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Mellon Foundation Supports New Software Tools for Humanities Researchers

May 10, 2012

…changed the landscape of humanities research. Innovations continue to make it cheaper and easier to digitize and analyze ever larger volumes of data. But most e-humanities tools focus on manuscripts and other textual records. Now researchers at the University of California, San Diego are working to enable widespread exploration of…

Two UC San Diego Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 23, 2014

Two UC San Diego faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, which includes accomplished leaders from academe, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts.

A Sense of Belonging

September 17, 2020

…Institute of Arts and Humanities, along with 14 additional programs, including African American Studies and Chicanx and Latinx Studies. Division of Arts and Humanities Dean Cristina Della Coletta said pursuing interdisciplinary studies through critical dialogue can help combat racism and foster a better understanding of unique people and places in…

UC San Diego Offers New Major in Global Health

October 16, 2014

…Sciences, and Arts and Humanities, the School of Medicine, the Rady School of Management, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Junior Michelle Bulterys recently upped her global health minor to a major and is now double-majoring along with anthropology. She spent part of her summer in a small South African…

Dalai Lama to Speak on Campus as Part of First Visit to San Diego

January 24, 2012

…Universal Responsibility, Compassion and Human Consciousness” April 18, 1:30 p.m., USD, Public Talk: “Cultivating Peace and Justice” April 19, 9:30 a.m., SDSU, Public Talk: “Upholding Universal Ethics and Compassion in Challenging Times” “This will be a historic event for San Diego,” said event chair Tenzin Dhonden, the Personal Peace Emissary…

UC San Diego’s Palmer Taylor Awarded France’s Legion of Honour

July 16, 2013

Palmer Taylor, PhD, dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, associate vice chancellor for Health Sciences, and Sandra and Monroe Trout Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, has been awarded the rank of “Chevalier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur” by the…

SDSC Receives 2015 HPCwire Editors’ Choice Award for ‘Comet’ Supercomputer

November 17, 2015

The San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, is a recipient of this year’s HPCwire and Editors’ Choice Awards for its new Comet supercomputer that entered production earlier this year as a result of a National Science Foundation grant worth nearly $24 million including hardware and…

Nobel Laureate Helps Celebrate Launch of Institute for Materials Discovery and Design

October 8, 2020

…the biggest challenges facing humanity—and materials science can help provide solutions for them all. That was the message researchers shared at an event held Sept. 29 celebrating the launch of the Institute for Materials Discovery and Design at UC San Diego featuring a keynote address by Nobel Laureate Stanley Whittingham.…

Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts Established in Memory of Promising Film Student

December 21, 2021

In recognition of a generous gift from Deepak and Varsha Israni, UC San Diego is proud to establish the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts within the Division of Arts and Humanities, the university’s hub for creative and academic advancement in culture, music, theater, film and the arts.

Entering Our ChatGPT Era

June 13, 2023

From the doctor’s office to the classroom, rapidly advancing generative AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT are already changing life at UC San Diego, leaving no discipline or specialty untouched.

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