Prominent Astrophysicist Michel Mayor to Speak at UC San Diego March 16
World-renowned astrophysicist Michel Mayor, Ph.D., will speak at the University of California, San Diego on March 16 at 3:30 p.m., as part of the annual Kyoto Prize Symposium.
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Two UC San Diego Faculty Receive Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected two UC San Diego faculty for Sloan Research Fellowships in 2016. This year’s recipients at UC San Diego are Charles Sprenger, associate professor of economics and strategy, Rady School of Management and the Department of Economics, and Julio Barreiro, assistant professor of physics, Department of Physics.
Cutting Aerosols Will Help Secure World’s Water Supply
As countries grapple with the practical realities of the Paris Climate Change, they must also recognize that pollution has many distinct effects. For there is more to climate change than higher temperatures, say UC San Diego scientists David G. Victor and Veerabhadran Ramanathan in the newly published essay “The Next Front on Climate Change: How to Avoid a Dimmer, Drier World.”
Ten UC San Diego Student Teams Awarded First Funding for Promising New Projects
Ten teams of innovative students at UC San Diego have been awarded proof-of-concept funding to validate the product concepts behind their innovative projects.
UC San Diego is No. 14 on the Peace Corps Top Colleges List
The University of California, San Diego has been ranked 14th nationally among large schools on the 2016 Peace Corps list of colleges and universities that produce the most Peace Corps Volunteers, moving up one spot from last year. This marks the sixth consecutive year that UC San Diego has been named in the organization’s top 15 rankings and the 10th straight year that the campus has appeared in the top 25.
Events, Activities Emphasize Importance of Ethics for Scholars and Scientists
As a public research university, UC San Diego is committed to the highest standards of integrity in research.
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