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Sarcasm Detectors and Gene Transfers: Institute Awards Innovative Research Scholarships

March 28, 2019

Developing how the heart forms and brain works. How to analyze sarcasm computationally. Harnessing computers to develop campaign rhetoric across the spectrum. Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute announced innovative undergraduate research scholarship projects across academic disciplines.

Students Integrating Engineering in Medicine Honored as Siebel Scholars

September 19, 2023

Five UC San Diego graduate students working at the intersection of engineering and medicine have been selected as 2024 Siebel Scholars.

Five UC San Diego Bioengineering Graduate Students Honored as Siebel Scholars

September 25, 2019

Five UC San Diego bioengineering graduate students working at the interface of biology, engineering and health have been honored as 2020 Siebel Scholars.

The Future of AI is Now

November 2, 2023

Artificial intelligence in all its varied forms is rapidly accelerating, transforming our everyday lives and providing a powerful tool for scientific research. But what does it all mean and what does the future hold? Six UC San Diego experts share their insights.

Too Many People, Not Enough Water – Now and 2700 Years Ago

November 10, 2014

The Assyrian Empire once dominated the ancient Near East. At the start of the 7th century BC, it was a mighty military machine and the largest empire the Old World had yet seen. But then, before the century was out, it had collapsed. Why? An international study now offers two…

Qualcomm Institute Experiments with New Models for Blended and Online Courses

April 16, 2014

In 2013, Qualcomm Institute director Ramesh Rao extended an offer to provide support for development of as many as 10 massive open online courses (MOOCs) – especially those experimenting with different types of online course production and delivery.

Empowering Voices: Sally Ride Science Hosts the Sixth Annual Women in Leadership Event

May 9, 2024

Sally Ride Science @ UC San Diego is gearing up for its sixth annual Women in Leadership event on the evening of May 23, 2024. Sponsored by the Vertex IWILL Employee Resource Network (Inspiring Women in Leadership and Learning) and the UC San Diego Office of the Chancellor, the anticipated…

Two Gifts Help Establish San Diego’s First Large-Scale, University-Based Resource on Homelessness

June 2, 2022

…the Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research and the Lucky Duck Foundation. Philanthropic gifts, like these from the Epsteins and the Gleibermans, contribute to the Campaign for UC San Diego, the university’s comprehensive fundraising effort which concludes in June 2022. Alongside UC San Diego’s philanthropic partners, the university is continuing…

Performance Series at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute Enters Fourth Season

October 7, 2016

…by the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) following a peer-review competition open to faculty and graduate students in Music, Theatre and Dance and Visual Arts, as well as any engineering discipline.

Psychedelic Revolution

November 2, 2023

Psychedelic research has taken place at UC San Diego since the 1970s. But today, thanks to an interdisciplinary team from departments all across campus, that research has expanded to include human clinical trials exploring a range of treatments including chronic pain and mental health.

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