June 5, 2012
…technology, life and health sciences, human services and arts/communications,” Schmidt said. The survey also showed that starting salaries for UC San Diego recent grads increased by 3 percent from the previous year. Metildi and Schmidt both believe that students should get a head start on the job search as early…
October 31, 2019
…of Astrophysics and Space Sciences at UC San Diego and one of the world’s leading “ghost” hunters. Fuller, a distinguished professor of physics at the university, has made his life’s work chasing down subatomic particles called neutrinos that are so mysterious they’re known as ghost particles. These ghosts are known…
January 18, 2022
The University of California San Diego’s Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW) 2021-2022 series continues with five profound events that underscore this year’s theme, “Beyond the Great Silence: The Holocaust in Art, Memory, and Life.”
October 10, 2013
New Dean of Biological Sciences Seeks to Improve Undergraduate Experience This is the first of a three-part series introducing our new incoming VC and deans. Biology majors and students taking undergraduate biology courses will see some new changes to improve the undergraduate experience this year, according to William (Bill) McGinnis,…
January 31, 2019
…and starry nights. In fiction and real life, however, the winds are sometimes cast in a role as a bringer of unease and occasional catastrophe. Santa Anas are often a force that can make driving through Southern California mountain passes hazardous. They fell trees that come crashing onto homes and…
January 30, 2024
UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music Anthony Davis has been inducted into the Opera Hall of Fame. The honor comes on the heels of an immensely successful production of “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” at the Met Opera, a work he composed 37 years ago, and…
May 11, 2017
By applying a novel computer algorithm to mimic how the brain learns, a team of researchers – with the aid of the Comet supercomputer based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego – has identified and replicated neural circuitry that resembles the way an unimpaired brain…
October 26, 2017
…Star Trek convention on “science fiction meets science fact.” I admitted to my colleagues that I had never watched Star Trek—and got an intervention. I ended up having to cram so many episodes to learn about Star Trek! A conceptual image of the TESS mission. Photo by MIT Elisa Quintana…
December 13, 2011
…Help Solve Large Data-Intensive Science Challenges SDSC’s Gordon Supercomputer. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications When it officially comes online in early January, Gordon, a unique new supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), will help researchers tackle the most vexing data-intensive challenges, from mapping genomes for personalized…
November 20, 2012
…brain to computer interfaces. Coleman is excited about turning science fiction into reality! By the audience reaction, the retooled Founders’ Symposium format was a success. This tweet summed it up well:
