12, 2014
Survival and Death: What Made you Know the Nazis Would Kill you? – with Peter Gourevitch
In this talk Peter Gourevitch explores the dynamics of “lessons to be learned” from the Holocaust. Drawing on the experience of a grandmother who fled and survived in the United …
January 21, 2014
Larry Greenbaum: Back to Duedelsheim – Conquering the Fatherland
Larry Greenbaum was one of only four Jews from Duedelsheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, to flee Nazi Germany after Kristallnacht. Seven years later, he returned to his hometown, this time as a member …