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Kids Praised for Being Smart Are More Likely to Cheat

Business & Economics

An international team of researchers reports that when children are praised for being smart not only are they quicker to give up in the face of obstacles they are also more likely to be dishonest and cheat. Kids as young as age 3 appear to behave differently when told “You are so smart” vs “You did very well this time.” The study, published in Psychological Science, is co-authored by UC San Diego developmental psychologist Gail Heyman.

Kids Praised for Being Smart Are More Likely to Cheat

Rady School of Management at UC San Diego Hits 150 Startup Company Milestone

Business & Economics

With a thriving innovation ecosystem, San Diego is one of the top startup cities in the U.S. and the Rady School of Management has played a vital role in stoking the region’s economic engine. The school’s students and alumni have founded 150 operational startup companies since the school’s first MBA class graduated in 2006. Over 70% of those companies remain in San Diego, contributing over $2 billion to the local and national economy.

Rady School of Management at UC San Diego Hits 150 Startup Company Milestone

Researchers Develop New Strategy to Target KRAS Mutant Cancer

Health & Behavior

In a new study, published this month in Cancer Discovery, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that approximately half of lung and pancreatic cancers that originate with a KRAS mutation become addicted to the gene as they progress.

Researchers Develop New Strategy to Target KRAS Mutant Cancer

Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Advances with Building Naming, Inaugural Chair Holders

Science & Environment

UC San Diego celebrated the dedication of a new building for the divisions of Biological and Physical Sciences on Sept. 12 with a special announcement. The cutting-edge science building will bear the name Tata Hall for the Sciences, or Tata Hall, in recognition of a $70 million gift from the Tata Trusts, which was committed last year to create the binational Tata Institute for Genetics and Society.

Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Advances with Building Naming, Inaugural Chair Holders

QI Researchers Participate in International Conference on At-Risk Cultural Heritage

Science & Environment

QI researchers joined archaeologists, engineers, architects and conservation specialists from around the world at the CIPA Symposium to discuss best practices for digitizing and restoring heritage structures

QI Researchers Participate in International Conference on At-Risk Cultural Heritage

Sea-Level Rise Researcher to Lead Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

Science & Environment

Mark Merrifield, who has spent the past two decades studying global and regional sea-level change, will lead a new research center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego tasked with understanding impacts and facilitating adaptation to projected changes in climate.