October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say high-priced cigarettes and smoke-free homes effectively reduce smoking behaviors among low-income individuals – a demographic in which tobacco use has remained comparatively high.
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
Increased vitamin D levels may prevent a wide range of diseases, according to recent studies. However, some previous studies led to a concern that vitamin D supplementation could increase an individual’s risk of developing kidney stones.
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
Composer Will Ogdon, founding chair of UC San Diego’s department of music, died Oct. 6. He was 92.
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
UCSD Alumni is now accepting nominations for the 36th Annual Alumni Celebration recognizing the accomplishments of outstanding alumni. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, Oct. 25, 2013.
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
A soulful singer-songwriter from Mali, a dance performance inspired by stories of Brazil’s favelas and a documentary following the lives of “fruit hunters” are just a few of the exciting presentations that ArtPower! at UC San Diego has planned for this year. In its 10th anniversary season, ArtPower! continues to bring internationally renowned chamber quartets, global musicians, jazz artists, dance companies, contemporary music ensembles and film directors to perform and present on the UC San Diego campus and in the community.
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
Industry, government, media and UC San Diego academic leaders discussed solutions to the challenges facing the U.S. engineering enterprise at the National Engineering Forum (NEF) on Oct.10 at the Robert Payne Scripps Seaside Forum at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Partnering with the NEF, UC San Diego co-hosted the dialogue with the Council on Competitiveness and Lockheed Martin.
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
How do universities and industries work together to foster innovation? What kinds of partnerships and alliances will best enable discoveries that benefit both business and society?
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
When Albert “Al” P. Pisano, the new dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering, recently described UC San Diego, he said, “This is a campus of energy. It’s a campus of surging forward. It’s a campus of collaboration. This campus feels like home to me. I think it’s a great place, and I’m very happy to be here.”
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
On a hot Saturday afternoon in the Mojave Desert, a team of UC San Diego engineering students huddled in a small underground bunker and watched quietly as the rocket engine they had designed over the past eight months flared to life on a test platform. As a jet of rocket fuel sprang out of the engine at supersonic speed, the students cheered loudly.
October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 —
In her second week as President of the University of California, Janet Napolitano traveled to UC San Diego on Thursday, October 10, to meet student leaders, staff and faculty and to see first-hand the interdisciplinary research that has made the campus a top-ten public university.
