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VirBELA Brings the Virtual Reality Workplace to the Real World

April 25, 2019

VirBELAis a virtual reality company that connects remote workers from around the world in an online environment. Recently acquired by eXp World Holdings, the company was formed at the University of California San Diego as a partnership between Rady School of Management and the Experimental Game Lab.

Diving In To Teaching at Splash

April 25, 2019

If you were a high school student and these were the kind of topics you could learn about for a day, what would you take? More than 300 high school students came to UC San Diego on Saturday to sample some of these offerings at Splash, a daylong event run by the Triton Engineering Student Council (TESC).

Welcome to the Festival

April 25, 2019

Tickets for the 2019 Wagner New Play Festival at UC San Diego are going fast, and guests have five world-premiere productions to see: each one written by current students in the Department of Theatre and Dance MFA playwriting program.

The Promise of Preuss

April 25, 2019

When Indira Hood-Esparza was admitted to The Preuss School UC San Diego in 2004 as a sixth grader, she was so eager to start wearing her school uniform that she would try it on in secret over the summer, making sure it was ready for the fall.

Shaping San Diego’s Workforce: UC San Diego Trains Next Generation of Region’s Policymakers

April 25, 2019

As attentions turn towards the 2020 elections, voters are considering who will inherit the mantle in local, state and national races. However, when voters cast their ballots, they do not just elect political candidates they are selecting the teams of policymakers who support them.

Elevating High Schools to New Heights

April 25, 2019

A degree from the University of California is achievable, affordable and possible. This central message was delivered to hundreds of Morse High School students by UC President Janet Napolitano and UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla at this year’s Achieve UC event on April 18.

UC San Diego y México: Better Together

April 25, 2019

The University of California San Diego lies less than 30 miles north of the San Ysidro Port of Entry—the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere. Every day, more than 70,000 vehicles and 20,000 pedestrians cross the San Ysidro border between Mexico and the United States for work, travel and education.

Scientists Observe Rare Decay Process in the Universe

April 24, 2019

An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of California San Diego, report in the science journal Nature that they observed the decay of Xenon-124 atoms for the first time.

Public’s Dread of Nuclear Power Limits its Use

April 24, 2019

In the ongoing effort to decarbonize U.S. energy production, there is one energy source that often attracts great controversy. Nuclear power, for a number of reasons, including the association between radiation and cancer, the general public has long felt a significant dread about it.

Blood Thinner Found to Significantly Reduce Subsequent Heart Failure Risks

April 24, 2019

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found using blood thinners in patients with worsening heart failure, coronary artery disease and irregular heart rhythms was associated with a reduced risk of thromboembolic events, such as stroke and heart attack.
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