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Frontiers of Innovation Fellows to Showcase Research Addressing Global Challenges at Symposium

Events & Happenings

After a study abroad trip to Tanzania as an undergraduate, Julie Bergmann knew that she wanted to pursue a career in public health. Now a doctoral candidate in global health at UC San Diego, Bergmann is conducting research in Uganda to assess health care barriers for HIV-exposed infants. Bergmann is part of the inaugural UC San Diego Frontiers of Innovation Scholars Program cohort and will present her research at the first annual FISP Symposium on Friday, Nov. 20.

Frontiers of Innovation Fellows to Showcase Research Addressing Global Challenges at Symposium

Congressmen Praise ‘Innovation Ecosystem’ of Campus Entrepreneurs During Visit

Events & Happenings

Two congressmen who know a lot about innovation were wowed by last week’s tour of the Qualcomm Institute, where they heard about UC San Diego’s new Office of Innovation and Commercialization and met student entrepreneurs at QI’s prototyping facility.

Congressmen Praise ‘Innovation Ecosystem’ of Campus Entrepreneurs During Visit

‘The Legacy of Jonas Salk’ Exhibit on Display at Geisel Library

Events & Happenings

Fall 2015 marks the close of world-renowned scientist Jonas Salk’s centenary year. To mark the occasion, the UC San Diego Library is presenting “The Legacy of Jonas Salk,” an exhibition of materials from the Jonas Salk Papers, which will be on display in Geisel Library through January 10, 2016. The papers—which comprise more than 600 linear feet (or nearly 1000 boxes)—were donated to the Library’s Mandeville Special Collections in 2013 by Salk’s sons, Peter, Darrell, and Jonathan, all of whom—like their father—trained as physicians and are involved in medical and scientific activities.

‘The Legacy of Jonas Salk’ Exhibit on Display at Geisel Library

Journalist Bob Woodward to Discuss ‘The Last of the President’s Men’

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Watergate, the botched burglary and subsequent high-level cover-up that paved the way to President Nixon’s resignation, happened more than 40 years ago. With the 2005 disclosure of FBI official Mark Felt as “Deep Throat,” the news source who leaked key details about the break-in, the last chapter on Watergate had been written, or so it seemed.

Journalist Bob Woodward to Discuss ‘The Last of the President’s Men’

$1.25 Million Legacy Gift Boosts UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance

Books & Culture

Teachers often inspire students, but students can move teachers, too. Such was the case during a recent visit to UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance by long-time educator and arts supporter Lois Chant. Her $1.25 million legacy gift will boost the department’s efforts to continue its top-ranked theater training program.

$1.25 Million Legacy Gift Boosts UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance

UC San Diego Literature Professor Brings Famed Japanese Filmmaker to Campus

Books & Culture

UC San Diego Department of Literature Professor Daisuke Miyao is interested in silent era films, but he also appreciates the connections between early films and modern cinema. His interests inspired him to invite Kuji Yoshida, a legendary figure of postwar Japanese cinema, with films famous in the 1960s, to UC San Diego Nov. 10, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., at the Price Center West Ballroom.