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UC San Diego’s Newest School Merges Data Science and AI Innovation

The campus’ new School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS) joins together the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute.

UC San Diego Satellite Concepts Examine Land, Ice and Sea From Above

NASA has selected two teams from Scripps Institution of Oceanography — out of four total — and awarded them each $5 million to develop a proposal for a scientific mission that will advance the study of climate change factors.

Extreme Heat in South Asia Challenges Worker Performances

UC San Diego’s Teevrat Garg explores how extreme heat affects workforces in low- and middle-income countries.

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Fellows With Lived Experience Aid UC San Diego Homelessness Hub

The fellows are integrated into every stage of the research process.

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Free Speech, Student Protest and the First Amendment

Michelle Deutchman, executive director of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, shares her insight.

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Meet Shelley Wright, UC San Diego Astrophysicist

Wright’s work includes the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. She chats with UC San Diego Magazine about how this work engages with people’s fascination with the universe.