October 29, 2015
…Engineering and Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego have launched the Contextual Robotics Institute to develop safe and useful robotics systems. These robotics systems will function in the real world based on the contextual information they perceive, in real time. Elder care and assisted living,…
January 17, 2019
…the largest network of social entrepreneurs, recognized UC San Diego in 2017 with the prestigious honor based on the campus’s dedication to social innovation education and research, and its ability to translate that into real-world positive impacts. UC San Diego’s inaugural Changemaker Week is designed to draw attention to the…
May 30, 2019
…In a Name? New “Social Identities Tool” streamlines students’ ability to express preferred name, gender and orientation UC San Diego undergraduate Amber Martinez. Photos by Erika Johnson/University Communications. Amber Martinez wants to lead the way for others to live authentically. A freshman at UC San Diego, her vision is to…
November 10, 2016
Do you have an idea for a better mousetrap, or an app that will change the internet? Student inventors and problem solvers at UC San Diego are invited to apply for a chance to win up to $2,000 to use for building their inventions, mentoring, and resources.
November 1, 2012
Robert Engle, Economic Sciences, 2003 Robert Engle At 69, Robert Fry Engle III is a busy man. Professor emeritus and research professor of economics at UC San Diego, Engle teaches finance at the New York University Stern School of Business, where he is also the founding director of the Volatility…
February 21, 2013
…web-based tools to encourage social interactions inside and outside of the virtual “classroom.” Algae drying at UC San Diego, Credit: Nathan Schoepp, SD-CAB Stephen Mayfield, a professor of biology and co-director of UC San Diego’s Center for Food and Fuel for the 21st Century, a research entity designed to apply…
October 31, 2016
Is social media good for you, or bad? Well, it’s complicated. A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated with living longer – when it serves to maintain and enhance your real-world social ties. Oh and you can relax and stop watching how many “likes”…
June 5, 2014
…the campus’ world-renowned scientists, social scientists and historians are being made available free to students and anyone else around the world with access to the Internet. The MOOC phenomenon has galvanized learning—people love technology, access and ways to reach the masses. The campus is looking into a variety of ways…
April 2, 2015
Alan Daly analyzes social networks, both the digital kind in cyberspace and IRL ones in the schoolhouse, to help improve education. Network News: Relationships Are Vital to School Reform Alan Daly explores ecosystems. He also parses networks. But the former schoolteacher and school psychologist is neither a biologist nor a…
July 7, 2015
Thomas J. Csordas, renowned anthropologist and director of the Global Health Program at the University of California, San Diego, has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Dr. James Y. Chan Presidential Chair for Global Health in the Division of Social Sciences.
