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  Architecture and Urban Design Professor and Architect Thom Mayne has been chosen to design a new Cornell University building that is to rise on Roosevelt Island in New York. The campus, which is a partnership with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, is expected to cost more than $2 billion and feature about 10 structures. Click here for the LA Times article.

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  Introducing the Center for the Art of Performance, formerly UCLA Live

  The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture today announces the creation of the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA), an evolution from UCLA Live. The public performance arm of the university, CAP UCLA launches with a new visual identity, new community collaborations and artist initiatives, and a 2012–13 season that returns international theater to the program.

  For the Los Angeles Times feature on the Center and future happenings, click here.

  For the UCLA Live (Soon to be CAP-UCLA) homepage, click here.

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  Professor of World Arts and Cultures and director of opera, theatre and film, Peter Sellars was honored at the Opera News Awards on April 29, 2012 in New York. Sellars accepted a special award, describing opera as "the deep end of the pool, where we get real." Click here for the LA Times article.

• UCLA Music Choral Outreach Program wins the grand prize in Zipcar’s "Students With Drive" contest. Last Wednesday, the program won a grand prize of $25,000, and on Monday, they were presented with an award by the vice president of Zipcar, Dan Grossman. The money is split into portions that include $5,000 in Zipcar transportation credit, $10,000 in UCLA scholarships and $10,000 in cash to go toward next year’s outreach program. Click here to read the article.)

• KCET-TV will feature esteemed UCLA music and ethnomusicology professor and jazz legend Kenny Burrell on a special program celebrating his life and career Thursday, March 8 at 9 p.m. “Kenny Burrell: Jazz Master and Mentor” is a 90-minute concert documentary produced at UCLA. (3/6/2012)

News Archive

• The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has named Rebeca Méndez one of 10 winners of the 2012 National Design Awards, which recognize excellence across a variety of disciplines. The award recipients will be honored at a gala dinner Oct. 17 in New York.

• 2012 Commencement Information

• Alec Baldwin talks with Herb Alpert, legendary trumpeter and co-founder of A&M Records. Herb Alpert and his wife donated $30 million to UCLA to endow the Herb Alpert School of Music in 2007. For the podcast click here. For the transcript click here.

• In a new music class that will resemble a late-night talk show more than a lecture this Spring, UCLA students will attend weekly presentations by songwriters and music industry pros. Music Lecturer David Leaf, an award-winning writer and director of music documentaries, will be teaching the class. Click here to read the full story.

• KCET to air concert documentary on UCLA jazz professor Kenny Burrell

• ''Second Skins,' featuring painted barkcloth from Africa, New Guinea opens at Fowler April 1

• Don't miss our Winter 2012 events:
  Architecture and Urban Design
  Art
  Design | Media Arts
  Ethnomusicology
  Music
  World Arts and Cultures/Dance

• Download the You See LA Winter/Spring 2012 Calendar for arts events on UCLA campus.