UC San Diego News Center

March 15, 2018   thisweek@ucsandiego

Student innovators make critical connections at 2nd annual Ignite Conference More than 700 student entrepreneurs, alumni, venture capitalists and full-time entrepreneurs exchanged ideas and networked at the 2nd annual Ignite conference last week at the Price Center.  Read More » Inspiring Women to Channel Their Inner Leader Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Simmons shared personal stories of growth as keynote speaker at the UC San Diego Women’s Conference. Read More »   Combining Microbial and Chemical Fingerprints for Forensics Applications Researchers have for the first time combined technologies that detect the presence of microbes to identify “who touched what” in a manmade space. Read More » Lights, Camera, Service: Principles of Community get the Star Treatment at BEARLs   UC San Diego Graduate Students Build a Robotics Community   Register for Commencement 2018 Congratulations, graduates. You did it! Visit commencement.ucsd.edu to register for All Campus Commencement and your college, Graduate Division, or professional school ceremony. Register now »   NEWS CENTER UC SAN DIEGO HEADLINES What Do Spacecraft, Newborns and Endangered Shellfish Have in Common? » Gastrointestinal Hormone Measurably Improved Symptoms of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease » Yishi Jin Named to Junior Seau Endowed Faculty Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury » Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make me a Match » IN THE MEDIA KGTV  |  March 13 UCSD scientists make biodegradable surfboards » San Diego Union-Tribune  |  March 8 Endowed chair created to honor Junior Seau will be held by UC San Diego brain expert » San Diego Union-Tribune  |  March 7 UCSD’s Armao learned to love basketball among Arizona tribes » New York Daily News  |  March 9 Your insomnia is in your genes  » READ MORE AT UC SAN DIEGO NEWS CENTER TRENDING ON SOCIAL UC San Diego March 13, 2018 at 12:02pm UC San Diego students and alumni had snowball fights and raced sleds to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Muir College. View » Views: 40,346    Conversations: 1,023   Follow UC San Diego on social media. EVENTS   March 21, 2018 Kyoto Prize Symposium with Graham Farquhar Graham Farquhar, renowned plant physiologist and recipient of the 2017 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, will speak at UC San Diego on March 21 as part of the 2018 Kyoto Prize Symposium. More Info »       CALENDAR March 15–17, 2018 winterWorks 2018 »     March 21, 2018 The Return of Religion and China's Future »     March 22, 2018 First Annual Distinguished Lecture on U.S.-Mexico Relations »     March 24, 2018 Birch Aquarium Spring Eggstravaganza »     SEE ALL CAMPUS EVENTS ATHLETICS   No. 25 Tritons Sweep Series from Cal State East Bay; Extend Win Streak to Ten »       SCHEDULE 03/16/18 at noon and 2 p.m. Softball vs. Chico State     03/16/18 at 7 p.m. Men’s Volleyball vs. UC Irvine     03/22/18–03/25/18 Fencing at NCAA Championships     03/24/18–03/25/18 All day Rowing at San Diego Crew Classic (Mission Bay)     SEE FULL ATHLETICS SCHEDULE UC San Diego Partners with Lyft UC San Diego and Lyft, the fastest growing rideshare company in the U.S., have forged a partnership aimed at developing innovative commuter solutions, from direct billing for business travel to ride credits for certain university-sponsored events. More Info » CAMPUS NOTICES Kyoto Prize Laureate Graham Farquhar To Speak on March 21 » Construction Alert—Pharmacy Lane » Launch of Health Sciences Research Strategic Plan is Open » Town Hall Meetings on Strategic Academic Program Development » UPDATES ON ALL CAMPUS NOTICES

University Communications and Public Affairs 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0938 858-534-3120  |  thisweek@ucsd.edu     Past Issues  |  Subscribe  |  About  |  Contact Us Read more news at UC San Diego News Center  |  Unsubscribe