March 1, 2013
World-renowned molecular cell biologist and 2012 Kyoto Prize laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi, Ph.D., will speak at the University of California, San Diego, March 13 at 3:30 p.m., as part of the annual Kyoto Prize Symposium. To register for the free talk, which is open to the public, please visit: kyotoprizeusa.com.
January 9, 2024
Professor Terrence Sejnowski has been named 2024 Scientist of the Year by the ARCS Foundation of San Diego. Sejnowski is being honored for his pioneering research in neural networks and computational neuroscience, achievements that helped form the cornerstones of artificial intelligence.
October 27, 2022
Achyuta Adhvaryu has been appointed as the inaugural director of the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy India Center and will serve as professor of economics at the school effective Jan. 1, 2023.
November 14, 2013
…Casey McCoy—Ph.D. student in philosophy—Austria David Morales—B.A. in Latin American studies, 2013—Ecuador Kristina Pistone—Ph.D. student in oceanography—Chile Luis Sanchez-Lopez—Ph.D. student in history—Mexico Sharon Seegers—B.A. in political science, 2012—Vietnam Sarika Talve-Goodman—Ph.D. student in literature—Israel The full list of top-producing institutions for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program was published in The Chronicle…
March 4, 2015
Edward Witten, Ph.D., regarded by many as the world’s greatest living physicist, will speak at the University of California, San Diego on March 18 at 3:30 p.m., as part of the annual Kyoto Prize Symposium. To register for the free talk, which is open to the public, please visit: kyotoprizeusa.org.
April 14, 2016
…the humanities—history, literature and philosophy. All UC San Diego students have access to an electronic portfolio, an open service through the Teaching + Learning Commons’ Center for Engaged Learning. LinkedIn and Portfolium, a free student portfolio network created to help students connect learning with opportunity and founded by UC San…
February 4, 2016
…Diego. The general education philosophy of Eleanor Roosevelt College, with its focus on international understanding and rigorous “Making of the Modern World” core curriculum, fit with her interest in the history and cultures of places around the world. She studied abroad in Germany as well as Mexico, where she learned…
March 1, 2012
Rashid Sunyaev, Ph.D., one of the world’s most distinguished astrophysicists, will speak at the University of California, San Diego, March 21 at 3:30 p.m., as part of the annual Kyoto Prize Symposium. To register for the free talk, which is open to the public, please visit: www.kyotoprize-us.org.
October 17, 2019
…from data science to philosophical questions of free will. Some highlights from the past year include: UC San Diego’s Center for AIDS Research receives $1.2 million in planning grants from the National Institutes of Health to help support the national “Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative.” Scripps Institution of Oceanography and…
November 18, 2021
…complement the launch and philosophy of UC San Diego’s new Design and Innovation Building,” said Jeffrey Belk, one of the founders of the Basement—the campus’s incubator space—and current volunteer executive in residence for UC San Diego. “The Hagley Staff immediately engaged, and Qualcomm committed to sponsoring the exhibition, and I’m…
