April 21, 2016
…Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine and was attended by more than 150 Chancellor’s Associates donors, faculty, staff, students and guests. The event was hosted by Faculty Excellence Awards Selection Committee Chair Karen Garsson ’88 and celebrated the accomplishments of UC San Diego faculty as a whole, while highlighting the important…
March 8, 2018
…and halfheartedly browsing social media on your smart phone, you notice people crowding around a tall box, so you go to investigate. You discover that mollusks have lived on our planet for some 500 million years, and you start a conversation with a stranger about how octopuses can remember human…
October 19, 2017
…“identifying and addressing the technological, economic and social vulnerabilities underlying internet security challenges and cybercrime.” It’s easy to see how his track record and the impact of his work attracted the attention of the MacArthur Foundation. Savage, his students, and academic and industry collaborators have hacked into cars remotely to…
December 3, 2020
…into the creation of technology at the Design and Innovation Building should spark interest and excitement upon arrival to the campus.” A new art installation close to the UC San Diego Blue Line Trolley extension will be experienced by walking along a spine poem that can be read in both…
October 9, 2014
…development of brain mapping techniques, including the development of new technologies.” Three months ago, Cal-BRAIN was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown with an initial budget of $2 million. The research grants program is the first statewide complement to the federal effort. Right, Ralph Greenspan CBAM, the nation’s first…
October 29, 2015
…assisted living, disaster response, medicine, transportation and environmental sensing are just some of the helpful applications that could emerge from tomorrow’s human-friendly robots. The Contextual Robotics Institute will leverage UC San Diego’s research strengths in engineering, computer science and cognitive science and work collaboratively across the campus and the region…
October 10, 2011
…Favorite way to be sustainable: A vegetarian diet Favorite technology/gadget: My headphones—I might go deaf by age 30, but it’s worth it Favorite hobby: Scuba diving Favorite way to spend $10: A cigar Favorite words to live by: “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” - Albert…
January 12, 2017
…of Culture, Art and Technology. Originally from China, she is the first in her family to attend college and the first to study in the United States. She was able to graduate early with a double major by taking 16 to18 units each quarter, plus enrolling in summer session courses.…
March 31, 2022
…and the School of Medicine will host a commencement ceremony on the Medical Education and Telemedicine (MET) Lawn on June 5. Journey to space NASA astronauts Christina Koch (left) and Jessica Meir work on their U.S. spacesuits ahead of a spacewalk they conducted to install new lithium-ion batteries that store…
April 11, 2019
…human-in-the-loop interfaces, especially for medical applications such as surgeries. Morimoto is also part of the Contextual Robotics Institute at UC San Diego. “I wanted the class to be hands-on to teach students how to design, build and program a haptic system,” Morimoto said. “I wanted them to get a solid…
