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11 UC San Diego Faculty Members Honored with Hellman Fellowships

October 26, 2017

…electrical and computer engineering Quinn Konopacky, physics Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Global Policy and Strategy and Rady School of Management Amy Non, anthropology Daniel Navon, sociology Danielle Raudenbush, sociology Julie Burelle, theatre Natacha Diels, music Simeon Man, history To learn more about the Hellman Fellows Program click here.

Reflection and Recognition: Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month

April 29, 2021

…Institute of Arts and Humanities “Showing up to support the AAPI community looks like an ongoing and sustained commitment to ensuring that our communities are cared for before, beyond, and through times of crises. It means carrying our heartbreak collectively as we grieve the loss of Asian elders, Asian women,…

Artificial Neural Networks Learn Better When They Spend Time Not Learning at All

November 18, 2022

UC San Diego researchers discuss how mimicking sleep patterns of the human brain in artificial neural networks may help mitigate the threat of catastrophic forgetting in the latter, boosting their utility across a spectrum of research interests.

UC San Diego Extension Teams Up with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

May 7, 2020

UC San Diego Extension’s Department of Education and Community Outreach is the first partner on the West Coast for RFK Human Rights. Both entities have agreed to a proposal that will expand the reach of Speak Truth to Power’s resources into more classrooms across the United States.

Bioengineering Pioneer Y.C. Bert Fung Turns 100

October 3, 2019

…for the improvement of human health. Fung as a mentor Many of the Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers Fung mentored went on to lead bioengineering and biomedical engineering departments around the United States. Many have the same story: they heard Fung talk during a seminar and were instantly impressed. Often,…

Computational Strategy Helps to Map Human Epigenome

February 18, 2015

Nearly every cell in our bodies carries the same genetic code. Yet different types of cells read the same DNA in widely different ways, influenced by chemical chemical tags that modify the genetic material without changing the underlying DNA sequence. Scientists today announced significant progress in the unraveling of the…

Brain Organoids Reveal in Detail the Harms of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure

November 18, 2022

UC San Diego researchers used human brain organoids to study the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on neural development, revealing significant harms in molecular detail.

Composer Steve Reich Storms Campus with ‘Music for 18 Musicians’

January 24, 2012

Composer Steve Reich Storms Campus with ‘Music for 18 Musicians’ Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications In a rare San Diego appearance, renowned composer Steve Reich was honored at a sold-out Jan. 18 concert at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. The concert climaxed with Reich’s epic Music…

Founders’ Symposium to Spotlight Innovative Work of Six Faculty, Graduate Students

October 31, 2013

…a better future for humankind and our world. Other activities that are part of Founders’ Celebration at UC San Diego include: November 12, 2013: Faculty Research Award Lecture 4:30 reception, 5 p.m. lecture in the UC San Diego Faculty Club, featuring Michael Parrish, professor of history in the Division of…

UC San Diego Roboticists Shine at Human Robot Interaction 2024 Conference

March 26, 2024

UC San Diego robotics research—from supporting patient home care and stroke rehabilitation to facilitating mission critical teamwork among first responders—was on display during the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).

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