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Corwin Chair awarded 2025 Fromm Commission from Harvard University
Only 12 composers worldwide received Harvard University's 2025 Fromm Music Foundation Commission, and UC Santa Barbara's João Pedro Oliveira is among them. The Corwin chair of composition will create a new electroacoustic chamber work premiering at UCSB in 2027.
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Faculty Research Lecturer Alan Liu ponders ‘good’ knowledge in the age of AI
As artificial intelligence reshapes communication, humanities expert Alan Liu cautions against polarized reactions to the technology. His upcoming lecture investigates the "patience" required to understand how human values like truth and rigor will adapt in an AI-integrated world.
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Apply Now: 2026 LARB Publishing Workshop (Full HFA Scholarship Available)
This five-week online intensive is designed for students seeking careers in the business of publishing, editing and production. The program features tracks in book and magazine creation and networking opportunities with industry leaders.
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Jenni Sorkin receives Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
Sorkin was one of only 31 writers selected nationally for the 2025 cycle. The award supports her upcoming book, “Deviant Scale,” which uncovers a parallel art world of the 1990s, revealing how artists outside of major cities used fiber and mixed media to deconstruct race, gender and disability.
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Santa Barbara International Film Festival selects student composers for inaugural scoring lab
Led by alumnus Diego Ratto, the festival’s new 10-10-10 Composer Mentorship Program challenges eight UCSB students to create original scores for short films premiering at the Arlington Theatre.
Continue Reading Santa Barbara International Film Festival selects student composers for inaugural scoring labIn Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Allan Grapard
It is always a time of great sadness when we lose a member of our academic community. The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts joins the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies in mourning the passing of Emeritus Professor Allan Grapard. Below is a tribute to his life and scholarship prepared by his colleague, Professor Fabio Rambelli.
— Daina Ramey Berry, Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts
In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Apostolos Athanassakis
It is always a time of great sadness when we lose a member of our academic community. The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts joins the Department of Classics in mourning the passing of Emeritus Professor Apostolos Athanassakis. Below is a tribute to his life and scholarship prepared by his colleagues.
— Daina Ramey Berry, Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts
Signed, sealed, delivered: Letter exchange builds enduring pipeline from middle school to university
For 17 years, a partnership between the UCSB Writing Program and Oxnard’s R.J. Frank Academy has empowered first-generation students to envision their future in higher education through a unique mentorship letter exchange.
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