September 11, 2023
The 128-year-old European cultural institution La Biennale di Venezia has announced that UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute Composer-in-Residence Miller Puckette has won the Silver Lion award for enabling “the creation of numerous masterworks during recent decades in the history of music.”
October 2, 2014
…of technology in the humanities.Carol Padden, Dean of Social SciencesPadden, a recognized scholar of sign languages, has been appointed Dean effective Oct. 1, 2014. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the “genius grant,” Padden has been on the faculty of the UC San Diego Department of Communication…
April 27, 2017
…their love for science, expressed their worries about the current state of respect for and funding of science, and encouraged everyone to speak up and speak out. Since the March for Science coincided with Earth Day, the importance of climate change research was also top of mind for many. The…
May 19, 2016
…The University of California Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit, held last October at Scripps, allowed Gov. Jerry Brown, who joined UC President Janet Napolitano at both the UC and Paris summits, to arrive in France with specific scientific recommendations, along with more than 30 UC faculty experts and students, to…
November 21, 2019
…by Elizabeth Chodos of Carnegie Mellon University’s Miller Institute for Contemporary Art, Henriette Huldisch of the MIT List Visual Arts Center, Alessandra Moctezuma of San Diego Mesa College gallery, and Lawrence Rinder of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive at UC Berkeley. All gave insight into the unique…
November 2, 2017
…protected DNA regions from expressing RNAs and proteins that carry out biological functions, and as a result, excessive silencing could derail normal cell physiology. Using cutting-edge computational and experimental approaches in yeast, which allowed the researchers to track chromatin silencing in unprecedented detail through generations during aging, the UC San…
February 21, 2019
…system, one concern is “expressing yourself to peers that will decide your tenure at a later date. In principle, we want all views to be heard, but thedynamics of the stratified systemare not always open to treating all views equally.” Pomeroy added, “I believe that better communication earlier in the…
June 10, 2021
…in accessing quality health care. During her gap year, she will travel, learn new languages and work at her local hospital to gain experience. Elizabeth Adams Communications, Sixth College For Elizabeth Adams, being vocal about their identity has always been important, especially coming to terms with their identity as an…
August 19, 2019
…love.” Designer babies, driverless cars and modified mosquitoes may be boundary-breaking, but the moral quandaries these advances create can raise controversy. To help close the gap between the pace of innovation and society’s ability to deal with these advances responsibly, UC San Diego—one of the world’s greatest producers of technology,…
November 6, 2014
…plans to enhance medical care for San Diegans. In addition, Kieffer had the opportunity to see the interdisciplinary research underway by Scripps Institution of Oceanography faculty, researchers and students. He learned about the cutting-edge research of the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) from Director Kim…
