April 1, 2016
Two professors at UC San Diego have been named 2016 Fellows of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics “for their distinguished contributions to the disciplines of applied mathematics, computational science and related fields.”
August 14, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have received a five-year, $3 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health. The grant will fund a longitudinal study designed to track the developmental trajectory in cognitive, academic…
April 8, 2013
…and promoter for STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math). The program is coordinated by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that advocates and supports STEM programming in schools.
January 9, 2014
…science, technology, engineering and math The CREATE team is working hard to network, leverage and multiply existing resources to improve STEM education throughout San Diego. “It’s basic physics: You can only lift a small rock above your own head, but if you press a lever you can move a giant…
March 11, 2021
Jaida Day, a math-computer science student, started Black Beauty Near You to make beauty products more accessible for UC San Diego students. Photos courtesy of Jaida Day. Computer Science Student Brings Black Beauty Products to UC San Diego When Jaida Day arrived at UC San Diego to begin her undergraduate…
May 6, 2014
A 17-year-old senior at Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego’s North County recently won not one, but three major science competitions after being mentored by two University of California, San Diego, professors in a project that combined supercomputer modeling with experimental research to speed up the discovery of influenza virus…
October 28, 2013
…may give a child a better head start in math than teaching her to memorize 1-2-3 counting routines. That’s the takeaway of an international study published this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
March 3, 2016
…academy called Summer Bridge Math Track G, which caters to incoming freshmen, will focus on mathematics. Developed by Jeff Remmel, mathematics professor and associate dean of the Division of Physical Sciences; Jeff Orgera, assistant vice chancellor of Student Retention and Success; staff from the Office of Academic Support and Instructional…
January 11, 2016
The University of California, San Diego has received a record total of 102,678 freshman and transfer applications for fall 2016. The university had the second highest number of applicants among the University of California campuses.
September 29, 2022
The winner of the inaugural Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sally Ride STEM award is Anna Tifrea, who begins the joint MD/PhD program at UC San Diego this fall.
