April 12, 2018
…scholar Donald Worster, will give a talk from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on how attacks on environmentalism impact the Muir legacy, sharing the need to look for the complex truths of the man, the role he played in history, and why he’s such a popular figure today. Many Earth Month…
October 7, 2021
…of the highest honors given by UC San Diego to recognize exceptional service in support of the campus’s mission, include: Phyllis and Dan Epstein, Hanna and Mark Gleiberman, Gaby and Richard Sulpizio, and Patricia and Christopher Weil. The Revelle Medal recognizes current and former faculty members for sustained, distinguished and…
June 5, 2014
…with it. You should give her a raise.” Joel Dimsdale Joel Dimsdale is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry. He is a stellar scholar; an honored figure in his field; a generous adviser internationally, nationally, and regionally; and an exemplary participant on faculty senate committees for the…
April 24, 2012
…is the equivalent of giving a building an EKG to see how it performs after an earthquake and a post-earthquake fire,” Hutchinson said. Hutchinson is working with a multi-disciplinary team of academics and industry representatives, including Jose Restrepo and Joel Conte, both structural engineering professors at the Jacobs School. The…
April 25, 2013
…if writer Martin will give a clue on whether the Dothraki keep track of time like a week or a fortnight. Words and worlds Yet even without the creators creating words that would be foreign to the fantastic or alien people’s worlds, it is remarkable what the language fans can…
March 20, 2014
…that it’s a mystery, given the native bees’ relatively large importance to the ecosystem and economy. “A lot of earlier taxonomists who worked on bees worked in Arizona or New Mexico or in the Central Valley and mountain ranges of California,” says Hung. “But they’ve mostly stopped there, perhaps because…
February 3, 2022
…Studying virus-laden aerosols would give us the chance to observe their behavior, size abundance and reactivity at much faster rates than possible now. The ability to detect viruses in the air in a matter of seconds to minutes could not only improve testing rates, but also serve as guides for…
November 3, 2022
World leaders, climate experts and policymakers from nearly 200 counties are preparing to descend upon the seaside city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for a United Nations climate conference that kicks off next week.
October 3, 2019
…had been asked to give a one-month lecture tour to help kick start bioengineering programs in that country after the end of the Cultural Revolution. “Everywhere we went, he wanted to help the poor and the needy,” Yen said. “I learned from him to be concerned about people’s humanity.” Fung…
July 16, 2020
…like to continue to give it all that I have to be an artist," she said. The fencing Beihold air fencing with her dad. Beihold has been involved in fencing since her childhood years, following in the lunging footsteps of her father. A 2017 graduate of John Burroughs High School…
