June 7, 2018
…classes and programs including ceramics and glass blowing to photography and weaving, were shocked and saddened. But the uproar from neighbors, who for decades also enjoyed the center that connected the campus and community, was surprising. “For 40 years, the craft center was a nexus for off-campus community, staff and…
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?
July 7, 2015
Researchers have developed a new design for a cloaking device that overcomes some of the limitations of existing “invisibility cloaks.” In a new study, electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego have designed a cloaking device that is both thin and does not alter the brightness of light…
July 16, 2020
…offer old favorites like ceramics, jewelry making and woodworking, while introducing new programs, such as surfboard shaping and culinary arts. Crafting a Space to Create Visual artist chosen to lead new UC San Diego craft center Visual artist and designer Annika Nelson has been chosen by Housing, Dining and Hospitality…
March 21, 2023
Once a sophomore embarking on his first trip to the Middle East, UC San Diego Anthropology alumnus Neil Smith now co-directs QI’s Center for Cyber-Archaeology & Sustainability.
October 25, 2018
…marker flags: red for ceramic fragments, blue for the stone bits. The heat approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Red ants marched, mostly going about their own business. An occasional breeze blew. When it did, it was desert-hot but deeply welcome anyway. Odd couple, perfectly matched While Bolger piloted a drone and…
December 17, 2019
Building upon decades of research on how to make boron carbide even more efficient, an engineering team at the University of Florida (UF) has been conducting simulations using SDSC’s Comet supercomputer to better understand the nanoscale level of this important material.
November 15, 2016
The Institute of Arts and Humanities (IAH) and the CaliBaja Center for Resilient Materials and Systems are hosting their first scholarship fundraiser for UC San Diego Latina/o students. The “Exhibit and Sale of Mexican Fine Art and Folk Art” takes place at the Great Hall in the International House on…
March 9, 2017
…graduating, setting up a ceramics studio in the then-small town 40 miles east of Los Angeles, crafting wheel-thrown stoneware forms that were exhibited and sold nationally for 20 years until 1964. Her first direct contact with Mingei came during the summer of 1952 when she met 20th century Japanese scholar…
April 15, 2014
Albert Yu-Min Lin may now be even better known in Nevada than he is in his home state of California. The research scientist from the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego was in Nevada in late March to accept the 27th Desert Research Institute (DRI) Nevada Medal.
