Ten Years of Firsts
October 31, 2013
In true start-up fashion, the Rady School of Management has moved fast and achieved much in its short history.
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Rady School of Management Celebrates Ten Years of Innovation
October 31, 2013
Since its founding a decade ago, the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego has distinguished itself as a pioneer in a new model of business education. The school’s concentration in innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration has led to rapid success; borne out by outstanding achievements of its students, faculty and alumni.
Coalition: 100 Companies, Including 2 from UC San Diego, Prove Economic Boost of Research
October 29, 2013
Two innovative UC San Diego spinoffs are among the 100 companies cited by The Science Coalition in a new report touting the positive economic payoff of federally funded university research.
UC San Diego Library Launches New Channel on UCTV
October 29, 2013
Thanks to a new partnership with the University of California’s award-winning television station, the UC San Diego Library has launched a new channel on UCTV.
UC San Diego Alumnus Publishes Manifesto on Computing for New Forms of Cultural Expression
October 28, 2013
2013 is turning out to be a banner year for University of California, San Diego alumnus D. Fox Harrell (Ph.D. Computer Science and Cognitive Science, ’07). In July he received tenure at MIT, where he is an associate professor of digital media.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: International Study Documents Importance of Language to Learning Math
October 28, 2013
Talk to your toddler. And use numbers when you talk. Doing so may give a child a better head start in math than teaching her to memorize 1-2-3 counting routines. That’s the takeaway of an international study published this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Child Brides at Funerals
October 28, 2013
Having children early and in rapid succession are major factors fueling high infant mortality rates in the South Asian countries of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan where one in 14 births to young mothers ends with the death of the child within the first year, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Enzyme Restores Function with Diabetic Kidney Disease
October 25, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say that, while a prevailing theory suggests elevated cellular levels of glucose ultimately result in diabetic kidney disease, the truth may, in fact, be quite the opposite. The findings could fundamentally change understanding of how diabetes-related diseases develop – and how they might be better treated.
Students As Oracles: In Delphi, UC San Diego Researchers Report Cyber-Archaeology Findings
October 25, 2013
Students from the University of California, San Diego who are part of a National Science Foundation graduate training program in cultural heritage diagnostics spent part of October in the cradle of Western civilization – ancient Greece.
NSF Awards $1.2 Million to UCSD/UCLA to Pinpoint Unused Space in Wireless Spectrum
October 25, 2013
A research collaboration between the University of California campuses in San Diego and Los Angeles has been awarded $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation to enable smartphones, sensors and other software-defined radio devices to rapidly and precisely pinpoint bands of unused radio spectrum and eliminate any existing signal interference.
