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Use of Drones Raises Questions

June 13, 2013

Drones – UAVs or unmanned aerial vehicles – are not exactly ubiquitous yet. But that future may not be far away. The day after it was reported that Dominos is testing drones for pizza delivery, the L.A.-based Drone Dudes were on the UC San Diego campus with a remote-controlled flying camera, buzzing around the blue “Fallen Star” cottage high atop Jacobs Hall, getting shots an unassisted human would be hard-pressed to get.

UC San Diego Icon Walter Munk to Receive Roger Revelle Medal

June 13, 2013

World-renowned oceanographer Walter Munk is already an icon at the University of California, San Diego. Now, he is the recipient of an award named for another iconic campus leader—the “father” of UC San Diego, Roger Revelle.

UC San Diego Leads Discussion on Research Universities and the Future of America

June 13, 2013

Representatives from the National Research Council (NRC), UC San Diego leaders and key stakeholders from the San Diego region met Thursday to discuss the health and competitiveness of U.S. research universities.

Triton 5K Brings Together UC San Diego Community at Alumni Weekend

June 13, 2013

They came. They ran. They celebrated. More than 2,500 alumni, faculty, staff, students and community members returned to UC San Diego for the Triton 5K. The university’s race was part of the annual Alumni Weekend, June 6 through 9, hosted by UCSD Alumni.

Engineering Students Gear Up to Compete in National UAV Challenge

June 13, 2013

Their mission: make an unmanned autonomous vehicle, better known as a UAV, take off, fly over specific markers, find five to 11 targets and then land—all in half an hour. That is the challenge that a team of 25 students at UC San Diego is getting ready to tackle next month.

A Farewell Interview with Penny Rue

June 13, 2013

Vice Chancellor – Student Affairs Penny Rue has been at UC San Diego for nearly six years, and will depart from her post at the end of June.

Two Young UC San Diego Faculty Members Named Pew Scholars

June 13, 2013

Two early-career scientists at UC San Diego are among 22 of the nation’s most enterprising researchers named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts. These scholars receive will each receive $240,000 over the next four years to pursue research projects without restriction that are focused on solving some of the nation’s most perplexing health problems—including diabetes, autism, Parkinson’s disease and cancer.

UC San Diego Earns Four Prestigious CASE Awards

June 13, 2013

Nearly 3,000 entries from higher education institutions and nonprofits around the world were considered by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for this year’s Circle of Excellence Awards for outstanding work in advancement services, alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing initiatives.

Lewis Judd to Step Down After 36 Years as Chair of Department of Psychiatry

June 13, 2013

In a career that has spanned almost half a century, most of it at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Dr. Lewis Judd has watched–and to a remarkable degree, helped shape–the evolution of psychiatry from its decidedly charismatic but often controversial past to its empirical present as a data-driven, hard-charging neuroscience.

Author and Alumnus Rex Pickett Brings “Sideways” to La Jolla Playhouse

June 13, 2013

“If anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving.” That line of dialogue is familiar to thousands of fans of “Sideways,” a novel that spawned an Oscar-winning movie, gaining a cult following since the iconic road trip story hit bookstores and theaters in 2004.
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