Show You Care on UC San Diego’s Day of Caring
April 13, 2023
UC San Diego’s Day of Caring, u.care, is all about coming together to spark change for future generations.
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New Website to Open World of Neurosciences to Public
March 13, 2012
…from print to digital media, and the global reach of the Internet makes it a great medium for education. BrainFacts.org will be a unique public nonprofit website providing authoritative information about the brain to the curious public, K-12 students, patients and patient advocates, and policy makers and the press. Q:…
UC San Diego is No. 14 on the Peace Corps Top Colleges List
February 18, 2016
The University of California, San Diego has been ranked 14th nationally among large schools on the 2016 Peace Corps list of colleges and universities that produce the most Peace Corps Volunteers, moving up one spot from last year. This marks the sixth consecutive year that UC San Diego has been…
UC San Diego Goes Behind the Scenes of SpaceX Rocket Launch Aug. 14
August 10, 2017
…reasons UC San Diego was selected to send a social media ambassador to the upcoming launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch will take place on Monday, August 14 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Using Social Media to Catch a Thief on March 31
March 27, 2012
A group of crowdsourcing experts, including Manuel Cebrian, a computer science researcher at the University of California, San Diego, are building a team to participate in a, perhaps, impossible worldwide gaming challenge: track down five ‘suspects’ of a jewel heist in five different cities on two different continents within 12…
A Voice Inside My Head: The Persuasive Power Headphones Have on Listeners
February 22, 2022
Americans spend an average of four hours per day listening to audio either on headphones or on speakers, but there are major differences in the psychological effects between the two mediums. Headphones have a much more powerful impact on listeners’ perceptions, judgments and behaviors.
UC San Diego Joins National #GivingTuesday to Open the Holiday Giving Season
November 20, 2012
…friends and followers on social media. Give thanks. Give back. Share your story. A key part of the #GivingTuesday initiative is sharing with your friends, family, colleagues and community how you give back and why it matters. Tell us what you are doing this holiday season on UC San Diego’s…
UC San Diego’s Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination Takes Audiences to Places They Can’t Wa
May 16, 2017
…programs are a key medium for exploring and presenting unique perspectives on these forms of imaginative thought. One example of the type of programs the center offers is its upcoming visit by the famed mathematician and physicist Sir Roger Penrose, known for his rigorously unorthodox theories, June 5, 6:30 p.m.,…
QI Launches Research Internship Program for Undergraduates
July 30, 2020
…into the effect that social media platforms’ rules and design have on the communities that grow around them. By paying particular attention to these subtle but powerful parts of the social media experience, students asked, could they create a new, goal-oriented platform or tweak existing ones to promote positive social…
Researchers See an Increase in Fraudulent COVID-19 Posts on Social Media
August 25, 2020
In a new study from UC San Diego School of Medicine, thousands of fake social media posts tied to COVID-19 and financial scams are found on two popular platforms.
