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June 6, 2019   thisweek@ucsandiego

Student-run program finds success on campus and off with hands-on learning experiences An Electrical and Computer Engineering Department program at UC San Diego designed to motivate and empower undergraduate students has found a creative way to challenge young people to think outside the box by first asking them to dive into one. Project in a Box is a student-led organization that originated in 2016 with a mission to make experiential learning more accessible to undergraduate students on campus. Read More » Putting Earth Science Skills to Use.....on Mars Hannah Munguia, an environmental engineering student with an earth science minor, had a revelation when she worked as a NASA intern on the MARS 2020 Rover: there’s a place for environmental science and engineering in the aerospace world. Read More »   UCTV Launches New Stem Cell Channel Alysson R. Muotri loves stem cells. He runs a lab that studies them, and he’s inspired by the fascinating work colleagues around him are doing. He’s so excited that he wants to tell everyone about it. Read More » Researchers Discover What Makes Deep-Sea Dragonfish Teeth Transparent   Role Models: Student-Run Model U.N. Org Champions Human Rights and Competitions UC SAN DIEGO HEADLINES Snout Dated: Slow-Evolving Elephant Shark Offers New Insights into Human Physiology » Immersive Exhibit Will Bring Brainwaves to Life Through Sight and Sound » IN THE MEDIA USA Today  |  June 4 Carbon dioxide levels hit record peak in May, highest in millions of years » San Diego Union-Tribune  |  May 30 Red tide is causing the surf to flash neon blue-green light at Scripps Pier, Torrey Pines » San Diego Union-Tribune  |  June 2 Marine life is disappearing, imperiling San Diego’s future » San Diego Union-Tribune  |  June 2 UCSD seeks advice from Dalai Lama about creating an Institute for Empathy and Compassion » SPOTLIGHT Homecoming: All Things Triton … … for all Tritons! UC San Diego alumni, students, staff, faculty, family and friends, save the dates, catch the spirit, and plan to play, cheer, discover and reconnect during 2019’s biggest weekend. Read More » TRENDING ON SOCIAL UC San Diego May 31 The bioluminescent red tide has returned! The red tide lit the waves blue last night near Scripps Pier. The light show is caused by a bioluminescent dinoflagellate, a type of plankton. View » Views: 43,631    Conversations: 2,274   Follow UC San Diego on social media. EVENTS   June 7 55th Annual Watermelon Drop       CALENDAR June 7 ASCE Presents: Bear Garden - Senior Send-off Edition »     June 10 Birch Aquarium’s Perspective Lecture: Modern Oceanography and the Changing Arctic »     June 12 gallery@calit2: Electric Fields »     Equal Opportunity Services Internships Available CAMPUS NOTICES Director Search for the Institute of Engineering in Medicine (IEM) » New Benefit Rates in Sponsored Research Proposals » Notice of Senate Vote – Fossil Fuel Memorial » Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal Recipients » UC Management Skills Assessment Program »

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