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Meet Cristina Della Coletta, Dean of Arts and Humanities

February 12, 2015

…Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego, as well as leads divisional engagement with such affiliates as the La Jolla Playhouse and the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus. Q & A What drew you to UC San Diego and its Division of Arts and Humanities? I had a…

All Aboard

October 20, 2016

…features such as advanced seafloor-imaging equipment, the vessel will be one of the quietest in the world, enabling scientists to undertake exacting ocean acoustics research. The ship has a dynamic positioning system that allows it to stay at a fixed location to within meters even when winds buffet it at…

Friedmann Recognized for Pioneering Gene Therapy Research

January 29, 2015

…quickly captured the public imagination, was fueled by its appealingly straightforward approach and what Friedmann has described as “obvious correctness”: Disarm a potentially pathogenic virus to make it benign. Stuff these viral particles with normal DNA. Then inject them into patients carrying abnormal genes, where they will deliver their therapeutic…

Hats Off to the Class of 2023

June 20, 2023

On Saturday more than 5,000 graduating students and their family and friends gathered on RIMAC Field for All Campus Commencement. Keynote talks from UC Regent John A. Pérez, senior Letzy Vargas and Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla commented on the value of commitment, risk-taking and failure.

UC San Diego Announces Chancellor’s Medal and Revelle Medal Honorees

June 19, 2014

…Clarke Center for Human Imagination. The Harts’ philanthropy spans many years at UC San Diego: they were the first donors to the Alumni Leadership Scholarship Endowment in the early 2000s, providing the catalyst for more than 30 alumni donors to create scholarship endowments. They established the Kevin T. Hart Memorial…

Origin Story

September 26, 2022

An uncanny number of speculative fiction writers have roots at UC San Diego. Author Sarina Dahlan ‘98 explores this phenomenon with other alumni writers.

Gene Therapy Finds New Life in an Old Home

November 10, 2022

An international symposium November 17-18, 2022 at UC San Diego will discuss current clinical trials using gene therapy, here and abroad.

Exploring the Future of Innovation in San Diego

September 28, 2023

UC San Diego-powered startups, incubators and accelerator programs took center stage during the second annual Innovation Day at Petco Park, highlighting the university’s world-class, dynamic innovation ecosystem.

Psychedelic Revolution

November 2, 2023

Psychedelic research has taken place at UC San Diego since the 1970s. But today, thanks to an interdisciplinary team from departments all across campus, that research has expanded to include human clinical trials exploring a range of treatments including chronic pain and mental health.

Imagining a New World of Work

April 18, 2024

With topics ranging from the rise of AI to the growing reach of social media, UC San Diego’s inaugural Future of Work Conference prepared participants for “the landscape of tomorrow.”

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