Kollaboration talent show features UC Irvine grads
Kollaboration talent show features UC Irvine grads
- July 22, 2013
- Hana Kim, '09 economics, is featured in the Orange County Register July 22, 2013
-----
From the OC Register:
Three UC Irvine graduates are participating in the biggest live Asian American talent
show in Southern California. Priscilla Liang, Russell Curry and Hana Kim are competing
in Kollaboration Los Angeles 2013, which takes place Friday at the Ford Amphitheatre
in Los Angeles. The three vocalists are among 10 finalists (chosen from more than
100) who are performing in the 13th Kollaboration L.A. showcase. The winner will have
a chance to compete for a $20,000 prize in the nationwide Kollaboration Star competition
in November… Liang graduated from UC Irvine in 2010. Her major was film and media,
and she minored in sociology… Russell Curry is a rapper, or hip-hop emcee. He graduated
from UCI in 2009 with a degree in biological sciences, and spent the next two years
working at the university as an admissions counselor… Indie singer/songwriter Kim
has a soulful, rich voice, and has already gained a following on YouTube, among audiences
in Southern California and – of all places – in South America… She graduated from
UC Irvine in 2009 with a degree in economics.
Online subscription required to view article.
-----
Would you like to get more involved with the social sciences? Email us at communications@socsci.uci.edu to connect.
Related News Items
- Careet RightThe questions beneath the equations
- Careet RightUC Irvine Department of Economics establishes Jan K. Brueckner Medal for Distinction in Economic Research
- Careet RightEstablishment-level evidence on California's fast-food minimum wage
- Careet RightAs companies leave California, is the state's $4.25 trillion economy really in trouble?
- Careet RightAn affinity for administration