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Global Manhunt Pushes Limits of Social Mobilization

April 5, 2012

An international team of researchers, including computer scientist Manuel Cebrian from the University of California, San Diego, has won a seemingly impossible challenge: tracking down a group of “suspects” in a jewel heist on two continents in five different cities, within just 12 hours. The goal was to find five…

Rady School of Management Venture Fund Invests In One of Its Own

August 10, 2017

The Rady Venture Fund at the Rady School of Management University of California San Diego, announced their recent investment in Cloudbeds, their first investment in a company co-founded by a Rady MBA.

UC San Diego Alumna Artist Carrie Mae Weems Leaves a Colorful Impression

October 22, 2015

Renowned UC San Diego alumna artist Carrie Mae Weems was warmly received when she returned to campus to present, “Color: Real and Imagined,” a lecture which captivated the audience Monday, Oct. 12 in the Price Center West Ballroom.

Machine Learning Detects Marketing and Sale of Opioids on Twitter

October 25, 2017

Using advanced machine learning, a cross disciplinary team of University of California San Diego researchers developed technology that mined Twitter to identify entities illegally selling prescription opioids online.

Study Uses Powerful New ‘Digital Cohort’ Method to Understand Vaping Epidemic

June 19, 2024

Using the first major innovation for cohort studies in decades, a new paper from UC San Diego leverages social media to understand vaping behavior and opens up an entirely new way to conduct population health research.

Ten Moments from 2021 Women in Leadership Conversation that Might Inspire you or Make You Smile

May 27, 2021

…at Rutgers University and social justice advocate; Maria Hinojosa, a journalist with acclaimed programs on NPR and PBS; and Kathy Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space and first woman to dive to the deepest part of the ocean. Journalist and Sally Ride biographer Lynn Sherr serves as…

SDSC Researcher Co-Authors New Book on Managing Event Data

September 13, 2011

A new book that focuses on how to create an information framework for managing a wide range of socially generated digital information has been co-authored by researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, and UC Irvine.

To Bangladesh and Back

February 20, 2014

…knows the powerful role media can play in bringing about social justice. The UC San Diego alumnus who teaches courses on international conflict and the media at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) has worked intensively in nations facing ethnic, religious and sectarian conflict. He has led…

Talking Science

May 4, 2017

…representatives and the news media? This month, UC San Diego’s Divisions of Biological and Physical Sciences will launch a Research Communications program designed to address that need. Funded by a two-year, $225,000 grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the new effort seeks to improve the ability of faculty…

Personal Digital Archiving Day Event to Provide Tips on Preserving Your “Stuff”

April 16, 2012

Once upon a time, it was fairly easy to manage your old photos, correspondence, and even home movies, which, for the most part, were locked into one format, and could only be shared in the physical sense.

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