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UC San Diego Researchers Discover Human Burials and Artifacts in Ancient Mycenaean Tomb

May 17, 2017

The field researchers also collected paleo-environmental data concerning climate and environmental change during the Late Bronze Age.

NVMW 2017 — Brain-Inspired Memory “At the Center of the Universe”

May 16, 2017

Reducing 'computational sprawl' with brain-inspired computing and re-thinking computing architecture from the ground up were two of many far-reaching ideas proposed at the eighth annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop.

An Evening with Serial Entrepreneur and Innovator Tina Nova

May 1, 2017

The next installment of the UC San Diego series, Evening with an Entrepreneur, will feature scientist, inventor, serial entrepreneur, innovator, and long-time UC San Diego supporter, Dr. Tina Nova. Nova will sit down with Biocom’s Joe Panetta for an interview to discuss her unique entrepreneurial background and success in molecular diagnostics.

UC President Briefed on UC San Diego, QI Commercialization and Startups

April 27, 2017

UC President Janet Napolitano visited the UC San Diego campus and the Qualcomm Institute on Friday, April 21, for briefings on local activities aimed at commercializing academic research and supporting student entrepreneurship.

UC San Diego and edX Offer Professional Virtual Reality Courses Online

April 27, 2017

UC San Diego virtual reality faculty experts are launching a three-course series on edX as one of the first Professional Certificate programs offered by the online learning platform.

Campuswide Proof-of-Concept Awards Move Innovations to Market

April 26, 2017

UC San Diego announced its first eight proof-of-concept awards to advance university inventions to commercial impact. Funded through the new “Accelerating Innovations to Market (AIM)” program, these milestone-driven projects are designed to de-risk early-stage technologies.

Raising Awareness of Human Trafficking on University Campuses

April 21, 2017

On Tuesday, April 25, UC San Diego’s Social Impact and Innovation initiative is organizing a 90-minute workshop on human trafficking in the San Diego region – and even on university campuses. It’s the first of six monthly events geared to a curriculum for raising awareness and helping to combat sex and employment exploitation.

Multimedia Performance Explores Anxiety, Transition and Truth

April 17, 2017

The Qualcomm Institute (QI) at UC San Diego is staging a new work, “Still”, on April 20. The multimedia performance work by Music Ph.D. student Kyle Johnson is part of QI’s Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS), a performing arts series now in its fourth season.

UC San Diego Honors Entrepreneurs-in-Residence with Reception, Apr. 17

April 17, 2017

UC San Diego’s Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) launched the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) program in 2015 to accelerate the creation of new startup companies. The OIC, a Research Affairs unit, will honor the newly appointed 2017 EIR cohort and thank the 2016 cohort for their hard work with a reception, Apr. 17, at Bella Vista Social Club and Caffé in the Sanford Consortium.

UC San Diego Research Sheds New Light on Life of Ice Age American

April 14, 2017

Various studies and analyses have revealed that the remains are those of a girl between 15 and 16 years old who lived almost 13,000 years ago in what is now Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.
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