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UC San Diego Alumna Evaluates Ethics in AI Algorithms

October 24, 2024

Rumman Chowdhury, one of Time magazine’s most influential people in AI in 2023, shares her thoughts.

Voting Boost

December 15, 2022

Election research pioneered by UC San Diego political scientist Zoltan Hajnal is not only having a real-world impact in California, but is starting to take root beyond the state.

8 Books to Read in Celebration of Women’s History Month

March 21, 2024

In honor of Women’s History Month, librarians and staff at the UC San Diego Library are sharing their recommendations for books that celebrate and amplify the diverse voices and experiences of women.

UC San Diego Leads $50.5M Center for Computing

January 5, 2023

Researchers led by UC San Diego computer scientist Tajana Simunic-Rosing have entered in a $35 million contract from the Semiconductor Research Corporation to make computing orders of magnitude faster and more efficient. A group of 10 universities will band together to create the PRISM center.

Breastfeeding Research Improves Lives and Advances Health, But Faces Conflicts

February 11, 2021

…discredit unfounded claims and misinformation, such as unsubstantiated health claims made by infant nutrition companies, or rumours about the transmission of COVID-19 via breastfeeding, when there is no evidence of this occurring. Looking forward Progress in breastfeeding, breast milk and lactation research is being hampered by tensions among researchers, advocates…

Historical Disease Meets Modern Biology in New Faculty Member Cressida Madigan’s Lab

July 2, 2020

…xenophobia, violence, food shortages, misinformation campaigns) is not new! Rather, humans have had these same responses to epidemics, going back to the very first recorded outbreaks. I find that both comforting and profoundly disappointing. This research will be a focus of an undergraduate course I’ll be teaching on plagues (BILD…

A Showcase to Celebrate Cinematic Ingenuity

May 16, 2024

More than two dozen UC San Diego student, staff and faculty filmmakers have received fellowship funding from the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts to pursue their unique film ambitions. On May 25, the campus and local community are invited to attend the inaugural Suraj Israni Center Fellowship Forum to…

Celebrating Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week

April 4, 2023

To honor the many ways that UC San Diego’s graduate and professional students enhance the scholarly vitality of the university, a series of events will be held April 3-7 in recognition of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, a nationwide celebration.

Charting Shots

October 7, 2021

…of hesitancy.” Misunderstanding or misinformation about science and a general distrust of scientific and governing institutions is an old phenomenon. In Jenner’s time, a popular cartoon portrayed persons vaccinated for smallpox, originally derived from cowpox pus, as growing bovine body parts. More than two hundred years later, some vaccination opponents…

The Future of AI is Now

November 2, 2023

Artificial intelligence in all its varied forms is rapidly accelerating, transforming our everyday lives and providing a powerful tool for scientific research. But what does it all mean and what does the future hold? Six UC San Diego experts share their insights.

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