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Data Released From Adolescent Brain Development Study Led by UC San Diego

February 13, 2018

The first datasets from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States—a project headed by a team of scientists at UC San Diego—were released to researchers around the world today by the National Institutes of Health.

Top International Lawyer Philippe Sands to Discuss Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity on Feb. 28

February 13, 2018

Philippe Sands has been dedicated to human rights issues throughout his career and has worked on high-profile human rights cases involving abuse. Now, in his book East West Street, Sands explores the creation and development of legal concepts that came about as a result of Hitler's Third Reich which changes our understanding of history and how civilization has tried to cope with mass murder.

How Your Brain Remembers What You Had for Dinner Last Night

January 17, 2018

Confirming earlier computational models, researchers at University of California San Diego and UC San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Arizona and Louisiana, report that episodic memories are encoded in the hippocampus of the human brain by distinct, sparse sets of neurons.

2018 Holocaust Living History Workshops Highlight Justice and Accountability after the Holocaust

January 8, 2018

The 2017-18 Holocaust Living History Workshops continue this January with six profound lectures focusing on the roles of memory and justice in the process of renewal following the persecution of countless individuals during the Holocaust. The 2018 speakers will remind us that these concepts constitute the threads that run through the tapestry of a history that is tragic yet also inspiring.

Less Than Skin Deep: Humans Can Feel Molecular Differences Between Nearly Identical Surfaces

December 13, 2017

How sensitive is the human sense of touch? Sensitive enough to feel the difference between surfaces that differ by just a single layer of molecules, a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has shown.

32 UC San Diego Professors Named Most Influential in Their Fields

December 6, 2017

Thirty two faculty members at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, based on their publications over the past decade.

A Third of the Internet is Under Attack

November 1, 2017

Spanning two years, from March 2015 to February 2017, CAIDA researchers and their collaborators found that about one-third of the IPv4 address space was subject to some kind of DoS attacks, where a perpetrator maliciously disrupts services of a host connected to the internet.

UC San Diego Researchers Analyze Critical Questions for China’s Future

October 31, 2017

Leading China scholars at the UC San Diego 21st Century China Center answer critical questions for the future of China’s development and United States-China relations. Coinciding with the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th Congress, the researchers released six essays analyzing an equally important aspect of the U.S.-China relationship: current president Xi Jinping’s potential succession, geopolitics, economic policy, information control by the government and the role of the military.

Schwartz Gift Enhances Distinguished Melanesian and Anthropology Studies Collection

October 26, 2017

The UC San Diego Library recently received a generous gift to create the Schwartz Library Collection Endowment for Melanesian/Anthropology Studies, in honor of UC San Diego Professor Emeritus Theodore (Ted) Schwartz, a prominent figure in psychological anthropology.

U.S. News and World Report Names UC San Diego the Globe’s 16th Best University

October 24, 2017

The University of California San Diego has been named the globe’s 16th best university by U.S. News and World Report. The campus was also recognized as the nation’s 5th best public university in the fourth annual rankings, which measure factors such as research, global and regional reputation; international collaboration; as well as the number of highly-cited papers and doctorates awarded.
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