May 11, 2017
…launch second career after military service When Ryan Ruehl left the Marine Corps after five years of service as an artillery officer with two deployments, he knew he wanted to work in the medical device industry—something he’d been passionate about since high school. He already had a degree in biomedical…
March 21, 2024
There are plenty of reasons to love artificial intelligence (AI). But what happens when helpfulness turns into harm? This is one of the big questions that occupies David Danks, a professor in UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute and Department of Philosophy.
June 13, 2013
…operated by the U.S. military. Just as big as the differences between drones are the questions about them that we, as a society, have yet to fully address. Read the full story >> There’s more to the challenge: teams must identify targets by a range of characteristics, including their shape,…
January 28, 2021
After analyzing the genomes of more 250,000 military veterans, researchers have identified 18 specific, fixed positions on chromosomes that appear associated with post-traumatic stress disorder. The findings may point to new therapeutic drug targets.
June 9, 2020
The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense STEM Education Consortium (DESC) has awarded a one-year grant to SDSC and the UC San Diego Mathematics Project to introduce computing into high school math classrooms.
November 1, 2012
…complexities of North Korea’s military presence and its isolationist regime. Choi said that the U.S. is willing to make diplomatic efforts for nuclear nonproliferation in the region and it will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state. “We have been consistent,” Choi said. “We want to engage, but North…
June 13, 2011
…and women in the military, the same way someone else is able to help my son when he is at a USO in another city. Working at the USO helps me focus on others, which is the reason I volunteer for anything. I’ve volunteered for youth sports, churches, military functions,…
January 24, 2019
…peacefully co-exist? Or is military conflict between the two nations likely, and if so how can it be averted? These questions were at the center of a talk from Admiral Scott Swift, former commander of the Pacific Fleet, to members of the San Diego community on Jan. 16. At the…
March 30, 2015
A group of valiant African American World War I soldiers—often referred to as the “Harlem Hellfighters”—brought with them to Europe one of America’s most enduring exports: jazz. The 19th Annual Lytle Scholarship Concert at UC San Diego will take a trip through time and pay homage to those brave men…
November 2, 2023
Victor C. Shih, GPS professor and author of Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi, discusses the U.S.-China relationship and his plans as the newly appointed director of the 21st Century China Center.
