UC's impact — public investment at work 
Innovating through entertainment
From educating the most promising artists to creating world-class performance spaces and breakthrough technologies, UC is shaping the future of the entertainment industry.
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Entertaining audiences: UCLA
UCLA is training the next generation of leaders in fields across the spectrum of entertainment. Find out more about the Herb Alpert School of Music and the School of Theater, Film and Television. See a video overview of UCLA’s theater department.
“The strength of California’s economy has always been our ability to be at the forefront of new ways of thinking and emerging fields -- whether in the application of computer graphics for filmmaking or the next biotech breakthrough. Through its cutting-edge R&D and highly skilled graduates, the University of California plays a major role in keeping California the kind of place that spawns the next generation of great thinkers, the best new ideas and entire industries.”
-- Ed Catmull, president, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios
Making music: UC San Diego
With renowned musicians such as composer Roger Reynolds and percussionist Steven Schick, the beat goes on at UC San Diego, where the new Conrad Prebys Music Center is set to open in 2009.
Taking the stage: UC Santa Cruz
Shakespeare Santa Cruz is a professional repertory company in residence at UC Santa Cruz. It features festivals every summer and an educational outreach program called Shakespeare to Go. As the Bard said, all the world’s a stage.
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Read more about how UC and its alumni are making a difference in entertainment.
- UC Davis music professors win prestigious honors
- UC Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal
- UC Irvine Symphony Orchestra conductor Stephen Tucker knows the score
- David Copley endows UCLA center for costume design
- Peter Guber, UCLA’s navigator of narrative
- UC Merced researching high-tech visualization and motion capture equipment
- UC Riverside’s bagpipes and drum degree program beckons with top-notch directors
- A better fog and smoke machine from computer scientists at UC San Diego
- UC San Francisco’s Rupa Marya composes songs with meaning that go beyond words
- UC Santa Barbara alum Jack Johnson returns to play on campus
- Grateful Dead donates archives to UC Santa Cruz
- UC Santa Cruz creates major in computer game design
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Did you know?
- Entertainers with UC connections include Carol Burnett (UCLA), Francis Ford Coppola (UCLA), Benicio del Toro (UC San Diego), Adam Duritz (UC Berkeley, UC Davis), Jack Johnson (UC Santa Barbara), Jon Lovitz (UC Irvine), Camryn Manheim (UC Santa Cruz), Jim Morrison (UCLA), Gregory Peck (UC Berkeley), Jim Rome (UC Santa Barbara) and Charlyne Yi (UC Riverside).
Resources
- UC's impact: key points (pdf)
- 2009-10 budget process for UC (pdf)
- Discussion of 2009-10 budget issues (pdf)
- Funding higher education: An investment in California's economy (pdf)
- Campaign for College Opportunity issues report on impact of higher education cuts to California
- UC, CSU, CCC leaders: Invest in public higher education (pdf)
- UC Academic Senate’s report on impact of proposed budget cuts (pdf)
- Student fee fact sheet (pdf)
- 2008-09 state budget
- Archived budget information
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