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HDSI Welcomes New Partnership with Viasat

June 26, 2019

New partnership joins university's data science hub with leading communications firm collaborating on establishing educational and research connections as well as increased opportunities for students

Culture Shapes How We Learn to Reason?

June 24, 2019

Psychology research with children in the U.S. and China suggests there isn’t a universal trajectory for how abstract thought develops – and that culture may play a role.

James Soto Antony Appointed UC San Diego Graduate Division Dean

June 24, 2019

James Soto Antony has been appointed dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California San Diego, effective September 1, 2019.

Nature Names UC San Diego 4th Best Public University for Prolific Research Output

June 20, 2019

The University of California San Diego ranked 4th among public research universities in the United States in this year’s annual ranking of high-quality scientific research papers by the journal Nature.

Undergraduates Delve into Library Collections to Develop Award-Winning Research

June 17, 2019

Four UC San Diego students are the recipients of the 2019 Undergraduate Library Research Prize. Now in its 13th year, the annual award recognizes the outstanding scholarly work of undergraduate students who demonstrate strategic use of Library services and resources.

UC San Diego Library Awarded Recordings at Risk Grant to Preserve Melanesian Audio Recordings

May 28, 2019

The UC San Diego Library is one of 20 recipients of the Recordings at Risk award, designed to support the preservation of rare and unique audio content of high scholarly value through digital reformatting.

Report Finds California Above National Average for Sexual Harassment Rates

May 23, 2019

A new study shows California sexual harassment rates above national average.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Three UC San Diego Professors

April 17, 2019

Susan Ackerman, Yishi Jin and John Wixted of UC San Diego have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the country’s most esteemed honorary societies and independent policy research centers. They will join 200 new members in the organization’s 2019 class.

UC’s New Electorate Project Reveals Initial Impact of Voter’s Choice Act

April 12, 2019

The Voter’s Choice Act is transforming voting methods in California: the how, where and when of voting. Is it also changing who votes?

Supercomputers Aid Our Understanding of Complex Brain Waves

April 1, 2019

Using the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, campus researchers have demonstrated they can efficiently analyze more than 1,000 EEG 128-channel high-density data sets via the new Open EEGLAB Portal running on SDSC’s Neuroscience Gateway.
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