Engineers Find Inspiration for New Materials in Piranha-proof Armor
February 8, 2012
It’s a matchup worthy of a late-night cable movie: put a school of starving piranha and a 300-pound fish together, and who comes out the winner?
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Keynote Address from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to Lead UC San Diego’s Commencement Weekend
June 1, 2017
…beacon of hope for humanity, sharing inspirational messages with international audiences that range from young students to world leaders. In 1989, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. His Holiness also became the first Nobel laureate to be recognized for his concern for global environmental problems. As one of the…
Political Lessons from the Past
December 6, 2018
“Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny” by Department of History professor Edward J. Watts explores what factors made the 500-year republic susceptible to collapse, where lessons from the the past can apply to today’s political climate.
Former Foster Youth Benefit from Sony Technology Packages
November 19, 2013
Five UC San Diego undergraduate students who are former foster youth and two junior faculty members were awarded a technology package from Sony Electronics, Inc., as part of a nationwide scholarship program during a reception on Nov. 1. Sony has awarded equipment packages annually for the past five years—a total…
Reimagining Public Health
February 2, 2023
From pandemics to health inequities, confronting future crises will look different — and that’s a good thing.
With a $50 Million Gift, USC and UC San Diego Join Forces in Alzheimer’s Research
January 24, 2022
A joint gift to the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California San Diego totaling $50 million from the Epstein Family Foundation will drive Alzheimer’s research and accelerate the search for treatments and a cure.
U.S. News Names UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Top 10 in Nation
March 29, 2022
U.S. News & World Report today released its 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, naming graduate programs and professional schools at the University of California San Diego among the best in the country. The rankings placed nine of the campus’s graduate programs among the top 10 in the nation.
A Deeper Look at Global Icons
March 14, 2019
Why do people around the world come to see some figures as so important, and how have their meanings changed over time? These questions lie at the heart of the new book “Icons of Dissent: The Global Resonance of Che, Marley, Tupac, and Bin Laden.” Author Jeremy Prestholdt explains more…
Seven UC San Diego Professors Named AAAS Fellows
November 27, 2018
Seven researchers at the University of California San Diego have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general science organization in the United States and publisher of the journal Science.
A Focus on Foundations: Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute Hosts NSF-Funded AI Institute
August 27, 2021
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced that the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at UC San Diego is the future home of The Institute for Learning-enabled Optimization at Scale, or TILOS.
