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ArtPower! Celebrates 10 Years of Engaging Audiences in the Arts

A soulful singer-songwriter from Mali, a dance performance inspired by stories of Brazil’s favelas and a documentary following the lives of “fruit hunters” are just a few of the exciting presentations that ArtPower! at UC San Diego has planned for this year. In its 10th anniversary season, ArtPower! continues to bring internationally renowned chamber quartets, global musicians, jazz artists, dance companies, contemporary music ensembles and film directors to perform and present on the UC San Diego campus and in the community.

UC San Diego’s Melese Moderates ‘Innovation Marketplace’ Panel on Industry-Academic Alliances

How do universities and industries work together to foster innovation? What kinds of partnerships and alliances will best enable discoveries that benefit both business and society?

UC San Diego Chancellor to Join Leadership from all 10 UC Campuses at Oct. 17 ‘Achieve UC’ Event

The University of California, San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla will be joining higher education leadership from all 10 UC campuses to deliver the message to high school students across the state that college is attainable.

National Engineering Forum Comes to San Diego

The National Engineering Forum (NEF) was in San Diego this week to foster actionable discussions on sustaining America’s engineering enterprise. Partnering with NEF, the University of California, San Diego and Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla brought together executives from industry, academia, government and other sectors to celebrate the city’s engineering leadership and participate in an outcome-oriented NEF dialogue on the challenges facing American engineering.

Optimism Meets Pessimism at The Atlantic Meets the Pacific Forum

If there’s one thing the science, health and technology thought leaders at last week’s The Atlantic Meets the Pacific forum can agree on, it’s this: “Things are going to break a lot more before they get better.”

Taking A Mindful Approach to the BRAIN Initiative

As the epicenter of scientific innovation, California must take bold and prompt action to capitalize on the short- and long-term benefits of the BRAIN Initiative,” said Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-East Bay) at a Senate Select Committee on Emerging Technology: Biotechnology and Green Energy Jobs public hearing held Friday at UC San Diego.