April 28, 2022
Public primary schools were created by states to reinforce obedience among the masses and maintain social order, rather than serve as a tool for upward social mobility, suggests a study from UC San Diego political scientist Agustina Paglayan.
May 8, 2012
…is because of our social mobility. One-third of UC San Diego’s students are the first to attend a four-year college and two-thirds of our students receive some form of financial aid.” For the past ten years, UC San Diego has seen a steady increase in GMS students and so far…
April 24, 2024
A new study published in JAMA finds that X’s (formerly Twitter’s) Community Notes, a crowdsourced approach to addressing misinformation, helped counter false health information in popular posts about COVID-19 vaccines by providing accurate, credible responses.
October 5, 2020
Scientists affiliated with leading research institutions across the U.S. state in a letter published Monday in the journal Science that researchers across disciplines must converge to deliver clear public health guidance about how SARS-CoV-2 is spread in the air.
October 11, 2011
…most ubiquitous brands in social media, are his brainchildren. “Starting a company,” he wrote on his personal blog in 2008, “is like landing on the shore of a deserted island. You have a certain amount of provisions, which you have to make last until you find a way to make…
October 30, 2018
…Science associate professor with a strong following in science-related social media, as a Faculty Fellow of the pioneering institute. Voytek works with students in Cognitive Science, Neuroscience and Data Science, and is a leader of the neuroscience graduate program as well as the HDSI undergraduate fellowship program.
April 17, 2014
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that older women, plucky individuals and those who have suffered a recent major loss are more likely to be compassionate toward strangers than other older adults.
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.
November 7, 2013
…who have overcome economic, social and educational barriers as well as scholars whose research, teaching and service demonstrate a commitment to addressing issues of equality and access. Each year, 15 scholars are chosen as President’s Fellows; those who are not selected become eligible for Chancellor’s Fellowships at partner campuses. “I…
March 19, 2015
…from the Division of Social Sciences. This year’s recipients are computer scientist Shachar Lovett, economist Paul Niehaus, Padmini Rangamani from the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, nanoengineer Andrea Tao and neuroscientist Bradley Voytek. The fellowships seek to boost fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. The…
