January 30, 2020
January 30, 2020 —
…and video from course lectures, without any extra work required on the part of the professor or lecturer. During the UC Startup Pitch contest, Parmar will have five minutes to wow a room full of thousands of venture capitalists, and three judges who are also investors. The winning startup moves…
December 10, 2015
December 10, 2015 —
The University of California, San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities hosts, “Degrees of Health and Well-being,” a public lecture series that runs from January 20 through February 24, 7:00 p.m., in the Great Hall, where six keynote speakers will present talks to campus and wider San Diego audiences.
November 6, 2014
November 6, 2014 —
…‘Customized Cocoons’ of Technology Lecture kicks off 2014-15 Helen Edison Lecture Series Bruni meets with UC San Diego students after his presentation. Photo by John Freeman What fuels Frank Bruni’s unflinching curiosity—and often, his New York Times opinion column—frequently comes down to his penchant for seeking out the strange over…
January 10, 2014
January 10, 2014 —
…will answer these questions and more in a free lectures series called “The Making of the Modern World: The Good Life,” running Wednesday evenings from Jan. 22 to March 5.
January 20, 2012
January 20, 2012 —
Rick Hanson, PhD, author of the book Buddha’s Brain and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, will present his lecture “Taking in the Good: Helping Children Build Inner Strength and Happiness” at the UC San Diego Medical Center Auditorium on Friday, February 3.
June 10, 2021
June 10, 2021 —
…snapshot of a discussion-based lecture at UC San Diego. Most students are not sharing videos and all are muted except the one person who is speaking. The COVID pandemic precipitated a major shift to virtual learning—an unplanned test of whether these technologies can scale effectively. But did they? Researchers in…
September 4, 2014
September 4, 2014 —
Frank Bruni, whose distinguished writing career at The New York Times has taken him from White House correspondent to chief restaurant critic to his current role as Op-Ed political and cultural observer, has long been known for his carefully crafted opinions and observations on the current scene.
April 2, 2020
April 2, 2020 —
…typically includes a final lecture discussion of epidemics in the news—in recent years Zika, Ebola and antibiotic resistance—Meyer will adapt his upcoming class to analyze the latest COVID-19 developments as they unravel. He plans to start each lecture in the upcoming course with an update of the COVID-19 spread and…
October 2, 2013
October 2, 2013 —
Despite 50 years of recommendations from U.S. Presidents to end the nation’s reliance on foreign oil, energy policy in the United States remains focused on keeping the price of gasoline cheap today, rather than creating a plan for sustainable energy production. This political stagnation is becoming all the more consequential…
November 1, 2011
November 1, 2011 —
…Two Faculty Research Award lectures hosted by the UC San Diego Academic Senate. The first lecture will take place Tuesday, Nov. 8 and features Professor Marcel Hénaff of the Division of Arts and Humanities who will be speaking on “An Economy in Crisis – A Crisis of Civilization: Anthropological Perspectives…