October 20, 2016
October 20, 2016 —
…innovative problem solvers and social change agents,” said the Teaching + Learning Commons Faculty Director, Gabriele Wienhausen. She added, “What does it take to make that happen? Many educational principles need to be aligned, including strong academic major programs, excellence in teaching, meaningful advising, great peers and experiential learning which…
August 20, 2021
August 20, 2021 —
Low and uneven turnout is a serious problem for local democracy. However, simply moving off-cycle, local elections to be held on the same day as statewide and national contests doubles voter turnout and leads to an electorate that is considerably more representative.
February 12, 2018
February 12, 2018 —
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego are using underwater microphones to interpret and characterize the calls of blue whales swimming through Southern California’s oceans, revealing new insights into the behavior of these endangered marine mammals.
March 19, 2018
March 19, 2018 —
The Cultural Heritage Engineering Initiative (CHEI), based at the University of California San Diego, has received $225,000 from San Diego-based entrepreneur Brian Strauss to enable digital visualization technologies that make it possible to see cultural heritage sites and artifacts in entirely new ways—like “the La Brea tar pits without the…
July 29, 2016
July 29, 2016 —
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year $15 million grant to a collaborative team led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego to establish a Science Gateways Community Institute to accelerate the development and application of highly functional, sustainable science gateways that address the…
May 8, 2014
May 8, 2014 —
…Ph.D. candidate in political science who studies the role immigrants play in shaping public policy.Both representatives spoke about the important role graduate students play at UC San Diego and its sister campuses in the UC system. Graduate student research has resulted in new technologies, new industries and an expanded workforce…
October 5, 2017
October 5, 2017 —
The Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLWH) at the University of California San Diego once again launches a year-long series of educational events that will focus on the theme, The Possibility of Renewal: The Shoah Between Past, Present, and Future. This year’s programming, presented by the UC San Diego Library and…
June 18, 2015
June 18, 2015 —
…which focuses on understanding socially conscious behavior within the contexts of pro-environmental choice, climate change judgments and charitable giving. 2015 Commencement Series Ushers in Next Generation of Innovators and Trailblazers Speaker J. Craig Venter urges new graduates of School of Medicine to become the leaders of new medical revolution. Read…
August 30, 2019
August 30, 2019 —
UC San Diego researchers discovered clever tricks to design materials that replicate different levels of perceived softness. The findings provide fundamental insights into designing tactile materials and haptic interfaces that can recreate realistic touch sensations.
March 8, 2018
March 8, 2018 —
…indispensable tools in life sciences labs around the world, allowing researchers to look into cells or whole animals, to watch molecules interact in real-time and ask questions once thought impossible. “Our work is often described as building and training molecular spies,” Tsien once said, “molecules that will enter a cell…