October 17, 2019
October 17, 2019 —
…the use of innovative technologies to make buildings more likely to withstand earthquakes. For example, in San Francisco, approximately 6,000 so-called “soft-story” wood-frame buildings are being retrofitted to make them safer in strong earthquakes. The buildings all have a first floor with large openings for shop windows or parking, which…
June 1, 2016
June 1, 2016 —
Ensuring research reproducibility is far from a purely intellectual pursuit: A lack of diligence and consistency can have real-world implications that erode the public’s confidence in scientific research.
April 12, 2018
April 12, 2018 —
…data analysis and computational techniques. Business psychology melds core business and management knowledge with understanding how the human mind works and how people work together. And the real estate and development major connects real estate finance and development with data visualization and analysis, urban planning and design, sustainability, demographic trends,…
January 8, 2015
January 8, 2015 —
…hydrogels for many innovative medical and research applications. In one hot project she highlighted at Falling Walls, Almutairi’s team is using light stimulation to direct drug-delivering nanoparticles in living systems. With this approach, nanoparticles are told exactly when and where to drop their therapeutic payloads — assuring that they will…
November 16, 2023
November 16, 2023 —
About 30 delegates from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the School of Global Policy and Strategy will be attending the 28th Conference of the Parties, or COP28, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019 —
…the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University. “My job would happily eat 100 percent of my time, if it could, and my daughter is exactly the same way. It is very hard to figure out how to make a large enough…
June 19, 2012
June 19, 2012 —
…a small, or even medium-size, city, and we operate like one. You have to be a leader, a CEO, a mayor, an academician and a fundraiser. UC San Diego is also unique because it’s home to the world-renowned and unique Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego Health Sciences…
September 30, 2011
September 30, 2011 —
Four undergraduate students at the University of California, San Diego have received the 2011 Undergraduate Library Research Prize for their outstanding research skills. The prize, which is co-sponsored by the UC San Diego Libraries, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, and the UCSD Alumni Association, includes cash awards of $1000…
November 21, 2013
November 21, 2013 —
…is co-founder and chief technology officer of ViaSat, a global communications company headquartered in San Diego. Steve and his wife, Sue, who received a Ph.D. from UC San Diego, work diligently to remove barriers for low-income students by contributing to undergraduate scholarships and help support the new Arthur C. Clarke…
April 17, 2023
April 17, 2023 —
UC San Diego’s Stuart Collection debuts KAHNOP • TO TELL A STORY by artist Ann Hamilton, the 22nd addition to the renowned public art collection.