May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 —
The Preuss School UCSD––a charter middle and high school on the campus of UC San Diego for motivated, low-income students whose parents have not graduated from college––has again been named the top transformative school in the country by Newsweek magazine for the school’s ability to lead the way in getting low-income and first-generation students ready for college and beyond.
May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 —
In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci began painting a mural – to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari – in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Great Hall, the seat of government in Renaissance Florence.
May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 —
The San Diego Book Arts will hold their Fourth National Juried Exhibition of works of art in book form at UC San Diego’s Geisel Library from May 26 through July 8, 2012.
May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 —
Far more wild plant species may be responding to global warming than previous large-scale estimates have suggested.
May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 —
Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine has led to identification of an existing drug that is effective against Entamoeba histolytica. This parasite causes amebic dysentery and liver abscesses and results in the death of more than 70,000 people worldwide each year.
May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012 —
The move to data-driven science and decision-making is necessitating the need for a comprehensive benchmarking of ‘big data’ applications as well as price/performance across the board, according to attendees at a recent workshop organized by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego.
May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012 —
Chancellor-Designate Pradeep Khosla received a warm welcome when he visited UC San Diego May 17, one day after the University of California Board of Regents appointed him as the campus's eighth Chancellor.
May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012 —
The University of California, San Diego’s 2nd annual Powwow carrying the theme “Honoring Tradition through Academic Excellence,” has been extended to two days this year, taking place on Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20 at Muir Field.
May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012 —
The University of California Board of Regents today (May 16) approved the terms of UC President Mark G. Yudof's appointment of Pradeep K. Khosla as the eighth chancellor of the University of California, San Diego.
May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012 —
In his first interview as the Chancellor-Designate, Khosla articulated his passion for students and higher education, his commitment to shared governance at UC San Diego, and his excitement about being our next leader.
