UCSD Featured Stories

Socrates Fellow Brings Coral Research to Local High School

2013-05-16T06:00:50+00:00

Cuatro Corridos: New Chamber Opera Takes Look at Issue of Sex Trafficking Along Border

2013-05-16T06:00:22+00:00

UC San Diego Alumni to Re-connect with Campus During 5th Annual Alumni Weekend June 6-9

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th Annual Alumni Weekend, June 6-9, where thousands of graduates will enjoy signature events designed to engage and inspire.]]>

Staff Members Lauded for Compassion, Dedication at Annual Exemplary Employee of Year Awards

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UC San Diego Creates Center for Brain Activity Mapping

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UC San Diego’s Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination Lifts Off with Public Events

2013-05-09T06:00:51+00:00

Building the Future for Big Data

2013-05-09T06:00:32+00:00

UC San Diego Students Attending Clinton Global Initiative University Find Inspiration to Use Talents

2013-05-09T06:00:23+00:00

Cross-Border Connections: Chancellor Visits Tijuana to Learn about Industry, Healthcare and Educatio

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From touring the production floor of one of Mexico’s best places to work to witnessing a student-run free health clinic in action, UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla’s visit to Tijuana, Mexico Friday offered him an introduction to the bustling metropolis just across the border from San Diego.

Ten Winners Receive Free Tickets to Sold-Out TEDxUCSD

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UC San Diego Undergraduates Organize First TEDxUCSD

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Saura Naderi’s Award-Winning Week

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UC San Diego’s “Simphony” Research Earns Grammy Foundation Support

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Language Crafters

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Nobody wore a ridged rubber forehead, or painted their skin Pandora blue. If there were craggy beards and long locks, these seemed more homage to 1960s counterculture than to “Game of Thrones.”

Joint Program with World Wildlife Fund Program Aims to Train Professionals from Around World in Meas

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Graduate Students Recognized for Commitment to Diversity

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Chancellor Announces New Undergraduate Scholarship Program

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A Hopeful Message Gets a Hearing

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Curator Michelle Hyun Brings Fresh Ideas to University Art Gallery

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Students Connect, Collaborate and Career Search on New Interactive Portfolio Platform

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Kids Can Code Too

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University of California and Fudan University Mark Groundbreaking International Partnership

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Registration Open for June 8 Triton 5K

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Want to See the Future? Attend Research Expo

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Mapping the Mind

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UC San Diego Establishes Five New Endowed Faculty Chairs

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Rediscover the Excitement of UC San Diego at Triton Day

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Beyond the Campaign Poster: UC San Diego’s United Way/CHAD Campaign

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Halftime Heroes

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What Does it Mean to Be a Triton?

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UC San Diego will open its doors to admitted students, the campus community and aspiring college students from middle and high school for the second annual Triton Day on Saturday, April 6th. The campus is expected to have 20,000 attendees for the day, which will feature an array of activities ranging from campus tours to college workshops, student festivals and live entertainment, all celebrating what it means to be a Triton.

Love & Murder, Comedy & Tragedy

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Thanks to their experience in student productions and the training they receive at UC San Diego, alumni from the department of theatre and dance make significant contributions in film, television, Broadway, off-Broadway and at major regional theaters.

South Korean Delegation Praises UC San Diego’s Research Ethics Program

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International Women’s Day Conference Focuses on Making a Difference

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UC San Diego Annual Report 2013 Now Available Online

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Hot off the campus press are online and print editions of UC San Diego’s Annual Report 2013. Combining current facts and figures with compelling stories of the university community, the yearly publication has become a powerful marketing and promotion tool for many campus sectors. In addition to financial statements covering the entire university and attachments to the UC San Diego Foundation financials for fiscal year 2011-12, the report highlights campus accomplishments and contributions.

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UC San Diego Scholars Honored with Faculty Excellence Awards

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They represent diverse fields ranging from biology to political science and family medicine to literature, but six University of California, San Diego professors now share something in common: They are all recipients of Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards. The prestigious awards are presented annually by the UC San Diego Chancellor’s Associates donor group for excellence in teaching, research, community service and performing and visual arts.

Preuss Students Get Behind-the-Scenes Look at UC San Diego Arts Programs

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Rady School of Management Ranked in Top 20 Globally for Research, Entrepreneurship

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The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego has been ranked 19^th in faculty research in the Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings 2013. It also ranked 7^th in entrepreneurship by alumni surveyed by the Financial Times of London. Among the more than 700 AACSB International accredited business schools worldwide, the Financial Times selected 155 for its full-time MBA ranking.

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San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering to Offer Students Walk on Wild Side of Science, Engineer

2013-03-07T06:00:54+00:00

Campus Braces for Anticipated Impacts of Sequestration

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Sequestration — a mechanism for automatic spending cuts — went into effect March 1 and will eventually trigger, over the next eight years, more than a trillion dollars in cuts to federal programs. These cuts, projected to have a significant impact on UC San Diego research and other areas, will continue for the foreseeable future until a bipartisan solution is found.

