Each spring, the UC San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences co-host a memorial service to honor and thank the people who donate their bodies for study in anatomy class. Last year, the event featured several first-year pharmacy students playing music, including Warren Yau on violin, Tiffany Cheng on cello and Josh Valdez on guitar.
For selected admitted students, including those who are the first in their family to attend college or are unfamiliar with university life, getting the chance to spend an extended period on campus before the academic year begins can provide invaluable insight.
From exploring Stuart Collection artwork throughout campus to experiencing technology that allows users to simulate surfing on dry land—Triton Days offer newly admitted students myriad opportunities to experience UC San Diego’s vibrant community and vast resources. This year, Triton Day for undergraduate students is taking place April 9, while Transfer Triton Day will occur on May 7. Each event will offer a full day of demonstrations and activities for admitted students and their families to enjoy. The campus expects nearly 24,000 visitors during Triton Days.
The app, which provides users with wait times to enter the United States from its northern and southern borders at 70 different points of entry, is believed to be the first developed for the Apple Watch by UC San Diego researchers
The 2017 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools guidebook, released today, highly ranks the University of California, San Diego’s professional schools and programs in engineering and medicine.
The Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) at UC San Diego has named a key new team leader to help guide the organization in its mission to create an all-campus “innovation ecosystem” and energize the creation of campus startups.
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