June 6, 2019
…just one of many science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) outreach efforts featured on KFMB News 8 through INNOVATE 8, the television station’s outreach and mentoring partnership with UC San Diego and the San Diego County Office of Education. INNOVATE 8 is designed to inspire and engage K-12 students—particularly…
June 20, 2019
…at the Halicioğlu Data Science Institute and leverage the power of the San Diego Super Computer Center? Only at UC San Diego, and nowhere else.” Chancellor Khosla greeted students who attended the June 15 All Campus Commencement. All Campus Commencement also featured former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, who…
October 10, 2019
…anorexia. “Within the medical community, there is significant interest in the role of medical cannabis and CBD,” said Dr. Igor Grant, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and CMCR director. “There is a hope that it could be yet another useful agent in some of these conditions, which are…
October 31, 2019
…new entrance for the community—inviting visitors to look deeper into one of the world’s top public research universities. From left: Brandon Nixon, class of ’87, chairman and CEO of Lytx; Tonya Cross, Senior Vice President at Lytx; Don Norman, founder and director of the Design Lab, Pradeep K. Khosla, UC…
November 14, 2019
…summer 2020. The robotics community in San Diego is already thriving and growing, forum speakers said. Many companies are led by or employ UC San Diego alumni. Postdoc Cedric Girerd shows how a prototype for a new tool for robotic surgery could be used. Girard works with mechanical engineering professor…
November 21, 2019
…Red Chair Because… Computer Science and Engineering Department’s Celebration of Diversity highlights challenges, points towards solutions They came in droves to sit in the Red Chair–graduate students, undergrads, faculty, staff, deans, the chancellor. They came to express their thoughts on diversity—and the results were powerful. “I sit so that one…
November 21, 2019
…for engineers and computer science students. “And then, how do you take the materials learned in the university and apply it in a very helpful way?” Collaborations across disciplines and industry In addition to working across academic disciplines, the research teams in Franklin Antonio Hall will engage with industry partners…
December 5, 2019
…underrepresented students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). “And still,” he said, “I didn’t really feel like the initiatives followed through because I was never connected with a good mentor who looked like me who could provide me with career advice. There was never anyone I could have an…
February 13, 2020
…says that the best science sometimes involves the most simple technology: in this case, double-sided tape. For every part of his 30-leg flight from the North Pole to the South Pole, DeLaurentis will have a sample for Deheyn. “It might not give us absolute numbers, but at least it will…
April 16, 2020
…headed as a global community, UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) is sponsoring a weekly webinar series on Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m., now until June 4. Topics of the Global Impacts of COVID-19 - A GPS Webinar Series range from successful containment strategies in…
