Funny Finding: Men Win Humor Test (by a Hair)
October 19, 2011
Men are funnier than women, but only just barely and mostly to other men. So says a psychology study from the University of California, San Diego Division of Social Sciences.
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Raising an Army of Armchair Activists?
March 4, 2014
Social media may fuel unprecedented civic engagement. Digital networks might make possible mass protest and revolution – think “Arab Spring.” But sometimes and maybe even most of the time, a new study suggests, the accomplishments of online activism are much more modest.
Is Spirituality a Component of Wisdom?
October 22, 2020
In a recent study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found a seventh component of wisdom: spirituality.
Rady School Dean Lisa Ordóñez Named a San Diego Business Woman of the Year
November 15, 2022
Lisa Ordóñez, dean of the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management, has been named among the San Diego Business Journal’s Business Women of the Year.
Times Higher Education Ranks UC San Diego No. 1 in the World
April 5, 2017
The University of California San Diego is listed first in a new Times Higher Education ranking of the world’s top “Golden Age” universities—the best 100 institutions that were founded between 1945 and 1966.
Prestigious Rankings Name UC San Diego 15th Best University in the World
August 15, 2017
The University of California San Diego has been ranked the 15th best university in the world by the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). UC San Diego was also named the world’s third best public college. The campus was named the world’s fourth best public college and nationally, UC…
Focus on South Asia
March 21, 2024
The forum will be launched with an inaugural lecture by renowned Indian musician T.M. Krishna.
Want a Young Child to “Help” or “Be a Helper”? Word Choice Matters
April 30, 2014
How do you get a preschooler to help with chores and other household tasks? A new study suggests that adults’ word choice can make a big difference. The study, by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the University of Washington and Stanford University, appears in the journal Child…
Who’s the ‘Enviest’ of Them All?
November 4, 2015
“Mirror, mirror, on the wall – who’s the fairest of them all?” New research doesn’t have an answer to that. But it does give clues as to who is the “enviest” and would have been more likely to pester (and fester) with the question in the first place: Snow White,…
Having Self-Control Leads to Power
February 27, 2024
New research from the UC San Diego Rady School of Management and Texas A&M University finds that having self-control is often what leads to power.
