Bridging the Hearts & Minds of Youth Conference, Feb. 4-5
December 14, 2011
…a tool to positively impact children’s psychological, physical and social well-being.
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UC San Diego Philosophy Department Offers Another ‘Big Idea’
February 8, 2016
…UC San Diego as a leading center for ethical science; to realize that vision, the philosophy department now offers a new minor program in bioethics, with its first students enrolled this winter quarter.
UC San Diego Names New Dean of Social Sciences
June 18, 2014
Carol Padden, an award-winning scholar of sign languages and a longtime member of the University of California, San Diego community, has been appointed dean of the Division of Social Sciences at UC San Diego, effective Oct. 1, 2014. The appointment follows an extensive national search.
QI Launches Research Internship Program for Undergraduates
July 30, 2020
…in wireless systems, data science, engineering and other fields. Over two quarters, students participate in an online course and lead research projects addressing contemporary issues in autonomous vehicles, urban design, climate change and resource availability. The initiative is accredited through the university’s Academic Internship Program. A personalized, interdisciplinary research experience…
New Study of Brain Circuits Finds Key Links to Symptoms of Depression
July 17, 2017
Scientists have linked specific wiring in the brain to distinct behavioral symptoms of depression. In a study published in Cell, researchers at UC San Diego found brain circuits tied to feelings of despair and helplessness and were able to alleviate and even reverse such symptoms in mice studies.
UC San Diego Professor Recognized as One of World’s Most Influential Living Philosopher
May 11, 2017
…methodology of natural and social science, according to the stacks of evidence favoring her exceptionalism. Her current work on the nature of evidence for social and health policy in Britain, for example, led to the recent publication entitled “Improving Child Safety: Deliberation, Judgement and Empirical Research” by Cartwright, Eileen Munro,…
Spotlight on Founders’ Celebration Speakers
October 31, 2011
…to integrate economics, political science, and other social science disciplines around the methodology of impact evaluation and design to provide novel analyses of important policy issues and solutions to global problems. More… Adam Engler Adam Engler, a professor of bioengineering, will speak at the Founders’ Day celebration on Nov. 18…
Career Center Offers Connections in Time of Social Distancing
April 2, 2020
…Connections in Time of Social Distancing Students gain workplace experience as part of virtual Take a Triton to Work program Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Gov. Newsom’s stay-at-home order, the UC San Diego campus community must now depend on technology more than ever to teach, learn and work. For…
UC San Diego Department of Ethnic Studies Celebrates 25th Anniversary
October 16, 2015
…region’s vibrant cultures. Launched in 1990, the Division of Social Sciences’ department is an interdisciplinary community of scholars engaged in the study of race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, sexuality, class and dis/ability.
UC San Diego Biologists Discover Timesharing Strategy in Bacteria
April 6, 2017
…discovered that communities of bacteria have been employing a social timesharing strategy for millions of years. The team found that bacteria faced with limited nutrients will enter an elegant timesharing strategy—a concept used in computer science, vacation homes and social applications—in which communities alternate feeding periods to maximize efficiency in…
