June 5, 2019
Researchers discovered what makes the teeth of deep-sea dragonfish transparent. This adaptation, which camouflages dragonfish from prey, results from the teeth having an unusually crystalline nanostructure mixed with amorphous regions. The findings could provide bioinspiration for transparent cerami
September 14, 2012
Four leading scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been honored with awards that recognize their accomplishments in their respective fields of study.
January 25, 2024
Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Awards aim to foster sustainable, interdisciplinary collaborations and to assist teams in developing tailored funding strategies for grand scientific and societal challenges.
April 5, 2023
The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has launched a program that provides funding to enable early-career faculty in engineering and computer science to build interdisciplinary research collaborations. The program is called the Jacobs School Early Career Faculty Development Award.
October 20, 2022
Recognizing economic competitiveness and security depends on advanced cyberinfrastructure to enable science and engineering research and education, NSF initiated a CyberTraining funding challenge to prepare and develop a workforce that can help scientists meet their computational needs.
February 18, 2015
…Joint Doctoral Program in Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use has been launched by the Division of Global Public Health in the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and San Diego State University’s School of Social Work. The program will emphasize research devoted to studying the use and misuse…
January 31, 2019
…and Planning Program, Kwak researches the evolution of urban areas in the 20th century with particular focus on the role of planners, architects and policy makers in reshaping neighborhoods and communities. From the “Reclaim! Remain! Rebuild!” exhibition, on campus through March 15: “Housing For The People” Design Action Collective, Causa…
October 17, 2013
…leader sees first-hand the interdisciplinary research that has made the campus a top-ten public university. Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla provided background about the campus to President Napolitano (center) and Provost Aimee Dorr, detailing the strategic planning process underway and the initiatives that will position UC San Diego as a student-centered,…
February 1, 2018
…San Diego Publications Chancellor’s Research Excellence Scholars Program Launches 175 Student-Research Projects Three years ago, the campus launched a pilot program to promote interdisciplinary research among undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The idea was to partner them with faculty mentors from at least two disciplines and provide them…
July 18, 2012
A new interdisciplinary collaboration at UC San Diego will study some of society’s most perplexing and enduring problems. The Center for Investigations of Health and Educational Disparities will investigate the cultural, environmental, physical, behavioral, and biological causes of these disparities in the United States.
