June 22, 2015
UC San Diego’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ranked second in the nation in a new survey of professorships held by underrepresented minorities, reflecting the progress we’ve made in building a diverse faculty.
August 18, 2014
Experts agree that the ability to navigate a neighborhood or built space is one of the first human faculties to suffer at the onset of cognitive decline. They also agree that early intervention is crucial for stemming the further ravages of dementia.
March 28, 2017
INRIA, the French national institute for computer science and applied mathematics, has created a new International Chair and appointed UC San Diego computer engineer Rajesh Gupta to the part-time position. Gupta will spend up to a year in France spread over the five-year appointment, starting this summer.
November 7, 2013
He is the first professor from the University of California, San Diego to win the prestigious SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award. On Nov. 5, computer science and engineering professor Stefan Savage received the 2013 award from the ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS) during the Symposium on Operating Systems…
March 6, 2013
San Diego is a powerhouse for cancer research, home to the University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center – the region’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center – and two NCI-designated centers for basic research: the Salk Institute Cancer Center and the Cancer Center at Sanford-Burnham Medical…
January 18, 2017
An international team of researchers shows that among the preschool set, or children ages 3 to 5, native speakers of Mandarin Chinese are better than their English-speaking counterparts at processing musical pitch.
June 9, 2016
…Fellows Program Supports Junior Faculty on Tenure Track Established by the Hellman family, investment totals nearly $7.5 million since the program’s inception at UC San Diego in 1995 Warren and Chris Hellman established the Hellman Fellows Program to provide early-career funding to promising junior faculty. Dana Velasco Murillo has had…
September 24, 2014
Keith Brueckner, University of California, San Diego’s founding physicist, died September 19. He was 90.
March 1, 2012
Faculty Awards and Honors March 2012 Gabriel M. Rebeiz Wireless Communications Industry Professor Award - 2012 Intel Outstanding Researcher Award in Microsystems Judith A. Varner Professor of Medicine in Residence at Moores Cancer Center Award - Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for International Collaboration in Cancer Research
October 1, 2011
Faculty Awards and Honors October 2011 Shu Chien Professor in the Department of Bioengineering Award - National Medal of Science More Info: UC San Diego News Release Marcel Hénaff Professor of Literature Award - Faculty Research Award Thomas E. Levy Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Award - Lowell Thomas Award More…
