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UC San Diego Named 4th Best Public Research University in Prestigious Global Rankings

August 17, 2020

The University of California San Diego has been named the fourth best public university in the United States for the second consecutive year by the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

Tackling Changes and Challenges With Robotics

November 3, 2016

…than 200 engineers and social scientists, from industry and the university, came together on campus to discuss how robotics could help tackle the challenges that these changes will no doubt bring. They were taking part in the University of California San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute’s third annual forum. The one-day…

Mentors and Postdocs Earn Chancellor’s ‘Postdoc Appreciation’ Awards for Guidance, Research

September 30, 2015

Those who attended this year’s recent Postdoc Research Symposium and Postdoc Appreciation Lunch and Awards Ceremony sampled research projects from 25 different departments, and desert at the crowded Appreciation Lunch took the form of well-deserved awards.

New Research Forecasts U.S. Among Top Nations to Suffer Economic Damage from Climate Change

September 24, 2018

For the first time, researchers have developed a data set quantifying what the social cost of carbon—the measure of the economic harm from carbon dioxide emissions—will be for each of the globe’s nearly 200 countries, and the results are surprising.

Job Woes Drive Certificate Admissions Up at UC San Diego Extension

March 20, 2012

…Languages; Healthcare and Behavioral Sciences; Humanities and Writing; Information Technology and Software Engineering; Law; Leadership and Management Development; Life Sciences; Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health; Photography, Art and Music, and Public Service and Social Responsibility. For the convenience of working adults, continuing education courses are held online or evenings…

Survey Finds Bipartisan Support for Major Reform to California’s Recall Process

September 23, 2021

Pundits around the nation have been calling for overhaul of the century-old rules that govern California’s recall elections, since even before the petition to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom reached the ballot box. Political leaders are now pushing ahead. But what do ordinary voters think and want?

NIST Seeks Private-Sector Input at Cybersecurity Framework Workshop

June 25, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened registration for its 3rd Cybersecurity Framework Workshop, to be held July 10-12, 2013, in San Diego, Calif.

Muir Musical Ensemble Presents “Sweeney Todd” April 11-13 at UC San Diego

March 27, 2013

The University of California, San Diego’s annual Muir Musical returns this year with a production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” This chilling tale of a man wrongly accused and seeking revenge through the guise of a barber shop will bring together students from all six colleges…

Facebook Beats Books - and Faces - in Memory Test

January 15, 2013

If this were a Facebook post, you would remember it – better than a stranger’s face or a line from a published book.

Mandarin Makes You More Musical?

January 18, 2017

An international team of researchers shows that among the preschool set, or children ages 3 to 5, native speakers of Mandarin Chinese are better than their English-speaking counterparts at processing musical pitch.

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