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For the third consecutive year, the University of California, San Diego has been named to the President’s Community Service Honor Roll with distinction for its efforts to solve community problems, place students on a lifelong path of civic engagement and achieve meaningful, measureable outcomes of community service.
May 10, 2012 •
Awards, General, Students
Claire Miller is studying human biology at UC San Diego, preparing to graduate in June. In her spare time, she is educating others about mental health, wellness and the related resources available on campus. Miller is part of a team of students called the Wellness Peer Educators, organized by UC San Diego’s Counseling and Psychological Services, who host events and awareness campaigns to educate their fellow students.
May 08, 2012 •
General, Students
Only three years ago, UC San Diego freshman Betelhem Kifle was living in her home country of Ethiopia, and although no one in her family had gone to college before, she knew she was destined to get a great education.
May 08, 2012 •
General, Students
Can a computer be taught to automatically label every song on the Internet using sets of examples provided by unpaid music fans? University of California, San Diego engineers have found that the answer is yes, and the results are as accurate as using paid music experts to provide the examples, saving considerable time and money.
May 04, 2012 •
General, Science and Engineering, Students
An international consortium of researchers has overcome an important barrier to the generation of single photons using a tiny, chip-scale device constructed from the most widely used material underpinning modern electronics: silicon.
April 30, 2012 •
General, Science and Engineering, Students
Carolyn Schutt, a Ph.D student in bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego is developing a new imaging technique that could lead to highly-sensitive light imaging deeper inside the body, improving the way we diagnose breast cancer.
April 24, 2012 •
Health, Science and Engineering, Students
After graduating from high school, Aimee Chabot enlisted in the military and began four years of service with the U.S. Army. As a military intelligence analyst, Chabot participated in peace-keeping efforts in Kosovo, as well as in a Southwest border mission in San Diego.
April 24, 2012 •
General, Students
The University of California, San Diego is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company selected UC San Diego for inclusion in the second annual edition of “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2012 Edition.”
April 18, 2012 •
Awards, General, Students
The University of California, San Diego’s Sixth College will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with a special guest appearance from Conan O’Brien, host of the late night talk show, “Conan.” Sixth College will also be renamed “Conan O’Brien College” for the day of O’Brien’s appearance, April 20, 2012, according to Sixth College Provost Dan Donoghue.
April 17, 2012 •
Events, General, Students
The University of California, San Diego has admitted a record 22,947 freshmen for Fall 2012. The number of admitted students is up 4,715, which represents a 25.9 percent increase from last year. The new freshmen were selected from a record 60,800 applications.
April 17, 2012 •
General, Students
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