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• Arts, General, Social Sciences

Do the Right Thing

• General

Nathan Fletcher Named First ‘Professor of Practice’ at UC San Diego

• General

Poked to Vote

• General

Facebook Beats Books - and Faces - in Memory Test

• General, Social Sciences

Facebook Beats Books - and Faces - in Memory Test

If this were a Facebook post, you would remember it – better than a stranger’s face or a line from a published book.

January 15, 2013 • Alumni, General, Social Sciences

Robert Engle, Economic Sciences, 2003

• Awards, Social Sciences

Interactive Website Provides Nonpartisan Information on Statewide Initiatives

• General

Facebook Boosts Voter Turnout

About one third of a million more people showed up at the ballot box in the United States in 2010 because of a single Facebook message on Election Day, estimates a new study led by the University of California, San Diego.

September 12, 2012 • General, Health, Social Sciences

Social Scientist Wins Mexico’s Highest Honor for Foreigners

• Social Sciences