October 21, 2015
Virtual reality has become a lightning rod, with opinions split on the substance and relevance of its future applications. UC San Diego’s recent “Future of Virtual Reality” conference demonstrated that this technology has far-reaching potential—not only in the realm of gaming, but in fields like archaeology and medicine as well.
May 5, 2015
Dr. John Wooley, the long-time associate vice chancellor for research and professor of pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, passed away in April after a long battle with cancer.
October 10, 2019
…both the science and climate of astronomy has been immense.” According to Sargent, while Burbidge undoubtedly faced obstacles, she dealt with them in very effective and rarely confrontational ways. “Even as a graduate student, I was impressed by how senior, usually male, scientists listened attentively to her opinions and, perhaps,…
May 14, 2015
Representatives from the first seven companies admitted into the Qualcomm Institute Innovation Space wowed the campus community at a press briefing and networking reception to mark the official opening of the new 6,000-square-foot facility inside Atkinson Hall on the UC San Diego campus. The event took place May 7.
November 19, 2020
…a touchstone in global climate change research and understanding. In the fall of 1964, UC San Diego welcomed its first trailblazing class of 181 undergraduates. Since then, the university’s population of bright and talented students have been steadily climbing. This summer, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the university safely and successfully…
February 17, 2022
…biology, evolutionary medicine and climate change. “In short, anthropogeny is concerned with what made us such a strange ape,” said Pascal Gagneux, Ph.D., CARTA associate director and professor of pathology and anthropology at UC San Diego. “It’s both fascinating and humbling that we don’t have answers to some of the…
February 4, 2016
…William Fenical. “Denial of climate change. Denial of global warming. Scientists are viewed as illegitimate. Lots of extremely religious people believe Earth is 7,000 years old. Some people out there think the Earth is flat. Given the indisputable truth, you can still find an idiot who says it isn’t true.”…
May 31, 2023
In the first-ever “before and after” assessment of the impact of establishing Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park on the fishing industry, a team of U.S. and Mexican researchers found that Mexico’s industrial fishing sector did not incur economic losses five years after the park’s creation.
February 2, 2023
From pandemics to health inequities, confronting future crises will look different — and that’s a good thing.
June 18, 2015
…contexts of pro-environmental choice, climate change judgments and charitable giving. 2015 Commencement Series Ushers in Next Generation of Innovators and Trailblazers Speaker J. Craig Venter urges new graduates of School of Medicine to become the leaders of new medical revolution. Read more… Aspiring educator Indira Esparza will be three-time UC…
