March 1, 2018
…PlatformXR encourages users new to the VR environment to explore what’s possible in the virtual world. Photo credit Robin Xu/ UC San Diego VR Club UC San Diego Hosts Its First Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality Hackathon Anish Kannan, a fourth year computer science student at UC San Diego, had no…
October 10, 2019
…by UC San Diego to recognize exceptional service in support of the campus’ mission, include: Taner Halıcıoğlu ’96, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Iris Lynn and Matthew Strauss, and Andrew J. Viterbi. The Revelle Medal recognizes current and former faculty members for sustained, distinguished and extraordinary service to UC…
October 31, 2013
Founders’ Symposium to Spotlight Innovative Work of Six Faculty, Graduate Students Recognized as one of the top 15 research universities worldwide and first in the nation for commitment to service, social mobility and research, UC San Diego has a culture of collaboration that sparks discoveries that advance society and drive…
February 28, 2013
…the fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders. “The Sloan Research Fellows are the best of the best among young scientists,” said Dr. Paul L. Joskow, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. “If…
April 2, 2015
…founding provost of Sixth College. Now, Wienhausen, associate dean for education, has accepted her latest entrepreneurial appointment: inaugural faculty director responsible for the launch of UC San Diego’s Teaching & Learning Commons. The initiative is expected to serve as a model for all research universities. “It’s a pattern—I do seem…
October 1, 2015
…program preparing senior leaders to serve American colleges and universities. She returns to UC San Diego after 16 years away: she formerly served as a UC Faculty Fellow in Ethnic Studies, and as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for US Mexican Studies. Her home campus is University of San…
June 19, 2012
…after he was selected to receive the award. The Chancellor’s Medal is one of the highest honors bestowed by UC San Diego to honor exceptional service in support of the university’s mission. “I am delighted to announce that these generous university friends have been selected to receive the Chancellor’s Medal,”…
October 17, 2013
…in 1965 by Muir College Provost John Stewart, along with composer Robert Erickson, to create the music department at UC San Diego. In turn, Ogdon hired conductor Tom Nee, and classes began in 1967. Under Ogdon’s direction, UC San Diego’s department of music provided an atmosphere where students were encouraged…
November 19, 2015
…also took the opportunity to introduce legislation—the Start Up America’s Students Act and the Building Opportunities for Student Startups Act—to encourage and help finance the kind of promising and productive incubators they visited on campus. “We saw some great demonstrations right here,” Peters told students, faculty members and reporters. As…
August 22, 2013
…UC San Diego honor to be bestowed upon community leaders and art supporters Conrad Prebys The University of California, San Diego today announced that three dedicated philanthropists and patrons of the arts, Conrad Prebys and Molli and Arthur Wagner, have been selected to receive the 2013 Chancellor’s Medal. One of…
