February 23, 2023
Christine Alvarado, a teaching professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the associate dean for the division of undergraduate education at UC San Diego, will be one of four UR2PhD program leaders who have extensive experience developing large-scale programs.
August 25, 2017
Joseph Edelman, founder and CEO of life science-focused hedge fund Perceptive Advisors, feels that poor mental health affects not only one’s personal well-being, but that of those around them and the entire economy “because people are more productive when they’re happier.” Two years ago, this belief led him to donate…
September 23, 2015
Why do babies smile when they interact with their parents? Could their smiles have a purpose? In the Sept. 23 issue of PLOS ONE, a team of computer scientists, roboticists and developmental psychologists confirm what most parents already suspect: when babies smile, they do so with a purpose—to make the…
June 9, 2016
…A team of engineering undergraduates at UC San Diego is one step closer to sending a satellite into orbit around the moon after placing third in a NASA satellite design competition. The win comes with a $30,000 award and gives their design a good shot at a spot aboard NASA’s…
August 9, 2012
Undergraduate students from San Diego County’s major universities will present their research at the 2012 Summer Research Conference at the University of California, San Diego Thursday, Aug. 16.
May 13, 2013
Kaylan Agnew, Neil Sapra and Chiara Ricci-Tam are the University of California, San Diego’s latest undergraduates to be recognized with national competitive scholarship awards.
March 26, 2014
…graduate students in the Jacobs School of Engineering and undergraduates through the Chancellor’s Associates Scholars program.
April 3, 2012
…Diego to the Moon Undergraduates man mission that takes pictures of the moon at request of middle school students The earth rising over the moon, as captured by the MoonKAM cameras. Credit: NASA Students in more than 2,700 schools from 52 countries have started requesting pictures in the past few…
July 6, 2015
Robert She and Angela Zou, undergraduates at the University of California, San Diego, have been recognized with national scholarship awards for research and service. Both are part of UC San Diego Academic Enrichment Programs, which pairs students with faculty mentors and research opportunities in preparation for graduate school.
May 2, 2013
UC San Diego Undergraduates Organize First TEDxUCSD May 11 event to feature 18 speakers who are trailblazers in their field In the spirit of “ideas worth spreading,” a team of UC San Diego undergraduate students has organized the first TEDxUCSD. Slated for Saturday, May 11 at the Irwin M. Jacobs…
