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UC San Diego Researchers Receive $2.6M NSF Grant to Help Train Autistic Adults for Tech Employment

January 8, 2020

Researchers will develop an employment-training program to tap into the talent and potential of autistic adults for technology work.

Composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir Allures Listeners with Otherworldly Orchestras

June 4, 2024

UC San Diego music alumna Anna Thorvaldsdottir has been described by NPR as “one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music.” She recently won the 2024 CHANEL Next Prize and just premiered her newest orchestra METAXIS.

Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Muhammad Yunus is All Campus Commencement’s Keynote Speaker

January 21, 2016

…lives of others. His philosophy is that everyone is creative and can be an entrepreneur. Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983, fueled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human right. His objective was to create economic and social development from below. From Yunus’s personal loan…

Speak Your Truth

June 7, 2018

…the college’s residential life philosophy of “Know yourself, Check yourself, Be yourself.” She served as a mentor for other RAs, co-leading a program on restorative justice that centered on deep self-reflection and fostering multicultural knowledge. Camarena explained that it was during this summer journey that she saw herself honestly and…

UC San Diego to Host Its First National Think Tank on Aging Issues Nov. 14-16

November 13, 2014

…It’s a matter of philosophy. I don’t think of aging as a disease to be cured, but a process to be enhanced.” As such, Jeste has pulled together a diverse collection of experts to be members of the UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging. They represent varied disciplines on…

Two UC San Diego Scientists Elected to Royal Society

May 28, 2024

Nigel Goldenfeld, a Chancellor’s distinguished professor of physics at UC San Diego, and Mark H. Thiemens, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego, have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences.

UC San Diego Student Catches Eye of White House

March 17, 2022

…medicine and doctor of philosophy degrees are uniquely positioned to become leading physician-scientists. “Alec Calac is a tireless, effective and solution-oriented advocate who thinks broadly, communicates persuasively and acts proactively,” said another of Calac’s mentors, Maria Rosario Araneta, associate dean of diversity and community partnerships and professor of epidemiology in…

19 Faculty Join the School of Arts and Humanities

September 15, 2024

They are arts activists and philosophers of language, scholars of avant-garde children’s literature and composers of experimental music. The School of Arts and Humanities welcomes 19 new faculty members for the 2024-25 academic year.

Patient Advocates and Big Pharma Fund Nation’s First Angioedema Treatment Center

February 5, 2015

…Therapies Inc., added, “Our philosophy at Shire is to put patients and their caregivers at the heart of everything we do—it is what drives us on a daily basis and what we believe gives us a personal connection to the patient community.” The new US HAEA Angioedema Center is located…

Frontiers of Innovation Scholars Program Launches 200 Student-Research Projects

March 12, 2015

…to Ph.D. students in philosophy, with grad student Damon Crockett working with QI’s Lev Manovich; and political science, with student Michael Davidson working with research scientist Albert Yu-Min Lin. From left, Michael Davidson and Sara Kerosky Similarly, Ph.D. student Quentin Gautier will work with Ryan Kastner, a professor of computer…

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