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Market Assessment Developed by UC San Diego Students Positions Region to Boost Exports
A recently released analysis, conducted and designed by students at the University of California, San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), reveals San Diego’s competitive strengths and opportunities to increase global competitiveness through exports of goods and services.
May 15, 2013 • Awards, General, International Affairs, Social Sciences, Students
Calit2 Border App Wins Third Place at Mobile World Congress
A team of students from the University of California, San Diego recently took home third place at the 2013 Mobile World Congress (MWC) after pitching their “Best Time to Cross the Border” app to a panel of judges from technology powerhouses such as Facebook and China Mobile.
March 27, 2013 • General, International Affairs, Science and Engineering
South Korean Delegation Praises UC San Diego’s Research Ethics Program
When, in 2006, the South Korean university and scientific communities were stunned by the apparent research misconduct of stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo Suk, part of the response was to significantly increase national efforts to promote research ethics.
UC San Diego’s Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best, According to U.S. News and World Report
The 2014 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools guidebook, released today, highly ranks the University of California, San Diego’s professional schools in engineering and medicine, as well as its academic Ph.D. programs in the social sciences and humanities.
March 12, 2013 • Arts, Awards, General, Health, International Affairs, Science and Engineering, Social Sciences, Students
Healthcare Services for Rural Sub-Saharan Africa Within Reach, According to New UC San Diego Study
A new paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization has determined that providing rural sub-Saharan Africans a close-to-client health system by paid, full-time community health workers by 2015 would cost $2.6 billion per year, or just $6.86 per person covered by the program.
February 14, 2013 • General, International Affairs, Social Sciences
Cultural Heritage Center at UC San Diego Reports Progress in 2012
The number of Ph.D. students participating in the Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3) has risen in the past year from six to 19, thanks to support from private donors and from the National Science Foundation through the ramp-up of its Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) grant to the UC San Diego center’s for engineering in cultural heritage diagnostics.
November 26, 2012 • General, International Affairs, Science and Engineering
Innovative Approach to Treating Intestinal Roundworms Holds Hope for Millions of Infected Children
For billions of people, mostly in poor, undeveloped regions, intestinal roundworms are a debilitating fact of life. These parasites, which include hookworms and whipworms, infect four million children, causing stunted growth, poor mental development and malnutrition. They also have a major impact on the health of pregnant women and other adults.
New U.S. Focus on Pacific Puts UC San Diego at Leading Edge of Critical Foreign Policy Issues
The rise of the Pacific region has been a focus of U.S. foreign policy. In the last presidential debate between candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, the president said the U.S. “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific is partly because it is “going to be a massive growth area in the future.”
Robertson Foundation for Government Pledges Nearly $1 Million for UC San Diego Graduate Students
Several University of California, San Diego graduate students will receive full financial support over the next few years thanks to an additional $500,000 gift from the Robertson Foundation for Government. This most recent gift is an extension of the foundation’s initial commitment of $450,000, which was pledged in 2010 and created the Robertson Fellows Program at UC San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS).
UC San Diego International House Students Express Interest in Cultural Heritage Research
When members of UC San Diego’s Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3) participated in a program for over 100 graduate and undergraduate students and alumni from various disciplines under the aegis of the university’s International Affairs Group (IAG), both sides came away pledging to continue the interaction.
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