December 5, 2019
…different disciplines across campus—engineering, cognitive science, interdisciplinary computing and the arts, for example—to collaborate with each other and the environmental researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Together, they were challenged to create an exhibit that would provide aquarium visitors with a deeper understanding of the need for Marine Protected Areas.…
April 10, 2015
An upcoming exhibition at the University of California, San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute will showcase art works derived from large-scale laser scans of buildings, landscapes and the environment. Autonomous Sensing ScanLAB opens April 16 in Atkinson Hall’s gallery@calit2, with a 5pm panel discussion with speakers Thomas Pearce and Matthew Shaw from…
November 1, 2018
…featured talk by Harvard cognitive psychologist, linguist and popular science author Steven Pinker. The celebration will culminate in August 2019 with a forum on U.S.-China relations featuring high-level diplomats, elected officials and acclaimed experts. Looking back, yet always moving forward In June of 1989, GPS—then known as the Graduate School…
April 16, 2015
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have found genetic overlap between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and two significant cardiovascular disease risk factors: high levels of inflammatory C-reactive protein (CRP) and plasma lipids or fats. The findings suggest the two cardiovascular…
June 16, 2022
…a bachelor’s degree in cognitive science and minor in business, on her mentor Jacques Chirazi, director of Student Entrepreneurship and Blackstone LaunchPad at the Office of Innovation and Commercialization Andrew Kleinschmidt (center) with his mentor Professor Darren Lipomi (right) and Assistant Professor Tod Pascal (left). “When I suffered a head…
August 19, 2019
…next year designed to develop personalized cancer vaccines—a breakthrough treatment that could help patients like their daughter fight the disease using their own immune system. Students: Student Civility Program Elaine Galinson Community leader Elaine Galinson has committed to provide $5 million to continue the momentum of UC San Diego’s student…
October 10, 2013
…and Ph.D. Candidate in Cognitive Science at UC San Diego Larry Smarr Founding Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications Granted, those in attendance at the forum weren’t feeling especially optimistic given that the event coincided with a Congressional standoff over the nation’s Affordable Care Act, which had by then…
June 21, 2013
The academic landscape is changing rapidly, due in no small part to recent advances in technologies to enable, enhance and deliver teaching and learning to a worldwide audience.
March 26, 2020
…who focuses on applied developmental psychology. That’s the foundational place to start, she said. If you’re caring for children at home during school closures, it’s important to establish some routines and structure, Wishard Guerra said. “Kids get more anxious and insecure if there’s no routine at all,” she said. But,…
September 24, 2024
This fall UC San Diego is among 70 institutions taking part in a five-month-long regional exploration of the intersections between art and science, led by Getty. The sprawling art event—called “PST ART: Art & Science Collide”—extends from Los Angeles to San Diego and Palm Springs.
