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UC San Diego’s Mexico Moving Forward Symposium Examines 20 Years of NAFTA

February 13, 2014

Mexico’s most visionary leaders, vibrant culture, past accomplishments and future goals will be the focus of the University of California, San Diego’s Mexico Moving Forward symposium, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 6. The symposium, hosted by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of International Relations…

UC San Diego Archaeologist Explores Prehistoric Sites in Indian State for Conservation

December 22, 2016

UC San Diego professor of anthropology Thomas E. Levy, who directs the Qualcomm Institute’s Center for Cyber-Archaeology and Sustainability, spent a week in the Indian state of Telagana visiting 10 ancient sites, including one of the largest groups of ‘standing stones’ thousands of years old. Levy hopes to return with…

Optimism Meets Pessimism at The Atlantic Meets the Pacific Forum

October 10, 2013

…there’s one thing the science, health and technology thought leaders at last week’s The Atlantic Meets the Pacific forum can agree on, it’s this: “Things are going to break a lot more before they get better.” That sentiment, put into words by Smart Patients CEO and former Google Chief Health…

Squidtoons: Sparking Scientific Curiosity through Comics

January 8, 2015

…the public about ocean science. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications. Scripps graduate student Garfield Kwan spearheads marine science-focused comics website As a young boy growing up in Hong Kong, Tsz Fung Kwan looked forward to reading the famous Jim Davis comic strip Garfield in the Sunday paper. Something…

The Class of 2023: Resilient and Ready for the World

May 23, 2023

UC San Diego’s Class of 2023 are diverse, perseverant and passionate about making a difference. They have reached for the stars and left the UC San Diego community better than they found it. Read more about some of our stunning graduates here.

Rare Science

May 1, 2023

UC San Diego is a hub for rare disease research. Although each rare disease impacts a small number of people, the research findings sometimes apply to more prevalent conditions.

Engineers, Visual Artists and Medical Device Researchers Mix in New UC San Diego Building

September 6, 2012

Making buildings and bridges safer during earthquakes. Printed 3-D blood vessels and capillaries for regenerative medicine. Safer cardiac pumps for children born with heart defects. Giant art collections sorted with a click. Better composite materials for aircraft. In the new Structural and Materials Engineering building at the University of California,…

Computers in a Jazz Ensemble? Inventing Improvisational AI

January 13, 2022

Project REACH: Raising Co-creativity in Cyber-Human Musicianship is teaching computers how to improvise, musically.

UC San Diego Announces 60th Anniversary Awardees

October 22, 2020

…transforming the world through science, technology, the arts and healing is evidenced through their extraordinary philanthropy, such as directing $100 million in gifts toward the Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla and $110 million to Jacobs School of Engineering. They have also endowed faculty chairs and supported numerous scholarships, UC…

Five UC San Diego Experts Elected AAAS Fellows in 2020

November 24, 2020

American Association for the Advancement of Science honors the contributions of UC San Diego leaders in astrophysics, research advocacy, organic chemistry, psychiatry and geophysics.

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