May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014 —
…Alex Matthews Series of Science Fiction Movies Launched on Campus to Help Reignite Public’s Interest in Science Film showings paired with opportunity to meet noteworthy scientists who will explain the science behind the science fiction to high school students, community An astronomer long fascinated with contacting civilizations beyond our solar…
September 26, 2022
September 26, 2022 —
The Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego brings together scientists, artists and engineers to better understand, enhance and encourage imagination.
May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 —
…authors humanize other-worldliness of science fiction and fantasy Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Science fiction and fantasy came to life in the real and human forms of authors George R.R. Martin and Kim Stanley Robinson May 2 at the Price Center West Ballroom. The genre giants, each with…
July 18, 2017
July 18, 2017 —
For the first time, the horde of 100,000+ attendees at San Diego Comic-Con can count a local university among its ranks. UC San Diego’s presence will be seen on MTS trolleys, outdoor boards — even street teams wearing sandwich-boards and aluminum-foil-hats.
May 16, 2017
May 16, 2017 —
…Center integrates the arts, sciences, humanities, engineering and medicine to better understand, enhance and enact the outcomes of human imagination. It considers the modes from which imagination operates: neurological, cognitive and socio-cultural. Public programs are a key medium for exploring and presenting unique perspectives on these forms of imaginative thought.…
April 19, 2023
April 19, 2023 —
University of California San Diego faculty members Patrick Anderson and Jac Jemc are newly announced Guggenheim Fellows, a prestigious distinction awarded annually by the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
September 26, 2022
September 26, 2022 —
An uncanny number of speculative fiction writers have roots at UC San Diego. Author Sarina Dahlan ‘98 explores this phenomenon with other alumni writers.
April 13, 2023
April 13, 2023 —
The University of California San Diego Library’s Author Talk Series is concluding its third consecutive year of programming on April 17 with internationally-acclaimed author and prominent UC San Diego alum, Kim Stanley Robinson ’74, PhD ’82.
July 16, 2018
July 16, 2018 —
…in the cosmos. The film inspired numerous changes in science, technology and art—demonstrating the lasting impact of its ingenuity and artistry.
January 26, 2018
January 26, 2018 —
On Feb. 9, bestselling novelist and activist Cory Doctorow will be back on the UC San Diego campus for a lecture at the Qualcomm Institute on the Earth’s finite resources as reflected in his 2017 novel, WALKAWAY.