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Academic Senate Honors Campus Scholars for Distinguished Teaching

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…

Seismic Stress Test

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…

Language Crafters

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…

Lord of the Bees

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…

UC San Diego Celebrates 20th Annual Black History Month

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…

Meet the UC San Diego Delegates Headed to Egypt for UN Climate Conference

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.

Bioengineering Pioneer Y.C. Bert Fung Turns 100

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…

Choose Your Weapon: Épée, Piano or Guitar

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…

Class of 2022 Outstanding Grads

June 7, 2022

…empower underserved communities by giving them tools to succeed,” Barth said after sharing that he and his wife are expecting their first child, a daughter, in August. “UC San Diego has set me up really well and I hope to be a part of the community for years to come.”…

A Brave New Virtual World of Work?

May 14, 2020

…research suggests managers should give more frequent feedback in remote work than perhaps they would in person. And, she is heeding her own advice. “I try to stay engaged with my co-authors and research assistants with more frequency than I would otherwise,” she said. Lyons uses a variety of mediums…

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