April 23, 2015
…display system and the StarCAVE and WAVE virtual-reality environments, organizers of the festival have put together an adventurous program that will clue viewers into just how quickly technology is going to reshape film-making and movie-going in the 21st century.” Additional sponsors include ArcLight Cinemas, Stromer Bikes, Unofficial Cardboard, Clarion Del…
February 4, 2016
…researching drugs from the sea, including compounds that look very promising to fight melanoma, multiple myeloma as well as breast and ovarian cancer. Many of us cannot picture ourselves working for the same organization for decades. But a growing number of UC San Diego academics have been teaching students, conducting…
August 8, 2024
“I don’t think only about specific diseases or disorders, but also about how new technologies can promote or undermine health or mental health,” says Cinnamon Bloss, who holds positions at the UC San Diego including tenured professor and associate dean in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human…
December 6, 2022
Researchers from a broad range of fields at the University of California San Diego are making waves as they push the boundaries of science and medicine to develop groundbreaking, real-world solutions to longstanding health inequities.
January 17, 2013
…doesn’t count, think again. Starting next week, UC San Diego students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to share their opinions by participating in the University of California Campus Climate Study Survey. The systemwide effort—believed to be the largest survey of its kind ever conducted—asks more than 430,000 individuals…
January 21, 2016
…people, mostly women, to start their own businesses. “We are honored to have Muhammad Yunus serve as keynote speaker at our All Campus Commencement, as he embodies UC San Diego’s ideals of public service, social mobility and global citizenship,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “Yunus’s leadership in the microfinance movement…
June 13, 2013
…connects faculty at the start of their careers to tools, resources and private funding opportunities. Participating faculty are provided tailored strategies to build their careers by establishing relationships with the philanthropic community, including education about the role and importance of stewardship. In its first year, the program has reached out…
January 24, 2012
…Bang on a Can All-Stars. The concert was co-presented by UCSD ArtPower! and the department of music. Music for 18 Musicians held the audience’s rapt attention for nearly an hour. Afterwards, many headed into the cool night air in silence. It was a triumphant evening for the music department, which…
September 9, 2013
…also takes part in SEA Days at Birch Aquarium at Scripps, an annual series of science presentations at the aquarium to introduce the public to current science endeavors at Scripps. There, UC San Diego students and scientists walk visitors through various demonstrations of aerosol science, inviting kids to blow bubbles…
October 1, 2020
…of deaths during flu season, without dramatic spikes. Ma and Yu are partnering with Matteo Chinazzi and Alessandro Vespignani at the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University, a research group that regularly consults about the pandemic for the CDC. The UC San Diego-Northeastern model, called DeepGLEAM, is unique because it…
