UCSD Alumni Announces 2014 Alumni Honorees
Five distinguished members of the Triton family will be recognized during UC San Diego’s annual Alumni Weekend, beginning June 5.
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UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management Top Ranked in Research and Entrepreneurship
The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego has been ranked as one of the top 100 business schools in the world by the Financial Times of London. The school also ranked 17th in faculty research in the Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings 2014 and ranked 8th globally in entrepreneurship by alumni surveyed by the Financial Times. Among the more than 700 AACSB International accredited business schools worldwide, the Financial Times selected 153 for its full-time MBA ranking.
From UC San Diego to the Grammys and Back
Chances are you have listened to UC San Diego alumnus Nathan East, ’78, all of your life. You just may not know it—yet. East is one of the world’s best bass guitarists, a Grammy nominee who has played with the likes of jazz, rock and pop royalty from Michael Jackson and Beyoncé, to Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. On Feb. 1, East will return to his alma mater for a one-time public performance entitled “Eastbound: Home.” All proceeds will benefit scholarships for UC San Diego students.
Race and Romance, Online
Usually, research findings on the state of U.S. race relations are pretty bleak. But a study of online dating by UC San Diego sociologist Kevin Lewis suggests that racial barriers to romance are not as insurmountable as we might suppose.
UC San Diego Library Launches New Channel on UCTV
Thanks to a new partnership with the University of California’s award-winning television station, the UC San Diego Library has launched a new channel on UCTV.
UC San Diego Alumnus Publishes Manifesto on Computing for New Forms of Cultural Expression
2013 is turning out to be a banner year for University of California, San Diego alumnus D. Fox Harrell (Ph.D. Computer Science and Cognitive Science, ’07). In July he received tenure at MIT, where he is an associate professor of digital media.
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