Nobel Prize Winner, ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton Has UC San Diego Roots
October 9, 2024
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for work he began at UC San Diego with cognitive psychology colleagues here four decades ago.
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Live, Learn, Play: Vibrant New Neighborhood to Break Ground on Campus
June 7, 2018
…new academic buildings—one for Social Sciences and one for the Arts and Humanities. Known as the Public Engagement Building, Social Sciences’ space will be anchored by the Department of Education Studies; CREATE, the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence; and the Urban Studies and Planning Program…
UC San Diego’s Susan Ackerman Elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 20, 2020
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has announced that University of California San Diego Professor Susan Ackerman, a pioneer in the study of homeostasis in developing and aging neurons, has been elected to membership in the prestigious organization.
Division of Arts and Humanities Receives $750,000 NEH Infrastructure Award
August 9, 2018
The arts and humanities will have a stronger and more influential presence on the University of California San Diego campus, thanks to a new $750,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The three-year, matching grant is the largest single award ever received by the university’s Division of Arts…
Researchers ‘Handed’ $4M to Boot-Up Mirror Cell Synthesis
December 10, 2019
With a new grant of $4 million from the National Science Foundation, UC San Diego’s Neal Devaraj and Yale University’s Farren Isaacs are launching new research that will help assess the risks and rewards of mirror life.
Grants Totaling $700K Fund Two Major Projects Aimed at Advancing Faculty Diversity
October 1, 2020
…the Division of Physical Sciences, Division of Biological Sciences, Jacobs School of Engineering, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, the new Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute. Building on the Center for Faculty…
UC San Diego Revelle Medalists Announced
August 30, 2017
…of the Division of Social Sciences from 1995 to 2007, when many of its departments raised their stature to become leading academic programs in the nation, and the division grew to encompass the largest number of faculty on campus and nearly 50 percent of undergraduate majors. To encourage diversity, Drake…
Health Data Exploration Survey Seeks Participants Who Self-Track Health
August 2, 2013
The Health Data Exploration project has announced a call for participants in an online survey that seeks to uncover insights into how individuals, companies and researchers are using the data that are captured through digital devices such as fitness apps.
North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood Springs to Life
March 4, 2021
…and the Divisions of Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities have moved into three new academic buildings that support instruction, engagement and collaboration. Sixth College has helped to make the neighborhood a live-learn lab. From its inception, the project team explored issues around student health and well-being, interviewing Sixth College…
Ten UC San Diego Student Teams Awarded First Funding for Promising New Projects
February 22, 2016
Ten teams of innovative students at UC San Diego have been awarded proof-of-concept funding to validate the product concepts behind their innovative projects.
