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UC San Diego School of Medicine Physician-Scientists Elected to Association of American Physicians

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UC San Diego Alumna Makes an Impact on the International Stage

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UC San Diego Engineer Miroslav Krstic Named Fellow-Ambassador of CNRS

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NSF Awards Database Grant to Improve Efficiency of Sensor Data Analytics

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September 1 was the start date of an important new project for two faculty experts in databases and machine learning at the University of California, San Diego. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) professor Yannis Papakonstantinou in the Jacobs School of Engineering is principal investigator on a $1.1 million new project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build Plato, a model-based database for compressed, spatiotemporal sensor data. Co-principal investigator on the project is CSE professor Yoav Freund.

NSF Awards Database Grant to Improve Efficiency of Sensor Data Analytics

The Preuss School UCSD Named One of America’s Top High Schools by the Daily Beast

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The Preuss School UCSD––a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college––has been named the top “change-making” school in the The Daily Beast’s “America’s Top High Schools 2014” ranking released today. The school was recognized for its ability to prepare low-income and first-generation students for college and beyond. Preuss was also ranked among the top 100 in the College-Bound category.

The Preuss School UCSD Named One of America’s Top High Schools by the Daily Beast

Washington Monthly Ranks UC San Diego Nation’s Best University for Fifth Consecutive Year

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In Washington Monthly’s annual college rankings measuring universities’ contributions to the public good, the University of California, San Diego has been rated the No. 1 college in the nation for the fifth consecutive year. The rankings are based on three categories: social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and Ph.D.,) and service (encouraging students to give back to their country). “It is a great honor to be recognized once again by Washington Monthly as the top college in the nation for contributing to the public good,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “This is an extraordinary achievement, as the criteria for this ranking exemplify our core values and our vision to be a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university that provides opportunity for all.”

Washington Monthly Ranks UC San Diego Nation’s Best University for Fifth Consecutive Year

UC San Diego Named 14th Best University in World in Shanghai Jiao Tong University Rankings

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The University of California, San Diego is ranked the 14th best university in the world for the second consecutive year, according to the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). In addition, UC San Diego’s life sciences and computer science programs are both ranked 11th in the globe. The rankings were recently released by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a public research university located in Shanghai, China, renowned as one of the oldest and most prestigious and selective universities in China.

UC San Diego Named 14th Best University in World in Shanghai Jiao Tong University Rankings

UC San Diego Named One of Best Colleges for Food in U.S.

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The University of California, San Diego been named among the best colleges for food in the United States, according to the Daily Meal website, which nationally covers food and drink topics. UC San Diego came in 19th place in the website’s list of the “75 Best Colleges for Food in America.”

UC San Diego Named One of Best Colleges for Food in U.S.

UC San Diego Ranked in Top 20 of Sierra Magazine’s ‘Coolest Schools’ List

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The University of California, San Diego has been ranked the 17th “Coolest School” by Sierra magazine for displaying a deep and thorough commitment to protecting the environment, addressing climate issues and encouraging environmental responsibility. The eighth annual “Coolest Schools” list was published today by Sierra magazine, a publication of the Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental group in the U.S.