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SDSC to Host High-Speed, Large Data Transfer Experiment at SC16 Show

Events & Happenings

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego will host a node in the Pacific Research Platform at this year’s International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC16), in Salt Lake City, Utah November 14-17. The aim is to achieve large data transfers over long-distance networks to the limits possible using single personal computers of the type that researchers may have in their labs in the near future.

SDSC to Host High-Speed, Large Data Transfer Experiment at SC16 Show

UC San Diego Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Visual Arts Department

Books & Culture

The UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts kicks off a two-year program in the University Art Gallery (UAG) to celebrate its 50th anniversary with “Extensions of Photography: A Visual Arts Faculty, Emeritus Faculty and Alumni Exhibition,” running through Dec. 9. Two related events will be held to inaugurate the celebration, including a panel discussion from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on Nov. 3 at the University Art Gallery and the “Artists & Language” reception from 3-5 p.m. on Nov. 4 in the Seuss Room at the Geisel Library.

UC San Diego Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Visual Arts Department

New 3-D CAVEkiosk at UC San Diego Brings Cyber-Archaeology to Geisel Library

Books & Culture

The University of California San Diego's iconic, futuristic spaceship of a building, Geisel Library, will unveil its first virtual-reality 3-D display system during a public reception on Monday, November 7 from 10 am to noon. The life-size CAVEkiosk will be open to the campus community and the public at large, but it will also allow researchers to analyze and visualize 3-D data from at-risk archaeological sites in Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Greece, Morocco and Cyprus.

UC San Diego Theatre Alumnus Competes for Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award

Books & Culture

Faculty and students from UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance excel on Broadway, in theaters nationwide, and in the film and television industry. Playwriting alumna Rachel Axler ’04, who just won her third Emmy Award for the critically acclaimed HBO show “VEEP,” is one example.

UC San Diego Library Joins One Book, One San Diego for 10th Anniversary Celebration

Events & Happenings

Local author Zohreh Ghahremani to speak on Nov 3. for One Book event at Geisel Library

UC San Diego Named World’s 15th Best University by U.S. News and World Report

Books & Culture

U.S. News and World Report has named the University of California San Diego the 15th best university in the world, up four spots compared to last year, in the third annual global rankings, released today. The campus was ranked as the 4th best public university in the U.S. on the list of the world’s top 1,000 colleges. The rankings measure factors such as research, global and regional reputation, international collaboration as well as number of highly-cited papers and doctorates awarded.