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Holocaust Living History Workshop Hosts Winter 2017 Events on “Holocaust & the Burden of History”

January 13, 2017

The Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLWH) at the University of California San Diego continues its year-long series of educational events with three insightful programs this winter, underscoring this year’s theme, “Holocaust and the Burden of History.” This year’s events approach the Holocaust from various angles to shed light on lesser-known…

Holocaust Living History Workshop to Present “Witnessing History” Events During Winter 2012

January 11, 2012

The UC San Diego Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW) launches a new series of events this winter, the “Witnessing History” series, focused on the topic of experiencing history in the making. HLWH, sponsored by the UC San Diego Libraries and the Judaic Studies Program, will host four “Witnessing History” events…

UC San Diego Composer Shortlisted for Pulitzer Prize in Music

April 21, 2015

Xiaoxiang refers to the region in China’s Hunan Province where the rivers Xiao and Xiang intersect. It is also the title of a concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra composed by UC San Diego music professor and Qualcomm Institute composer in residence Lei Liang. The work was one of three…

Computer Science Professor Honored for Cognitive Science Contributions

July 26, 2017

UC San Diego computer science professor Gary Cottrell has been elected a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society, an honor reflecting his “impact on the Cognitive Science community and… sustained record of excellence in research contributions.” 

SDSC Launches ‘Sherlock’ To Solve Complex National Challenges

August 19, 2013

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, along with small business partners SD Technology and Chickasaw Nation Industries, have brought together their extensive portfolio of information technology services for healthcare and government under the ‘Sherlock’ brand in an effort to serve federal, state, and…

Health Technologies Top List of New Calit2 Research Grants to UC San Diego Faculty

October 2, 2012

The University of California, San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) has given the green light to 17 new projects funded through the Calit2 Strategic Research Opportunities (CSRO) program. All told, the winning proposals garnered more than $826,000 in support from Calit2 for the…

UC San Diego Announces Inaugural Artists Performing at the Epstein Family Amphitheater

July 7, 2022

…San Diego Announces Inaugural Artists Performing at the Epstein Family Amphitheater UC San Diego will celebrate the opening of the Epstein Family Amphitheater in October with an inaugural lineup of thrilling performances at the new 2,650-seat, open-air venue on the UC San Diego Blue Line. Designed with entertainers of the…

Three Orchids for UC San Diego

October 10, 2013

…architecture “Fallen Star,” by artist Do Ho Suh, is cantilevered at an angle off the seventh floor of Jacobs School of Engineering Building 1. Photo by Philipp Scholz Rittermann Fallen Star,“the small blue house that seems to dangle off the edge of Jacobs Hall, has been awarded the 2013 Grand…

Fur Real - Scientists Improve Computer Rendering of Animal Fur

February 20, 2018

The next computer-generated animals in King Kong or The Lion King could look a lot more realistic thanks to a breakthrough by computer scientists at the University of California. The researchers from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley developed a method that dramatically improves the way computers simulate fur, and…

Four UC San Diego Teams Win NIH Grants from Obama’s BRAIN Initiative

September 30, 2014

Four teams of scientists at UC San Diego will receive research grants from the National Institutes of Health that will help lay the groundwork for visualizing the circuits of the brain and how they work, the agency announced at a White House ceremony today.

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