Biology of Time Change

2013-03-07T06:00:29+00:00

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Awards $1.6 Million to Young Investigator Suckjoon Jun

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One of the newest faculty members at UC San Diego—Suckjoon Jun, an assistant professor of physics and molecular biology—has won a $1.6 million award from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. This is the first award given to a UC San Diego recipient from the foundation, which was established by the co-founder of Microsoft to support high-risk, high-reward ideas in science. Jun’s effort is one of five awards announced by the foundation last week to projects “that aim to unlock key questions in the areas of cellular decision making and modeling dynamic biological systems.”

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Reaching for the Sky

2013-03-07T05:59:28+00:00

UC San Diego’s commitment to sustainability can be found in its teachings, research, operations—even on the university’s rooftops. The campus is increasingly using the space atop its structures to innovatively reduce its environmental footprint.

Intercontinental Rainmakers

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Campus Speaks Out on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Town Halls

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UCSD Alumni Announces 2013 Alumni Honorees

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Four distinguished alumni and supporters of the University of California, San Diego will be honored at the university’s annual Alumni Celebration June 8.

San Diego Area Elected Officials Welcomed to Campus

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Behind the Navy Blue and Gold Shield: An Inside Look at the UC San Diego Police Department

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Two dogs, family photos and a Ronald Reagan quote, "It Can Be Done" are what characterize Orville King’s office. The balance between compassion and duty are what characterize the University of California, San Diego Police Department (UCSDPD). With nearly 43 years of experience in law enforcement, Orville King has spent the last 11 years here as chief of the UCSDPD. Despite his extensive involvement, he also has experience in the classroom, having taught social sciences and criminal justice at the high school level. No stranger to either the academic or law enforcement world, King enjoys the rewards and responsibilities of his work.

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Four UC San Diego Faculty Members Named Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2013 Fellows

2013-02-28T11:00:00+00:00

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced the selection of researchers as recipients of Sloan Research Fellowships for 2013, including four scholars from the University of California, San Diego. Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders.

UC San Diego Offers Eight Continuing Education Scholarships

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Breaking Down Barriers to Online Education

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The self-described “tinkerers” and “hacker-ninjas” behind a free web app they call “KA Lite” have an immodest goal: They aim to bring the revolution in online education to the 65 percent of the world that isn’t online.

Course Seeks to Educate World about Sustainable Food and Energy Issues

2013-02-21T06:00:25+00:00

UC San Diego is developing a free online course designed to educate students and anyone else around the world with a computer and an Internet connection about the challenges and potential solutions for meeting the global demands of food and fuel in the 21^st century.

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UC San Diego Earns 13 Awards from CASE

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UC San Diego Rides Wave of Recognition as Top Surfing School

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Potential Employers to Connect With Students at Afrikan Black Coalition Conference

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Gifts from the Heart: Student Support Campaign Surpasses $50 Million Goal

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Every February, UC San Diego scholarship recipients and donors connect at the Hearts and Scholars dinner. For students, it’s an opportunity to thank the individuals who have helped to make their education possible. For donors, it’s a chance to see the impact of their gifts—through their students’ accomplishments and dreams. At this year’s dinner, taking place Feb. 21, there will be added cause for celebration: the successful close of “Invent the Future: The UC San Diego Student Support Campaign,” which has surpassed its $50 million fundraising goal.

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Want to Do Undergraduate Research This Summer? Calit2 Can Help

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The Impact of Invent the Future

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The gift of education has the power to transform lives. For a first generation college student, a scholarship can change a life’s trajectory. A fellowship for a talented graduate student may hold the key to a groundbreaking discovery that will impact all of society. Following are the stories of four outstanding scholarship and fellowship recipients and the exciting work they are doing at UC San Diego.

Diversity Awards Honor Commitment to Inclusion, Community Enrichment

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She calls herself an “everyday mom,” but her cause goes far beyond her own children: Lakeysha Sowunmi has made it her mission to promote healthy lifestyle changes for all San Diego families. She is currently the African American Campaign Coordinator for the Network for a Healthy California at UC San Diego, where she dedicates her time to helping to reform children’s eating habits and providing nutritional resources for low-income families.

Engineering Students Develop App to Help Protect Marine Conservation Areas

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Sciences, Engineering Join Therapeutics in UC San Diego “Express License” Program

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Working Alone Won’t Get You Good Grades

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Students who work together and interact online are more likely to be successful in their college classes, according to a study published Jan. 30 in the journal Nature Scientific Reports co-authored by Manuel Cebrian, a computer scientist at the Jacobs School of Engineering.

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Engineering a Future

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Shu Chien Named San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering Chief Engineer

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‘Alternative Accounts’

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Villa Musica Brings Together UC San Diego Faculty, Alumna, Preuss School UCSD

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Urey Hall Chemists Reveal History of Two Mysterious Space Rocks

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The Icon of Organic Chemistry

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Ask any science major to name the toughest class they’ve had to complete in order to get into medical school or finish their undergraduate degree and, more than likely, the answer will be introductory organic chemistry.

