February 15, 2024
John Evans, professor of sociology, Tata Chancellor’s Chair in Social Sciences and associate dean of the School of Social Sciences at the University of California San Diego, has been elected a fellow of the Hastings Center, which is the honorific society for the field of bioethics.
April 17, 2019
The Institute for Practical Ethics welcomes environmental journalist Emma Marris for a unique and optimistic talk about new methods in conservation during Earth Month celebrations, the second keynote address for the new campus institute.
May 16, 2019
…of the institute’s mission. John H. Evans, co-director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Tata Chancellor’s Chair in Social Sciences. “All around us, scientists are discovering new facts about the natural world with the ultimate aim of human betterment, but how will we know which of these new technologies…
April 26, 2018
…should? From left, sociologist John Evans, Division of Arts and Humanities Dean Cristina Della Coletta and philosopher Craig Callender with Beth Shapiro. To help answer these questions and celebrate the inaugural year of the UC San Diego Institute for Practical Ethics, guest speaker Beth Shapiro—a world-renowned professor of ecology and…
November 16, 2017
…Callender, a philosopher, and John Evans, a sociologist, are the inaugural co-directors of the institute. Callender has written extensively in the philosophy of science and has taught environmental ethics for more than 20 years. Evans focuses his research on how bioethical decisions are made, and the public’s views of medical…
December 10, 2020
…keynote speaker this year,” John H. Evans, institute co-director and associate dean of the Division of Social Sciences, said. “As he pointed out during the public talk, artificial intelligence is yet another important advancement that will benefit from being truly interdisciplinary in its development.” A practical institute for pressing problems…
July 9, 2014
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have documented the safety benefits of aortic stent grafts inserted during minimally invasive surgery to repair abdominal aortic aneurysms – weaknesses in the body’s largest artery that can rupture, causing potentially lethal internal bleeding.
January 25, 2012
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have created a new generation of fast-acting fluorescent dyes that optically highlight electrical activity in neuronal membranes. The work is published in this week’s online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
August 7, 2013
The University of California, San Diego’s 10th annual Dinner in the Library will take place Sept. 12 in the university’s iconic Geisel Library building.
March 12, 2024
As part of a new Local Launchpad program, ArtPower at UC San Diego will be presenting two upcoming shows at the Epstein Family Amphitheater. This program was created to invest in local artists by providing them with a space to develop and showcase debut performances on the university campus.
