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Integrating AI into Language Learning: UC San Diego Extended Studies Offers First Class Experience with RIA Robot

Students and professionals from all over the world travel to San Diego to take English as a Second Language courses offered by the English Language Institute within UC San Diego Extended Studies International Programs. For many of them, mastering English is not only a professional necessity and a gateway to greater opportunities but also a way to better serve their communities. Now, Extended Studies is leveraging cutting-edge research, cognitive science and robotics to help these constituents improve their English language skills.

Bridging the Future: UC San Diego’s New 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive Building Opens Doors for Science and Education

The UC San Diego campus is set to unveil a new facility at 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive that promises to create new opportunities for international students, lifelong learning communities, workforce development efforts and health science research. The new building, located right across the street from the main campus, will serve as the headquarters for the UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, featuring classrooms, training spaces and key administrative offices. It will also be a research hub for UC San Diego Health Sciences, offering new collaborative resources for a dozen different programs.

AI Tool Spots Breastfeeding Complications from Phone Photos for Streamlined Lactation Care

In a step toward using artificial intelligence to provide faster and more accurate lactation care to breastfeeding mothers, engineers at UC San Diego developed a tool to identify breastfeeding-related conditions from simple phone images.

Sixth Annual Women in Leadership 2024 Exemplifies Astronaut Sally Ride’s Legacy of Reaching for the Stars

Sally Ride Science @ UC San Diego presented Women in Leadership 2024 on Thursday, May 23, before a sold-out audience in the UC San Diego Price Center East Ballroom. Held annually in May to mark astronaut and former UC San Diego professor Sally Ride’s birthday month, the Women in Leadership event honors Ride’s passion for the future and women’s role in it.

A Time for Change Now: Dr. Bernice A. King’s Message of Love at UC San Diego’s Helen Edison Lecture Series

On the evening of Friday, May 17, 400 guests from UC San Diego and the local community gathered at the Jeannie Auditorium on the UC San Diego campus to hear Dr. Bernice A. King ponder society's yearning for change as she reflected on the legacy of her parents, Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

Celebrating Two Years of Community and Civic Connections and Collaboration with UC San Diego’s Park & Market

In its first two years, UC San Diego Park & Market has established itself as a premier event, meeting and conference venue in downtown San Diego.

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In the Media

These schools don’t just teach kids. They help families build ‘a community where we all work together.’
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 27

How toxic is the Tijuana River? San Diego high-school students are helping scientists find out.
inewssource, May 24

Keep your mind sharp as you age with these five tips (Associate Dean Ed Abeyta, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute)
Village News, May 9

Living Better in San Diego - Upskilling can help make your career ‘future-proof,’ featuring Dean Hugo Villar
Living Better in San Diego, April 30

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Sixth Annual Women in Leadership Event on May 23, 2024

Slideshow: Sixth Annual Women in Leadership Event on May 23, 2024

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