January 21, 2021
…mission to the International Space Station, from which she returned in April 2020. During the six-month mission, Meir fulfilled her lifelong dream of spacewalking when, quite famously, she and fellow astronaut Christina Koch conducted the world’s first all-female spacewalk. Floating nearly 250 miles above Earth, the two astronauts replaced a…
June 22, 2017
The University of California San Diego has been named the 9th best public university in the nation for LGBTQ students, according to a new 2017 report by College Choice. The independent online publication that helps students select a school recently released their list of the “50 Best Colleges for LGBTQ…
January 26, 2016
Katharine Anderson, a historian of science in the Department of Humanities at York University in Toronto, will present a free public lecture, “Experimenting with the Expedition: Renewing the Ocean Sciences after World War I,” on Feb. 8, 2016, at 3 p.m. at the Robert Paine Scripps Forum for Science Society…
October 10, 2023
Engineers developed electronic “stickers” that measure the force exerted by one object upon another. The force stickers are wireless, run without batteries and fit in tight spaces, making them versatile for a wide range of applications, from surgical robots to smart implants and inventory tracking.
January 24, 2023
Adjacent to the UC San Diego campus, the Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center, a state-of-the-art, 6,500-square-foot facility, will host Jewish holiday experiences, Jewish learning and community activities, and will serve as the headquarters for the university’s Jewish student organizations.
February 14, 2017
The Center for Cyber-Archaeology and Sustainability (CCAS) and the Qualcomm Institute played host to nearly 200 freshmen and older students taking computer science, robotics or AP world history at La Jolla Country Day School. The students converged on UC San Diego to learn more about how technology can safeguard the…
May 31, 2018
…first American woman in space. Hundreds of friends and family members—including the late astronaut’s mother and sister—as well as fans and former colleagues turned out to see the public dedication first-hand in the Price Center or tuned in to watch via the Postal Service’s livestream. Tam O’Shaughnessy, Ride’s life partner…
June 14, 2023
In a first-of-its-kind investment, the University of California San Diego is offering seed funding directly to one of its most promising startups, LIMBER Prosthetics and Orthotics Inc.
October 3, 2019
…launches to the International Space Station, fulfilling lifelong dream NASA astronaut Jessica Meir has wanted to travel to space since she was a child. This lifelong dream became a reality on Sept. 25, when the alumna of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and two multinational crew members…
July 7, 2020
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire and elsewhere used SDSC’s Comet supercomputer to validate a model using a machine learning technique called Dynamic Time Lag Regression (DTLR) to help predict the arrival of solar winds near the Earth’s orbit from physical parameters of the Sun.
