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Key Enzyme in Lipid Metabolism Linked to Immune System Aging

Health & Behavior

Groundbreaking Study Uncovers How Our Brain Learns

Health & Behavior

Food Waste is a Major Contributor to Climate Change. What Are the Solutions?

Business & Economics

Organic food wastes in a bucket, shot from above. Zero waste, recycle, waste sorting concept - top view of peels and leftovers of fruit and vegetables

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UC San Diego Alumna Wins Best Industry & Government Paper Award

Science & Environment

Over 2,000 people attended the 20th ACM SIG International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD 2014), a premier interdisciplinary conference that brought together researchers and practitioners in late August from data science, data mining, knowledge discovery, large-scale data analytics, and big data. Best paper awards were handed out to academic and industry papers, and this year's Industry & Government award went to University of California, San Diego alumna Diane Hu (M.S. '09, Ph.D. '12), who did her doctoral dissertation under Computer Science and Engineering professor Lawrence Saul.

UC San Diego Alumna Wins Best Industry & Government Paper Award

ArtPower! at UC San Diego Names Jordan Peimer Executive Director

Humanities

The University of California, San Diego has selected Jordan Peimer to serve as executive director of ArtPower! effective Oct. 6, 2014, following a nationwide executive search. Focused on student engagement with the arts, ArtPower! has established a reputation over the last 10 years as a vibrant and innovative presenting arts organization that provides opportunities for students to connect with emerging and international performing artists. Peimer will lead the organization in building upon its music, dance and film series as well as developing new interactive programs for the campus and local community.

ArtPower! at UC San Diego Names Jordan Peimer Executive Director

NSF Awards Database Grant to Improve Efficiency of Sensor Data Analytics

Science & Environment

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

Enzyme Controlling Metastasis of Breast Cancer Identified

Health & Behavior

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified an enzyme that controls the spread of breast cancer. The findings, reported in the current issue of PNAS, offer hope for the leading cause of breast cancer mortality worldwide.

Enzyme Controlling Metastasis of Breast Cancer Identified

‘Prêt-à-Payer’ App to Directly Fund Secondary Schoolchildren in West Africa

Politics & Society

It only takes about $25 to pay for a single child’s secondary school tuition in Benin. Yet even when that money is available (and for many families, it’s not) a lack of economic infrastructure makes getting the funds to the schools a complicated endeavor.

‘Prêt-à-Payer’ App to Directly Fund Secondary Schoolchildren in West Africa

UC San Diego Extends Global Partnership to University in Tijuana

Business & Economics

The University of California, San Diego and the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico (UABC) have embarked on an initiative to increase collaboration and exchange among students and faculty from both universities. The initiative was formalized by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and UABC President Felipe Cuamea Velazquez.