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Cultural Heritage Center at UC San Diego Reports Progress in 2012

November 26, 2012

The number of Ph.D. students participating in the Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3) has risen in the past year from six to 19, thanks to support from private donors and from the National Science Foundation through the ramp-up of its Integrative Graduate Education and Research…

A Lever for Local STEM Education

January 9, 2014

…and careers. This summer’s Earth Lab experience for Chollas Mead elementary students included fieldwork and writing about their observations in their science notebooks. The STEM Success Initiative is not meant to replace any current efforts, Pollock said, but rather to “facilitate their integration, improvement and collective impact.” In the few…

Intercontinental Rainmakers

February 28, 2013

…– that fell to Earth during winter rainstorms in the Sierra Nevada. They found that the particles were part of a melange of aerosols kicked up from deserts as far away as North Africa two weeks earlier. The scientists also concluded that the aerosols serve to seed clouds and spur…

Resetting the Biological Clock with Flip of the Molecular Switch

February 25, 2020

Scientists work to understand circadian rhythms at the molecular level to help develop innovative therapies for fixing biological clock dysfunctions caused by inherited conditions, modern habits, shift working or aging.

NSF Awards $10 Million to SDSC to Deploy ‘Expanse’ Supercomputer

July 16, 2019

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) worth $10 million to deploy Expanse, a new supercomputer designed to advance research that is increasingly dependent upon heterogeneous and distributed resources.

A Bottle, a Postcard, and a Mystery

October 24, 2022

A piece of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego heritage re-emerged more than 60 years when a bottle deployed to measure current drift was discovered in June.

U.S. News Names UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Top 10 in Nation

March 29, 2022

U.S. News & World Report today released its 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, naming graduate programs and professional schools at the University of California San Diego among the best in the country. The rankings placed nine of the campus’s graduate programs among the top 10 in the nation.

Q&A with Jacob Searing

August 22, 2011

…Searing After the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear radiation scare in Japan, scores of volunteers have descended on the northeastern region of the country to help survivors deal with the massive devastation and debris removal. One of those volunteers is alumnus Jacob Searing. He lives in Tokyo, Japan and traveled…

Celebrating 20 Years of Sally Ride Science

February 18, 2021

…academy graduates. Sally Ride EarthKAM: Ride started EarthKAM in 1995 to allow young people to share the learning experience of observing Earth from space. Under the NASA program, which is still going strong, students request images of specific places on Earth from a camera on the International Space Station. Sally…

Top Summer Reading Picks Recommended by UC San Diego Library Staff 

July 25, 2023

The UC San Diego Library’s community of librarians and staff are sharing a diverse array of book recommendations perfectly suited for summer vacation. All of the books listed can be found in the collections of the UC San Diego Library.

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