June 20, 2017
June 20, 2017 —
On June 23, over 100 seniors will graduate from The Preuss School UCSD, including valedictorian Quynh Truong. Born in Vietnam, Truong immigrated to the U.S. with her parents when she was seven years old. This June, she will become the first in her family to graduate from high school and go on to college—she will attend UC Berkeley in the fall.
June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017 —
Can the continental United States make a rapid, reliable and low-cost transition to an energy system that relies almost exclusively on wind, solar and hydroelectric power? While there is growing excitement for this vision, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by 21 of the nation’s leading energy experts, including David G. Victor and George R. Tynan from the University of California San Diego, describes a more complicated reality.
June 17, 2017
June 17, 2017 —
“You have the opportunity to create a better world, a happier world,” said His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, who delivered the keynote address to 25,000 University of California San Diego graduates and their families today during the university’s All Campus Commencement. His message to graduates centered on the power of compassion and the importance of emotional knowledge. He emphasized that through loving kindness toward others, the next generation can manifest a more peaceful world.
June 16, 2017
June 16, 2017 —
EPARC's new Biodex System 4 and C-Mill treadmill will help exercise physiologists understand how much and what type of exercise to prescribe to patients, particularly those with gait difficulties.
June 15, 2017
June 15, 2017 —
The University of California San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance is among the best: Hollywood Reporter recently listed the acting program #5 in the world. Part of its reputation is due to its unique partnership with the world-renowned La Jolla Playhouse. The UC San Diego-La Jolla Playhouse partnership includes a theater and dance residency program that offers students the opportunity to gain practical experience in acting, directing, design and stage management that sets them up for professional success.
June 15, 2017
June 15, 2017 —
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new electrolytes that enable lithium batteries to run at temperatures as low as -60 degrees Celsius with excellent performance -- in comparison, today's lithium-ion batteries stop working at -20 degrees Celsius. The new electrolytes also enable electrochemical capacitors to run as cold as -80 degrees Celsius -- their current limit is -40 degrees Celsius.
June 15, 2017
June 15, 2017 —
University of California San Diego School of Medicine has entered a five-year strategic partnership with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to discover meaningful treatments for metabolic diseases.
June 15, 2017
June 15, 2017 —
The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced that Rachel Dutton and Elizabeth Villa, researchers in UC San Diego’s Division of Biological Sciences, have been selected as Pew scholars in biomedical sciences.
June 15, 2017
June 15, 2017 —
When most people think of summer, they see images of barbecues, long naps and days at the beach. But Tritons see opportunities: summer classes to advance their degrees, study abroad to experience international cultures, and internships to gain practical work skills. UC San Diego provides many avenues for students to spend their summers growing academically, personally and professionally. Who says you can't do linear algebra homework in between matches of beach volleyball?
June 15, 2017
June 15, 2017 —
Structural engineering students got an opportunity to test their skills at creating unmanned aerial vehicle wings out of composite materials as part of a new structural engineering senior design class at UC San Diego. The class, called SE143, includes all three stages of the industrial aircraft wing production cycle—designing, building and testing.
