May 22, 2012
…gas gauge in your car, and the icon on your favorite digital device showing battery power. The number line and its cousins—notations that map numbers onto space and often represent magnitude—are everywhere. Most adults in industrialized societies are so fluent at using the concept, we hardly think about it. We…
October 6, 2016
…force behind Kapono’s academic career is a desire to reconcile traditional ecological knowledge with western science. Infused with a body of ancestral wisdom passed down for generations about the Earth and environment, his goal is to build a complementary foundation of scientific expertise from a different perspective. Kopano works jointly…
October 26, 2023
UC San Diego recently became the first University of California campus to unveil a National Panhellenic Council plaza. The space recognizes the “Divine Nine,” a collection of historically Black Greek-letter organizations dedicated to community building and changemaking through fellowship.
January 31, 2023
The evolution of clinical trials is accelerating, driven by emerging technologies, social imperatives and the next public health crisis.
September 26, 2023
A fresh academic year has officially begun at UC San Diego and the campus is bustling with activity. More than 150,000 first year and transfer students applied to join the university, over 32,000 were admitted and an estimated 10,000 new undergraduate students are expected to enroll this fall.
February 23, 2023
Tage Rai is a psychologist and assistant professor of management at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management. He co-authored the book, “Virtuous Violence” outlining research which finds that most acts of violence are driven by moral motives on the part of perpetrators.
September 10, 2020
…The circulation desk and card catalog at the UC San Diego Central University Library, December 4, 1970. Photo courtesy of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photographs, Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library. Summer had come to a close and fall quarter was quickly approaching. Students were beginning to arrive…
October 14, 2021
…Engineering, which Do Ho carefully placed in the home. It’s all in the details to make it feel just the way it’s supposed to be. We have a steam machine that puts out puffs of smoke to mimic a fire in the fireplace. The lights go on and off at…
September 30, 2021
…of the culture of caring that our students, faculty and staff embody on a daily basis,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “This commitment to each other’s health, combined with our robust Return to Learn strategy that involves masking, vaccination, testing, environmental monitoring and contact tracing, has set a strong foundation…
