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In Memoriam: Robert C. Dynes

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Demo Day 2025: Celebrating a Decade of Student Innovation at The Basement

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The top student innovators at The Basement's Demo Day 2025 Pitch Competition gather to celebrate their success.

Celebrating 40 Years of Trailblazing Collaboration in Clinical Psychology Training

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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.

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

Computer Science Department Expands Teaching Faculty to Accommodate Higher Enrollments

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The department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego will continue growing its undergraduate enrollment in the 2014-’15 academic year. The number of new freshman students is expected to be up 36 percent compared to last year and new transfer students up 24 percent. For the first time, total undergraduate enrollment will top 2,000, up nearly seven percent. To accommodate the growth, CSE announced the hiring of Leo Porter to be an Assistant Teaching Professor, the second such hire following the arrival of Mia Minnes earlier in the summer.

Computer Science Department Expands Teaching Faculty to Accommodate Higher Enrollments

New Project to Reduce Heart Attacks and Strokes in San Diego County

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Approximately 84 million people in the United States suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, and about 720,000 Americans have a heart attack every year. To address these alarming statistics, the Be There San Diego Initiative has been awarded a $5.8 million Health Care Innovation grant for a coalition project to help reduce heart attacks and strokes in San Diego County.

New Project to Reduce Heart Attacks and Strokes in San Diego County

Computer Science Ph.D. Student’s ‘Unconventional Odyssey’ to SMART Fellowship

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Natalie Larson has three years to finish her Ph.D. in computer science at the University of California, San Diego, and she wasn’t entirely certain where she would find the support to complete her degree. But now she is. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Larson a Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Fellowship, which will cover all of her costs for the next three years in return for a commitment to work the next two summers and at least three years in a DoD lab after graduating in 2017.