December 4, 2014
…to Launch Rocket into Space Organizers hope training also will help propel students into careers It’s Wednesday afternoon, and about a dozen students are hard at work trying to make history in the basement of Jacobs Hall. The students are building a 20-foot, two-stage rocket that they hope will make…
November 22, 2022
The UC San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute leads its first space launch, sending stem cells into space aboard the International Space Station. The NASA-partnered study will take advantage of the microgravity environment of space to study accelerated aging in stem cells.
April 18, 2023
UC San Diego recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the Viterbi Family Vision Research Center at Shiley Eye Institute, which is supported by a $50 million gift made in 2018 by philanthropist Andrew J. Viterbi.
September 6, 2022
Noted businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford has committed $150 million in new funding to expand and, in some ways, quite literally launch stem cell research and regenerative medicine at University of California San Diego into new spaces and endeavors.
April 29, 2021
…to give up your ‘space’ to those who have not been in the center—or even ‘seen’ the center.” —Joseph Allen Ruanto-Ramirez, Access Programs Advisor at UC San Diego Student Promoted Access Center for Education & Service (SPACES) “To me, showing up means stepping back and allowing those who are most…
May 20, 2022
UC San Diego engineers have developed a low cost, low power technology to help robots accurately map their way indoors, even in poor lighting and without recognizable landmarks or features. The technology uses WiFi signals, instead of light, to help the robot “see” where it’s going.
December 21, 2016
The University of California San Diego’s Department of Music is known for its unconventional approach to the art of sound. The fact that soprano Susan Narucki and composer Lei Liang are collaborating to create a chamber opera around the theme of gun violence only fits that reputation. Their unique project…
February 25, 2021
…as six outdoor study spaces. The 80-by 60-foot outdoor classrooms are ADA compliant with the capacity to seat up to 50 students physically distanced. Each space features boosted Wi-Fi, Zoom and podcasting equipment, weatherproof pendant speakers, microphones and large LCD display screens, as well as traditional whiteboards. Since the beginning…
April 10, 2012
…to view their creative spaces, and figuratively, for the participating graduate students themselves, as they make connections that may continue far beyond the day. The annual event, known by different names over the years, has been a department tradition for the last 20-plus. On April 7, Open Studios 2012 featured…
July 10, 2017
Through an initiative called “KNIT,” the University of California San Diego’s Division of Arts and Humanities is crafting collaboration and community on campus — digitally. By offering online tools collectively referred to as a “digital commons,” KNIT will enable university faculty, students and staff to customize websites for courses; research…