Do the Right Thing

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Campus Celebrates Dr. King’s Legacy with Parade and Day of Service

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

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Flu Season Survival Guide

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It’s that time of year again: flu season. The epidemic this year is widespread, afflicting millions in every state across the country. This year’s flu strain has been reported as particularly virulent, but there are essential steps that the UC San Diego community is encouraged to take to prevent contracting and spreading the flu.

Poked to Vote

2013-01-24T05:59:21+00:00

If you logged into Facebook on Election Day 2012, you may have seen – along with political rants and raves from your friends (and pictures of cats) – a nonpartisan message from Facebook at the top of your newsfeed, urging you to vote or to be a voter. Or, if you happened to be in the control group, you may have seen no voting message from Facebook itself. Either way, if you logged in from the United States, you were part of a project to increase democratic participation, led by UC San Diego’s James Fowler.

Rady Study Examines How to Best Persuade Consumers to Help Protect the Planet

2013-01-24T05:59:10+00:00

We’ve all seen those message cards in hotel rooms asking us to reuse our towels. Many of us likely wonder, do those signs actually work? It turns out that hotel-goers are more likely to hang up their towels if they voluntarily commit to it, according to a new study published in the Journal of Consumer Research by Ayelet Gneezy, an assistant professor at the Rady School of Management, her Ph.D. student, Elizabeth Keenan, and colleagues. Their work suggests that carefully nudging people can promote eco-minded behavior.

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Younger Siblings Get Snapshot of College Life as Part of Inaugural Siblings Weekend

2013-01-17T06:00:53+00:00

Make Your Voice Heard: UC Campus Climate Survey to Kick Off at UC San Diego

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If you think your voice doesn’t count, think again. Starting next week, UC San Diego students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to share their opinions by participating in the University of California Campus Climate Study Survey. The systemwide effort—believed to be the largest survey of its kind ever conducted—asks more than 430,000 individuals about their experiences with diversity and inclusion at work and on campus.

Facebook Beats Books - and Faces - in Memory Test

2013-01-17T06:00:34+00:00

Community Celebrates Groundbreaking of Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute Facility

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Students Share Ideas at Town Hall to Define UC San Diego’s Future

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UC San Diego’s Secret Gardens: Farm to Table Comes to Campus

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Grant to Support Partnership With Howard University Aims to Increase Number of Underrepresented STEM

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Making of Modern World Lecture Series to Focus on What It Means to Be Musical

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Strathdee, ‘a Tireless Advocate,’ Earns Inaugural Postdoctoral Scholar Mentoring Award

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Sheldon Engelhorn Named UC San Diego’s Alumni Regent

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Campus Invited to Participate in Strategic Planning Process

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Chancellor: Diversity Critical to Campus Success

2012-12-06T06:00:22+00:00

Diversity, inclusivity and community were the focal points of a reception Tuesday night in Emerald Hills where Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla was formally introduced to the rich culture and history of San Diego’s African American community.

Chancellor Asks Academic Senate to Help ‘Define UC San Diego’s Future’

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At the Nov. 28 meeting of this session, Academic Senate Chair T. Guy Masters, with three guest speakers and a light load of regular assembly business, kept his opening remarks brief and let his guests do most of the talking.

Triton Family Gathers at Founders’ Day to Usher in New Campus Era

2012-11-20T06:00:28+00:00

UC San Diego Joins National #GivingTuesday to Open the Holiday Giving Season

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Innovative Researchers Share Ground-breaking Research with Packed House at Founders’ Symposium

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UC San Diego’s Innovative Researchers to Explain Why They Do What They Do at Founders’ Symposium

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Your Guide to Founders’ Celebration 2012

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UC San Diego’s Founders’ Celebration hits campus today, Nov. 16, with a slate of free activities to recognize the university’s accomplishments and discoveries over the past half century. Here’s what you need to know.

Innovative Approach to Treating Intestinal Roundworms Holds Hope for Millions of Infected Children

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Join Us Nov. 16 for Free Founders’ Day Fun

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All members of the campus community – from students and staff to faculty and alumni – are invited to enjoy Founders’ Day fun and festivities happening midday on campus in Town Square on Friday, Nov. 16. At this year’s celebration, you’ll enjoy a digital history of UC San Diego as seen by our past chancellors, witness the investiture of Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla, enjoy booths and entertainment, and feast on gourmet food truck fare. And it’s all free!

UC San Diego’s Brightest to Share Groundbreaking Ideas at Founders’ Symposium

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An annual tradition at UC San Diego’s Founders’ Day celebration is to showcase our faculty as they share groundbreaking ideas and the inspiration for what they do. On Friday, Nov. 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Rady School of Management, six dynamic speakers will each offer an informal ten-minute talk about research happening at UC San Diego that has real impact on everyday life.

Putting UC San Diego on the Map

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Research Directors Highlight Their Contributions

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Local African American Students Encouraged to ‘Dare to Dream’ About Achieving A College Education

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Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla’s First 100 Days

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Chancellor Praddep K. Khosla’s First 100 Days in photos.

UC San Diego Veteran of Year Lives By Principles Learned As Marine in Vietnam

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What’s New at Founders’ Day 2012

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