November 21, 2013
…as a professor of physics. Dynes will contribute his multifaceted experience as a Foundation trustee this year. Steve Hart, alumnus, co-founder of ViaSat “I was one of those people who wanted to be a student for life,” said Steve Hart, who graduated from UC San Diego with a master’s degree…
April 10, 2014
…Adam Burgasser from the physics department and filmmaker, animator and projection designer Tara Knight, assistant professor of theatre and dance, who also happens to have a master’s degree in visual arts from UC San Diego. “Our Star” resulted in a multimedia performance (with Trigilio on electric guitar) centered on music…
June 5, 2014
…Biological Sciences; David Stone, Physics; and Tara Zepel, Visual Arts. In addition, the Oliver Johnson Award for Distinguished Leadership in the Academic Senate, a University of California systemwide recognition, was presented to Joel Dimsdale, Psychiatry. Those attending the ceremony heard details of the awardees’ teaching skills in the words of…
February 12, 2015
…Alumni Mike Judge, ’85, Physics Mike Judge is an award-winning creator and producer of today’s most popular movies and television series, including King of the Hill, Beavis and Butt-head, Office Space, Idiocracy and Extract. The physicist turned animator, filmmaker and actor is now working on his latest television series, Silicon…
May 21, 2015
…is about 80 percent. “Physicians and researchers at UC San Diego have collaborated to create and advance technologies to benefit our patients,” added Nager. “One example is epidermal electronics—wearable electronics that can be placed on an infant noninvasively to monitor anything from brain waves to skin perfusion.” All eight labor…
October 22, 2015
…Materials Research Fluid Turbulent Physics Climate Change/Environmental Sciences Seismic Research/Disaster Prevention The Tree of Life “Today, UC San Diego is a $1 billion research enterprise,” noted Khosla, adding that “SDSC has been a trail blazer for academic computing.” “We are fortunate that SDSC has been one of the national leaders…
November 12, 2015
…our next generation of physician-scientists and serves as a vote of confidence to our talented medical staff.” After graduating magna cum laude in psychology from UC San Diego, Edelman earned an M.B.A. from New York University. He then spent 11 years as a biotech analyst at a brokerage and two…
May 4, 2017
…Henry Abarbanel, professor of physics at UC San Diego and also research physicist at the university’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography Gert Cauwenberghs, professor of bioengineering and neurobiology Cauwenberghs leads the Integrated Systems Neuroengineering lab at UC San Diego Fan Chung Graham, professor of mathematics and computer science and engineering Jeffrey…
March 1, 2018
…Aguilar, a second year physics major who attended the panel. “It’s helpful to hear from those who have been through it and made it.” What is college, how do I get there, and what does it take to succeed? Navigating the institution of higher education without parents or older siblings…
May 24, 2018
…graduate student here in physics, and my Ph.D. was in space physics. While working as an associate researcher in physics, I met astronaut and educator Sally Ride who was also a physicist here on campus. I co-founded a STEM education company with her, Sally Ride Science, in 2001. The company…
