April 23, 2018
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the country’s most esteemed honorary societies and independent policy research centers, has elected three professors of the University of California San Diego as new members.
April 20, 2016
Founded in 1780, the academy convenes leaders from the academic, business and government sectors to respond to challenges facing the nation and the world. Previous members have included George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Mead, and Martin Luther King Jr.
May 14, 2024
UC San Diego has once again been named No. 7 among U.S. public universities in the latest Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), upholding its position from the previous year.
November 30, 2015
Many human gene variants have evolved specifically to protect older adults against neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, thus preserving their contributions to society, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers in the November 30 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
November 1, 2011
…Fellow of the Econometric Society Diana Deutsch Professor Emeritus of Psychology Award - Science Writing Award for Professionals in Acoustics from the Acoustical Society of America Ayelet Gneezy Assistant Professor of Marketing Award - Robert B. Cialdini Award for excellence in a published field study More Info: UC San Diego…
December 3, 2013
…report, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences), offers key data for setting management and conservation targets to protect and preserve fragile coral reefs.
November 15, 2011
…Wins History of Science Society Prize “Merchants of Doubt” (Bloomsbury Press, 2010), coauthored by Naomi Oreskes of UC San Diego’s department of history with Erik Conway, has earned its share of public plaudits – including repeated praise from former Vice President Al Gore. Now, it’s also been selected for a…
April 24, 2012
…President-Elect of American Physiological Society Kim E. Barrett, professor of medicine and dean of graduate studies at UC San Diego, assumed her new duties as president-elect of the American Physiological Society (APS) at its annual meeting, which started Saturday in San Diego. The APS is the nation’s premier nonprofit organization…
April 2, 2020
…the spread of a society-changing pandemic in real time; now these insights are being made available to public audiences. Meyer’s spring 2020 course, “Evolution of Infectious Diseases,” will be available here on UCTV and other public platforms. While the class typically includes a final lecture discussion of epidemics in the…
April 17, 2012
Susan Ferro-Novick, PhD, professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and Herbert Levine, PhD, professor in the UC San Diego Department of Physics, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
