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More than 213 Reasons to Attend Research Expo at UC San Diego

There are more than 213 reasons to attend Research Expo at the University of California, San Diego on April 16. That’s because 213 graduate students in engineering and computer science will present their research at the Research Expo poster session. This UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering event includes four 20-minute faculty talks tied to new research centers focused on wearable sensors, extreme events research, sustainable power and energy, and visual computing. Research Expo concludes with a networking reception.

41st Annual Faculty Excellence Awards Honors Outstanding Teaching, Research and Service

As educators, they inspire students to be passionate about learning; as researchers, their advancements have international impact; and as citizens, they promote equitable access to education. Six UC San Diego faculty members will be honored at the 41st annual Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards for going above and beyond to make a positive impact in their teaching, research and service. The recognition ceremony will be held Thursday, April 2 at 5:30 p.m. in Atkinson Hall at the Qualcomm Institute.

Labor and Civil Rights Leader César E. Chávez Center of Series of UC San Diego Events

Latino leaders, artists and activists, such as LeRoy Chatfield, former advisor to César E. Chávez; Lalo Alcaraz, prolific editorial cartoonist; and Cruz Reynoso, the first Latino to sit on the California Supreme Court, are among those participating in the various events planned for the 2015 University of California, San Diego César E. Chávez celebration.

Humanizing the Research Enterprise

When you walk into a building at Google, there comes the realization: behind each of their many tools, there are real people—in offices, at desks—creating and maintaining the systems that have become so ingrained in our lives they are taken for granted, like water flowing from a faucet.

Campus Celebrates Roger Revelle’s Birthday

Members of the UC San Diego Revelle College community filled Galbraith Hall last Friday for a tribute to the college’s namesake and UC San Diego founder, Roger Revelle. The celebration took place just a few days after what would have been Revelle’s 106th birthday and included a conversation with some of the campus’s first faculty members about the renowned oceanographer’s life and legacy.

SDSC Announces 2015 Summer Internships for High School Students

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has announced internship opportunities for its 2015 Research Experience for High School Students (REHS) summer program, which places students into multidisciplinary research teams to help them gain experience in selected areas of computational research.