May 24, 2018
…San Diego arts and humanities undergraduates explore Geisel Library archives, presenting exhibits on Tijuana tourism and South Pacific expeditions A selection from the Tijuana Photograph Postcard Collection (Courtesy Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library) Have you ever wanted to curate your own museum exhibit? Three students from the…
May 17, 2023
Established with an endowment from longtime campus supporters Chiu-Shan Chen Ph.D. ’69 and Rufina Chen, the Center for Taiwan Studies aims to connect local and international communities with diverse events and programming that expands the cultural understanding of Taiwan and Taiwanese Americans.
February 8, 2016
The University of California, San Diego is not short on big ideas. Just ask Craig Callender, chair of the Department of Philosophy, who was recently featured in San Diego Magazine’s “Big Ideas” feature for his vision to establish the Institute of Practical Ethics on campus. Callender conceptualizes UC San Diego…
June 19, 2012
…a powerful sense of humanity. Outstanding Graduate Fellows Graduate students become tomorrow’s innovators, leaders, artists, teachers and entrepreneurs to make a difference locally, nationally and around the globe. A fellowship is a game-changing investment in these students’ lives. Following is just a brief sampling of UC San Diego’s outstanding graduate…
October 29, 2015
…Million to Study the Human Microbiome Researchers at the American Gut Project, the world’s largest crowdsourced, crowdfunded science project, are celebrating a big milestone this week—in the past two years, they have raised more than $1 million from over 6,500 “citizen scientists” who have agreed to have their microbiomes sequenced.…
March 14, 2013
…San Diego Arts and Humanities Dean Seth Lerer in conjunction with Preuss administrators and teachers, including Natasha Ippolito in theater, Mercy Hwong in music and UC San Diego visual arts alumnus Barak Smith in art. “The Division of Arts and Humanities has a unique relationship to The Preuss School,” Lerer…
July 10, 2017
…Division of Arts and Humanities is crafting collaboration and community on campus — digitally. By offering online tools collectively referred to as a “digital commons,” KNIT will enable university faculty, students and staff to customize websites for courses; research projects or personal academic portfolios; create or join public and private…
October 18, 2018
For some, large-scale operas are massive, intimidating and somewhat inaccessible to the average audience member. But chamber opera is a completely new experience — that is, if you don’t count the 500 years that have passed since its inception. Department of Music professors break down the genre and ‘Inheritance’ ahead…
November 6, 2015
…and discourse by supporting exceptional graduate students in the humanities and social sciences.
July 3, 2012
…book of life,” the human genome is extraordinarily difficult to read. In a paper published in the July 1, 2012 issue of the journal Nature, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine open the book further, mapping for the…
