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White House Advisor Promotes Science, Technology During Campus Visit

Science & Environment

John Holdren, President Barack Obama’s senior science and technology advisor, spent the day at UC San Diego Monday meeting with faculty members and giving a public talk about efforts to promote science and engineering at the national level. As director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Holdren oversees large-scale initiatives for the United States that include a comprehensive climate action plan, increasing participation of youth in STEM education and greater overall access to government-held data.

White House Advisor Promotes Science, Technology During Campus Visit

Research Stars Will Illumine Medicine, Science and Energy at UC San Diego-Kyoto University Symposium

Health & Behavior

Two of the world’s preeminent research universities will co-host Nobel Prize laureates and other academic and research luminaries when UC San Diego and Kyoto University hold their March 14-15 Joint Symposium on the La Jolla campus.

Research Stars Will Illumine Medicine, Science and Energy at UC San Diego-Kyoto University Symposium

Public Opinion Expert Daniel Yankelovich Endows Multimillion Dollar Fund at UC San Diego

Business & Economics

In a career spanning 50 years, renowned social researcher and public opinion analyst Daniel Yankelovich cared what people thought. Now his focus is on improving how people live. To further that interest, he has established, through a bequest, a multimillion dollar endowed fund to support the UC San Diego Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research.

Public Opinion Expert Daniel Yankelovich Endows Multimillion Dollar Fund at UC San Diego

New Study Pinpoints Stress Factor of Mega-Earthquake Off Japan

Science & Environment

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego researchers published new findings on the role geological rock formations offshore of Japan played in producing the massive 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake⎯one of only two magnitude 9 mega-earthquakes to occur in the last 50 years.

New Study Pinpoints Stress Factor of Mega-Earthquake Off Japan

ECE Student, Professor Win Best Paper Award at NIPS Conference

Science & Environment

Ananda Theertha Suresh and Alon Orlitsky beat out more than 1,800 submissions from researchers around the world to receive the honor for their paper titled “Competitive Distribution Estimation: Why is Good-Turing Good?”

ECE Student, Professor Win Best Paper Award at NIPS Conference

UC San Diego, MaXentric Develop MaXphone to Bridge Handheld Radios and Smartphones

Science & Environment

For as high-tech as Department of Homeland Security operations have become (think ground-penetrating radar and predator drones), radio communications for the federal agency remain entrenched in the previous century. Customs and Border Protection agents, for example, alternate between cell phones and handheld radios depending on the availability of broadband commerical networks — a cumbersome approach that may require switching between technologies in the midst of sometimes tense scenarios.