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Faculty and Students Sharpen Skills in Teaching and Learning

Since its creation in 2015, The Commons has served a unique purpose at UC San Diego—to help students master the best ways to learn, and to assist faculty and graduate students in enhancing learning outcomes and student experiences in the classroom.

Computer Engineering Student Awarded Fellowship for Women in Aerospace

Akshara Kuduvalli, a computer engineering undergraduate student at the University of California San Diego, has been selected as a 2023 Brooke Owens Fellow. The Fellowship is awarded to exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities in aerospace.

Signing in the City of Light

Flying to France to study American Sign Language (ASL) might seem strange at first glance. But, says Peggy Lott, setting a UC San Diego Global Seminar in sign language studies in Paris was far from random.

Take 10 with a Triton: Softball Coach Patti Gerckens Has a Lot of Balls in the Air

During the 2022 season, Head Softball Coach Patti Gerkens hit a milestone, celebrating 800 career wins. Learn more about her and the team, which kicked off the 2023 season with their first game Friday, February 10.

Cybersecurity Expert Stefan Savage Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

UC San Diego cybersecurity expert Stefan Savage, whose work examines a wide range of technologies, from cars, to spam emails to cryptocurrencies, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

UC San Diego Library Receives Grant to Digitize Archive for New Poetry Collection

Audiovisual items within the UC San Diego Library’s Archive for New Poetry (ANP) collection will be digitized and preserved thanks to a $250,000 grant awarded to the organization by the Mellon Foundation.

Progress Toward Fast-charging Lithium-metal Batteries

Engineers report progress toward lithium-metal batteries that charge fast – as fast as an hour. This fast charging is thanks to lithium metal crystals that can be seeded and grown quickly into dense layers of uniform lithium metal that lack battery-performance-degrading spikes called dendrites.