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2025 Wagner New Play Festival Presents Five Original Graduate Student Productions

April 7, 2025

Graduate student playwrights in UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance present five plays that explore the spectrum of emotions involved in motherhood, friendship, romantic entanglements and living authentically. Productions will run April 25 through May 17.

Addressing Tobacco Use in California’s Native American Communities

April 7, 2025

The California Native American Tobacco Initiative Evaluation (CAITIE) – led the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego – has emerged as a leader in the effort to evaluate the impact of culturally tailored tobacco use prevention initiatives.

UC San Diego’s WIFIRE Program Provides Real-Time Information to Wildfire Responders

April 6, 2025

There is no alarm bell ringing or fire pole to slide down at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego’s School of Computing, Information and Data Science. Still, at the first sign of wildfire anywhere in California, members of the WIFIRE team are ready.

Chasing a Moving Target: Research Ethics in a Digital Age

April 4, 2025

Professor Camille Nebeker and team support researchers and study participants in a rapidly changing technology environment.

What is AI’s Part in Modern Musical Composition?

April 4, 2025

What makes certain compositions more laudable than others? That is the age-old question. A contemporary question – one that could only be birthed in the era of GenAI– is this: will the 21st century yield a musical composer capable of stirring human emotions without being human itself?

New Guide Seeks to Advance DNA Library of Marine Species

April 3, 2025

Scientists have created a new guide to advance standards for collecting and cataloging DNA from marine species, enhancing a revolutionary method for monitoring ocean biodiversity. A team of 15 scientists, including several from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, contributed to the guide.

Communicating with Compassion: A Student’s Perspective

April 3, 2025

Third-year student Madeline Balzarini shared her experience participating in the Non-Violent and Compassionate Communication Workshop Series, hosted by UC San Diego’s International Services and Engagement Office, with UC San Diego Today.

UC San Diego Professor Explores Academia’s Role in AI’s Evolution at Major National Conference

April 3, 2025

At the inaugural HumanX conference in Las Vegas, David Danks, a UC San Diego professor of Data Science, Philosophy, and Policy and national expert in AI ethics, shared insights on the evolving international landscape of AI and the industry's unique dynamics.

Faculty Ambassadors Appointed to Drive Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Funding Opportunities

April 3, 2025

Faculty Ambassadors appointed foster interdisciplinary engagement across campus and help align faculty research with key funding opportunities related to our refreshed Strategic Research Themes.

Expanding the Use and Scope of AI Diffusion Models

April 2, 2025

Researchers at UC San Diego and other institutions are working on a way to make a type of artificial intelligence (AI) called diffusion models — a type of AI that can generate new content such as images and videos by training on large datasets — more efficient and widely applicable.
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