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Part Living History, Part Community Festival, Founders Celebration Hits Campus Nov. 13-15

November 13, 2014

…Griswold, department of computer science and engineering; Dr. Razelle Kurzrock, division of hematology-oncology; and Dr. Lucila Ohno-Machado, division of biomedical informatics. The symposium begins at 5 p.m. in Price Center East Ballroom and is free and open to the public. Preceding the event, a reception at The Loft will showcase…

Calit2 Celebrates 15 Years

December 1, 2015

The past and future of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) will converge on Dec. 7, 2015 as the institutes commemorates 15 years of innovation and world-class research in fields such as telecommunications, digital health and virtual reality.

Do the Right Thing

January 24, 2013

…in the Division of Social Sciences. People want to think of themselves as ethical, according to many studies in moral psychology. And in order to engage in unethical behavior, people will often downplay their lapses and try to reconcile their not-so-great actions with their positive notions of themselves by engaging…

Losing Sleep Over Climate Change

May 26, 2017

Unusually warm nights can harm human sleep, researchers show, and the poor and the elderly are most affected. Rising temperatures could make sleep loss more severe.

UC San Diego’s 2019 Entrepreneurs in Residence Program Is Largest Ever

November 6, 2019

The University of California San Diego has announced its 2019 Entrepreneurs in Residence cohort. The EIR program brings outside expertise onto campus to help student and faculty entrepreneurs with their startups.

‘Feel Good’ Brain Messenger Can Be Willfully Controlled, New Study Reveals

July 23, 2021

UC San Diego researchers and their colleagues have discovered that spontaneous impulses of dopamine, the neurological messenger known as the brain’s “feel good” chemical, occur in the brain of mice. The study found that mice can willfully manipulate these random dopamine pulses for reward.

Renowned Medical Scientist Tasuku Honjo to Speak at UC San Diego March 15

March 7, 2017

Honjo received the 2016 Kyoto Prize—Japan’s highest private award for global achievement—in the area of “Basic Sciences” for his contributions to medical science. His work has been described as initiating a historic turning point—a “penicillin moment”—in the fight against cancer.

Campuswide Innovation at UC San Diego Gets $2.2 Million Boost from Elected Officials, UC System

February 6, 2017

Thanks to local and regional elected officials who helped assure passage of Assembly Bill 2664, the University of California San Diego has received $2.2 million from the UC system to help spur innovation and entrepreneurship on campus.

CDC’s New Investigator Award for Domestic Violence Research Goes to UC San Diego Scientist

March 11, 2015

Jamila K. Stockman, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and global public health at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has been selected to receive the Linda E. Saltzman New Investigator Award.

UC San Diego Economist Halbert White Dies at Age 61

April 3, 2012

Halbert L. White, Jr. – Chancellor’s Associates Distinguished Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego and cofounder of Bates White Economic Consulting – died March 31, 2012, following a four-year battle with cancer. He was 61.

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