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What is the Best Way to Encourage Innovation? Competitive Pay May be the Answer

February 12, 2020

New research from the University of California San Diego indicates that competitive “winner-takes-all” pay structures are most effective in getting the creative juices flowing that help fuel economic growth.

Tai Ming Cheung Appointed New Director of UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)

August 2, 2012

Tai Ming Cheung has been appointed director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), a multi-campus research unit (MRU) located on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. IGCC focuses on security and nuclear proliferation and examines how policy affects the state of…

UC San Diego Wildfire Experts Directory

August 4, 2023

With wildfire season in full swing, experts at UC San Diego are available to discuss wildfires across an array of topics, including climate science, technology, health and policy.

How the Brain Makes–and Breaks–a Habit

May 26, 2016

Not all habits are bad. Some are even necessary. But inability to switch from acting habitually to acting in a deliberate way can underlie addiction and obsessive compulsive disorders. Working with a mouse model, an international team of researchers demonstrates what happens in the brain for habits to control behavior

Class of 2021 Shining Stars

June 10, 2021

…and continue contributing to social impact projects. Aleena K. S. Arakaki Biomedical sciences doctoral recipient As one of very few Native Hawaiian graduate students at UC San Diego, Aleena Arakaki was inspired to lead change by building community and growing equity for historically underrepresented graduate students on campus. She was…

“Holocaust and the Burden of History” is Focus of 2016-17 Holocaust Living History Workshop Series

September 26, 2016

The Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLWH) at the University of California San Diego kicks off a year-long series of educational events with two compelling programs this fall, underscoring this year’s theme “Holocaust and the Burden of History.” The 2016-17 workshop events will approach the Holocaust from various angles to shed…

Performance Series at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute Enters Fourth Season

October 7, 2016

The 2016-2017 season of the Qualcomm Institute’s primary performance series gets underway on October 20. The performances and artist residencies were awarded 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…

Holocaust Living History Workshop Series Will Focus on History, Memory and Meaning for 2018-19

October 5, 2018

This fall, the Holocaust Living History Workshop once again launches its year-long series of educational events composed of eight seminars, a documentary film screening and a photography exhibition underscoring this year’s theme, “History, Memory & Meaning of the Holocaust.” The workshops are presented by the UC San Diego Library and…

Scripps-Led Fellowship Program Promotes Equal Access For Students Interested In Scientific Diving

June 6, 2023

Since 1954, Scripps Institution of Oceanography has set the standard for diver training at the University of California and has created opportunities for hundreds of scientific divers.

Campuswide Proof-of-Concept Awards Move Innovations to Market

April 26, 2017

UC San Diego announced its first eight proof-of-concept awards to advance university inventions to commercial impact. Funded through the new “Accelerating Innovations to Market (AIM)” program, these milestone-driven projects are designed to de-risk early-stage technologies.

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