November 6, 2014
…his New York Times opinion column—frequently comes down to his penchant for seeking out the strange over the familiar. In a 45-minute presentation Oct. 29 at UC San Diego’s Mandeville Auditorium, Bruni delivered a well-crafted case for why he’s become wary of the all-too-convenient tools of personal technology. His message:…
March 17, 2023
In a new paper relevant to artificial intelligence and ChatGPT, Professor Terrence Sejnowski explores the relationship between the human interviewer and language models to uncover why chatbots respond in particular ways, why those responses vary and how to improve them in the future.
January 15, 2015
…the details, without personal opinions or emotion, so that people can draw their own conclusions based on facts. Emmy Award-winning actor and director Alan Alda thinks that’s wrong. And he came to campus last week to convince senior administrators and young scientists to do it differently. Learn to develop an…
September 25, 2023
Enforcement is one of the biggest challenges to international cooperation on mitigating climate change in the Paris Agreement. The agreement has no formal enforcement mechanism; instead, it designed to be transparent so that countries that fail to meet their obligations will be named and shamed.
June 8, 2017
…focus groups to discuss opinions and ideas about the Strategic Plan, with data collected in a manner that allows for integration into the IdeaWave analysis. The Office for EDI is actively identifying advocates and influencers who will play a key role in the success of the plan process: directors and…
September 3, 2024
Researchers from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley have identified the seasonal and climate-based cycles of Valley fever, an emerging but dangerous fungal disease spread through dust in the air.
May 16, 2019
…driven to challenge the opinion that she was somehow less capable—in athletics or otherwise. In high school, she stood up to a bully who objectified women, enduring a new nickname of “feminist hulk.” She lacked a presence in her life that could affirm the power of her gender as a…
January 14, 2020
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that patients with prostate cancer assigned to eat seven or more servings of vegetables and fruits daily saw no extra protection from the increased consumption of micronutrients, running contrary to current thought.
July 13, 2020
The Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas Chair in Ancient Greek History chair holder has been awarded a visiting fellowship to Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies and is also receiving a Getty Scholars’ Grant to conduct research at the Getty Villa.
September 27, 2022
Hundreds of new Tritons gathered on RIMAC Field last Tuesday, Sept. 20, to take part in the 17th annual New Student Welcome Convocation ceremony, a campus tradition that marks new first-year and transfer students’ entry into UC San Diego’s scholarly community.
