April 23, 2015
…UC San Diego’s new state-of-the-art Triton Ballpark and Marye Anne Fox Clubhouse, which were dedicated April 10. Former players, alumni, parents and friends all came together to celebrate the opening and tour the facility that they helped make possible with philanthropic gifts. Attendees then watched as the current Triton baseball…
October 12, 2017
…of their homes with Artemisia californica (California sagebrush) to keep insects away. Tea was made from Nuttall’s snapdragon for colds.” Waterton, who studies the evolution of germination in California native and invasive plants in Elsa E. Cleland’s lab reminded students to collect samples from plants they found interesting. One student…
November 4, 2021
…Sepiabiotics, integrating next-generation robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer vision to solve ocean data challenges Teams, which participate at no cost, are in the midst of developing new businesses around a science and engineering solution to an ocean challenge. Each startup in the first cohort receives Scripps science and Rady entrepreneurship…
May 13, 2024
From improving tools for robot-assisted surgery to studying how humans prefer to interact with robots, collaborations across different departments at the Jacobs School of Engineering are in the spotlight in this year’s accepted papers for the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
April 16, 2014
In 2013, Qualcomm Institute director Ramesh Rao extended an offer to provide support for development of as many as 10 massive open online courses (MOOCs) – especially those experimenting with different types of online course production and delivery.
May 3, 2023
The University of California San Diego recently launched ALERTCalifornia, a collaborative public safety program providing the tools to prepare for, respond to and recover from wildfires and other natural hazards.
April 9, 2015
…blogs can beat news articles and academic papers. That is Barbara Walter’s belief and why the political science professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) launched Political Violence @ a Glance, a blog designed to consistently produce expert analysis of problems related to violence and protest…
October 2, 2014
…practiced by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports and many other fields. The UC San Diego course grew out of a visit Oakley made to UC San Diego’s Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC) in March 2013. Sponsored by the Educator Network of the TDLC as part of…
June 17, 2021
…of mortarboards, students presented artistic messages of resilience, gratitude and pride on top of their caps, many outlined in glitter and framed by flowers. They read, “First in the family tree to receive a college degree,” “Soy el fruto de sus sacrificios,” and “The flower that blooms in adversity is…
February 7, 2013
…naturally programmed for liberal arts, and how to overcome that belief through positive reinforcement. More than 150 students engineered their own personal “Tweenbot,”—a simple battery-powered cardboard robot that scuttled across the floor on one wheel. “We need to change the story,” said Kimberling. “We need to build awareness of these…
