October 31, 2019
…of them immigrants of children or immigrants themselves. Through the program, they often connect more deeply to the kinds of issue faced by their own parents and members of their own communities.” Carolyn Kurle, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Behavior and Evolution Section Community Partners: Dr. Erla Björk Örnólfsdóttir at Hólar University…
March 23, 2023
Ten UC San Diego postdoctoral scholars are applying artificial intelligence (AI) methods to their research in a range of fields thanks to support from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures.
January 25, 2018
…but his wife and children stayed behind to finish out the school year. Instead of living in a motel during the interim, he found an empty room in the hospital and camped out. He even brought in a desk and set up a small office. “The experience gave me tremendous…
November 16, 2023
The Helen Edison Lecture series welcomes Matthew Desmond, a professor of sociology at Princeton University, and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, and the more recently released, Poverty, By America.
October 31, 2019
…the practical consequences of children standing and waiting for the bus in the dark to the health effects of getting light exposure so much later. Light exposure into the eye—in all mammals, including humans—is really important. “I look around and I know that people have very bad habits that would…
February 10, 2022
…They now have two children, ages 10 and 4, with whom they share their love of nature. Jyoti and Dhakshin are both faculty in UC San Diego’s Department of Psychiatry and founders and directors of the NEATLabs. Jyoti is also finishing her MBA at Rady School of Management. While she…
April 30, 2020
…listeners for the “The Children’s Bookshelf” Instagram page. “It’s something I would have not have had time to do before, but that’s one of the silver linings about the situation we’re in,” said Alvarez. “We have to adapt, and it forces us to step outside our comfort zone to try…
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.
March 30, 2015
Working closely with other campus entities to translate ideas from the lab into products and companies in the marketplace, the Qualcomm Institute has launched an Innovation Space where qualified faculty startups, industry partners or national laboratories can lease office or lab space inside the research institute’s headquarters building on the…
June 6, 2024
In an interview with UC San Diego Today, counselor Christina Lambert sheds light on what neurodivergence is, why everyone at the university can benefit from learning more about neurodiversity and some tips for creating a more neuroinclusive workplace.
