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UC San Diego Hosts Its First Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality Hackathon

March 1, 2018

Anish Kannan, a fourth year computer science student at UC San Diego, had no interest in virtual reality (VR) until one fateful hackathon four years ago.

‘Defenders of Geisel’ Esports Team Gets a Shot at National Title

February 8, 2018

UC San Diego is headed to the Fiesta Bowl. Sounds impossible for a university without a football program, but for the first time the Fiesta Bowl organization, which puts on the eponymous college football bowl game, is branching out to an exponentially growing market: competitive video game playing, or esports.

Smart Earplug Company Developed by UC San Diego Undergrads Acquired by Bose

December 7, 2017

Hush, a noise-cancelling smart earplug startup company that was conceptualized by UC San Diego engineering undergraduates in professor Nate Delson’s Product Design and Entrepreneurship class has been acquired by audio giant Bose.

Roberto and Colleen Padovani Establish Scholarship for Electrical Engineers at UC San Diego

December 6, 2017

Roberto Padovani never forgot the role that financial assistance played early in his career, and now he and his wife Colleen are establishing a $1 million endowed scholarship focused on exceptional undergraduates with financial need in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the Jacobs School of Engineering.

UC San Diego Takes the Driver’s Seat for Intelligent Vehicles

November 2, 2017

The University of California San Diego is taking the lead in intelligent vehicles, turning the campus into a living laboratory for self-driving cars starting with mail delivery in January.
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