November 29, 2018
…Clarke Center for Human Imagination, has launched an innovative new program arming students with the tools of science fiction in order to anticipate and highlight future policy issues. Author and alumnus Vernor Vinge. The program, San Diego 2049, challenges UC San Diego’s graduate students to think outside the box and…
June 5, 2012
…understanding that they cannot imagine coming from anyone else. When students walk into Professor McIntosh’s classroom, they know that the work will be hard, but his mantra for students who have no background in econometrics or statistical analysis is “Do not be afraid of the math.” He is a brilliant…
May 2, 2019
…These advances range from imaging, where we can see molecules within cells, to neurobiology, where new tools to control and visualize neurons firing are allowing us to understand cognition, and to a suite of techniques that allow us to precisely assess the composition, sequence and function of complex communities in…
March 31, 2022
…borders allow and demand imagination, creativity and resilience.” —Robert Castro, Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, Chicanx and Latinx Studies Director UC San Diego honors Chávez with a statewide holiday on his birthday, March 31, which is observed at UC San Diego annually. To learn more about this…
October 7, 2016
The 2016-2017 season of the Qualcomm Institute’s primary performance series gets underway on October 20. The performances and artist residencies were awarded by the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) following a peer-review competition open to faculty and graduate students in Music, Theatre and Dance and Visual…
June 22, 2017
5G capabilities will make it possible to harness sensor technologies, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning for unprecedented applications—applications discussed at length during the conference.
May 14, 2015
Representatives from the first seven companies admitted into the Qualcomm Institute Innovation Space wowed the campus community at a press briefing and networking reception to mark the official opening of the new 6,000-square-foot facility inside Atkinson Hall on the UC San Diego campus. The event took place May 7.
September 10, 2020
…special. It excites your imagination and makes you feel something,” deFreitas added. “From a design perspective, the Library is just as powerful today as it was ambitious for an upstart UC campus on the bluffs of La Jolla 50 years ago.” The construction Funding for the Central University Library project…
February 8, 2019
Walter Munk, who gave the Allies a strategic edge in World War II, helped nurture a university into existence, and became a living synonym for oceanography, died February 8 at his home in La Jolla, Calif. He was 101.
May 30, 2013
…of the best classrooms imaginable. And living with professors and fellow classmates created one of the strongest communities I have ever been a part of,” said Robinson. “Being in a wheelchair presented challenges in certain countries, but the ship’s crew and the friends I made ensured that I was included…
