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$50,000 to Solve the Most Complicated Puzzle Ever Attempted

November 16, 2011

Every few years the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) holds a public competition to stretch the outer limits of what technology can do. Two years ago they dispersed 10 large, red weather balloons at undisclosed locations across the U.S. The celebrated 2009 DARPA Network Challenge to find the balloons was solved in just nine hours by a team from MIT. Now, Manuel Cebrian, a member of that winning team, is aiming for a repeat win – only this time, the challenge is exponentially harder.

SDSC’s Trestles Debuts on ‘Graph500’ List

November 16, 2011

Trestles, a new supercomputer using flash-based memory and launched earlier this year by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has made this year’s Graph500 list, a new ranking that measures how well supercomputers handle data-intensive challenges.

The Preuss School UCSD Named One of 10 ‘Breakthrough Schools’ in the Nation

November 15, 2011

The Preuss School UCSD is one of 10 schools in the nation being recognized for academic success through the 2012 MetLife Foundation-National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Breakthrough Schools program.

UC San Diego Ranked 7th in Nation for Students Who Study Abroad

November 15, 2011

Kicking off International Education Week, the University of California, San Diego was ranked 7th in the nation among doctoral institutions for the number of students who study abroad for a full academic year, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE) Open Doors report released yesterday.

UCSD Students Touch the Future in Collaboration with Museum of Photographic Arts

November 15, 2011

Meantime, the project team will process surveys and a mountain of user data collected and stored by the touch table in Osaka to discover patterns in how users picked and ordered the photographs and to find out which were the most and least popular. This information will be used to improve the visitor experience for MOPA’s Fall 2012 exhibition.

Blood Pressure and Stroke Risk Gets More Complicated

November 15, 2011

For patients who have suffered an ischemic stroke, traditional treatment prescribes keeping subsequent blood pressure levels as low as possible to reduce the risk of another stroke. A new international study, however, suggests this conventional approach may not be helpful, and could actually increase recurrent stroke risk – at least in the first few months after the first event.

New Mentoring Program at Jacobs School of Engineering Connects Graduate and Undergraduate Students

November 15, 2011

When two UC San Diego graduate students set out to create a new mentoring program at the Jacobs School of Engineering that pairs graduate students and undergraduates, they didn’t expect to be flooded with applications. They also didn’t expect the massive turn out at the program’s first meeting this month. But Margie Mathewson and Laura Connelly say they are now expecting the program to keep growing and building an even stronger sense of community at the Jacobs School.

Oreskes’ Book Wins History of Science Society Prize

November 15, 2011

“Merchants of Doubt” (Bloomsbury Press, 2010), coauthored by Naomi Oreskes of UC San Diego’s department of history with Erik Conway, has earned its share of public plaudits – including repeated praise from former Vice President Al Gore.

Employee with 40 Years of Service Among Staff Members Recognized at Awards Ceremony

November 15, 2011

Connie Fey, a programmer analyst in Environmental Health & Safety, was recognized Nov. 7 for her 40 years of service to the university. Fey was one of 507 employees recognized. Together, they’ve put in 7,960 years—or more than 16.6 million hours—of service at UC San Diego, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox pointed out.

Creative ‘Storm’ Set to Hit UC San Diego

November 15, 2011

“The Storm,” a drama by 19th-century Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky, is not a common choice in American regional theatre seasons. But true to its mission of producing innovative and eclectic work, the UC San Diego department of theatre and dance will stage the play Nov. 18 through Dec. 3 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre.
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