April 9, 2015
…platforms specifically designed for higher education, Crowdsurf is an initiative envisioned and operated by the Alumni and Community Engagement unit in UC San Diego’s Advancement Division. It represents a collaborative venture that engages the entire university community. The program is open to students, staff and faculty who need fundraising support…
September 28, 2011
…energy consumption while accommodating higher traffic densities and faster processing speeds as capabilities and demand increase. Irwin Jacobs Noting that 5 billion people worldwide now use mobile phones, Jacobs called the technology the “largest platform in the history of mankind” and noted that “once you have a place to sleep…
June 18, 2015
…assistant director of the education department, Keenan found herself drawn to marketing. “At the aquarium, we had a mission to instill a sense of wonder, respect and stewardship for the ocean with the hope that people we reached would change their behavior and do what they could to protect the…
November 8, 2017
The National Science Foundation has awarded $2.8 million to the University of California San Diego to construct a replica ocean-atmosphere system on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus. The new Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator will mimic the ocean with unprecedented accuracy, capturing the interactions of wind, waves, microbial marine…
December 3, 2015
…in these institutions of higher learning,” said Harvey. “I met a brother today, 23 years old, who is in a graduate program. Coming from Southeast San Diego, that’s unheard of. You think people like that in those positions—who look like us—is impossible. So when you see that we are actually…
May 14, 2013
Electrical engineering Professor Alexander Vardy, a renowned researcher in information and coding theory, has been appointed as the first Jack Keil Wolf Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, San Diego.
June 13, 2024
UC San Diego’s all campus commencement is going to be different this year. Because we couldn’t pick just one, eight student speakers will offer words of gratitude and inspiration to their fellow 2024 graduates via video at the June 15 ceremony.
June 1, 2017
…Medicine’s Program in Medical Education – Health Equity (PRIME-HEq), which trains physicians to meet the needs of populations who are traditionally underserved by the medical system. He said one of the greatest highlights in medical school was working with a small team of fellow students to co-found the Border Health…
December 15, 2022
According to a national UC San Diego Yankelovich Center Survey after the 2022 midterms: Democrats and independents report greater confidence in our election system, but Republicans do not. Real-world remedies hold promise for restoring trust in U.S. elections.
June 13, 2019
Educational Vision Technologies team members Lyn Scott, Shelly Bae and co-founders Monal Parmar and Jason Bunk hold first-place prize check after winning Ignite’s pitch competition. Educational Vision Technologies Scales Up with Seed Round After winning just about every entrepreneur and startup pitch challenge on UC San Diego’s campus, raising $100,000…
