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UC San Diego’s Graduate Programs Earn High Marks in U.S. News and World Report Rankings

UC San Diego graduate programs in engineering, medicine and social sciences are ranked in nation’s top 20 by U.S. News & World Report.

Iranian Master Vocalist ‘Parissa’ to Fill New UC San Diego Visiting Professorship

The University of California San Diego’s Division of Arts and Humanities is welcoming its first visiting artist under the newly established Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. “Parissa,” Iran’s most distinguished female vocalist, will visit UC San Diego during the first part of spring quarter to share her deep knowledge of the “Radif”—the classical repertoire of Persian traditional music. She will present a talk, Tuesday, April 4, from 5 to 7 p.m., in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Recital Hall. The dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities, Cristina Della Coletta, will give the introduction.

UC San Diego Professor Receives Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award

University of California San Diego professor Bhaskar Rao will receive the 2016 Technical Achievement Award this week from the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS). The formal ceremony takes place in New Orleans during the 42nd IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2017).

Fault System off San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles Counties Could Produce a Magnitude 7.3 Quake

Study finds rupture of offshore Newport-Inglewood/Rose Canyon fault is possible.

Scripps Scientists, Icelandic Coast Guard Collaborate on Wave Study

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is collaborating with the Icelandic Coast Guard (ICG) on a groundbreaking study of the extreme ocean surface conditions that characterize the waters off that country’s coast.

Six Professors at UC San Diego Named 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

Six early-career faculty members at the University of California San Diego have won prestigious 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships for achievements that mark them as the nation’s future leaders in science and technology.