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Strategic Research Plan Refresh Looks to Evolve What UC San Diego Does Best

May 16, 2024

What broad and pressing societal problems, challenges or questions do you think UC San Diego is uniquely, well-positioned to help solve.

Four Alumni Capture Coveted Tony Nods

May 14, 2024

Four of UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance alumni are among the talented directors, actors and scenic designers to be nominated for a 2024 Tony Award. And one of their works—a new musical by singer Alicia Keys called “Hell’s Kitchen”—crowns the list as the musical with the most Tony Award nominations.

Broadway Actress Shares Inspirations, Thoughts on “Belonging”

May 1, 2024

Broadway, TV, and film actress Melody Butiu ’96, MFA ’99, talks to UC San Diego Magazine about inclusivity and authenticity and how she tries to get to the core of the roles she seeks out.

There is an Art to Communicating Scientific Research

May 1, 2024

UC San Diego's Research Communications Program focuses on practical training to help scientific researchers shine as they share their findings on and off camera.

Scientists Show Ancient Village Adapted to Drought, Rising Seas

April 30, 2024

Researchers from UC San Diego and abroad have unveiled evidence for ancient human resilience to climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Leaders in Their Fields

April 30, 2024

Five UC San Diego graduate students recently joined the ranks of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, a prestigious national organization that recognizes scholars whose commitment to social justice, diversity, leadership and academic excellence pushes the boundaries of doctoral education.

2024 Wagner New Play Festival World Premieres Five Works

April 12, 2024

UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance graduate student playwrights present five bold stories that will world premiere from Apr. 26 to May 18 at the Wagner New Play Festival.

Book Honors Archaeologist’s Storied Career

March 27, 2024

A peer-reviewed, two-volume book celebrates the career of archaeologist Thomas Levy, a UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute affiliate and recently retired distinguished professor with the Department of Anthropology and Jewish Studies Program.

Creating AI That Helps, Not Harms

March 21, 2024

There are plenty of reasons to love artificial intelligence (AI). But what happens when helpfulness turns into harm? This is one of the big questions that occupies David Danks, a professor in UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute and Department of Philosophy.

NEH Grant Propels Quest to Uncover the Lost Histories of the Chichimeca

March 14, 2024

UC San Diego Professor of History Dana Velasco Murillo is searching for traces of the neglected voices of the nomadic Chichimeca peoples. The six-year research project is nearing completion, thanks to a recent $60,000 grant received from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
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