March 7, 2017
Honjo received the 2016 Kyoto Prize—Japan’s highest private award for global achievement—in the area of “Basic Sciences” for his contributions to medical science. His work has been described as initiating a historic turning point—a “penicillin moment”—in the fight against cancer.
October 17, 2024
Two UC San Diego philosophers in the School of Arts and Humanities are examining a centuries-old debate about the nature of free will from two angles—whether the universe’s makeup allows for the freedom of choice and the way free will functions in society as a method of cooperation.
October 5, 2023
For nearly 50 years, UC San Diego’s Early Childhood Education Center has provided high-quality care and education for the children of students, faculty and staff. After serving as Lead Teacher for 16 years, Donna Mojarro was recently appointed Interim Coordinator, Education and Operations.
November 29, 2011
…Nearby, Robyn Lovell, a philosophy major, was pondering the artwork’s implications for design and architecture. “It’s pushing the envelope of what you can do,” she said. Lovell added she would definitely visit Fallen Star once it’s open to the public. That should happen sometime this spring, in February or March.…
August 23, 2017
Samer Sabri is an incoming first-year M.S. student in Computer Science at the University of California San Diego. He is part of a two-person writing team that developed “Machine Learning for Humans,” an easy-to-read online primer about machine learning that went live on the website Medium on August 19.
March 12, 2018
Renowned plant physiologist Graham Farquhar, Ph.D., will speak at the University of California San Diego at 3:30 p.m. on March 21 as part of the annual Kyoto Prize Symposium. Farquhar received the 2017 Kyoto Prize, Japan’s highest private award for global achievement, in the area of “Basic Sciences” for his…
February 16, 2023
Five UC San Diego graduate students will soon join the ranks of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, a distinguished organization that applauds scholars whose commitment to diversity, leadership and academic excellence pushes the boundaries of doctoral education.
September 23, 2024
Since 2020 when the Halicioğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at UC San Diego established its Senior Capstone Program, it has become the premier series for all fourth-year undergraduate data science majors at HDSI – a pioneering interdisciplinary institute advancing data science and AI education within the new School of Computing,…
October 29, 2015
…Callender, Professor/Chair, Department of Philosophy Closing the Gap: Scientific Advances and Ethical Ramifications What was the “a-ha” moment that inspired you to pursue the work you do today? Much of my work is on the philosophy and science of time. Time is one of the last great mysteries. Physics suggests…
November 17, 2016
…and Humanities—comprised of the departments of history, literature, music, philosophy, theatre and dance, and visual arts—is listed among the top 23 globally, according to U.S. News and World Report.
