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UC San Diego to Receive $7 Million to Power Campus and Strengthen State Electricity Grid
Campus NewsThe California Energy Commission approved a $7 million award to UC San Diego to replace a decade-old battery with one large enough to power 5,000 homes for four hours. Scheduled to come online in the latter half of 2025, the new system represents an eight-fold increase in capacity and will play a critical role in modernizing UC San Diego’s microgrid while providing reliable and cost-effective energy for the entire campus.
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In the Media
A rumble echoed around the world for nine days. Here’s what caused it.
The Washington Post, September 12
You don’t need a new phone. Here’s how to make the one you have last longer.
The New York Times, September 9
What to know about delta-8 and other common vape shop drugs
AP NEWS, September 3
How Elon Musk’s endorsement of Trump may have backfired
CNBC, September 1
Artificial Intelligence
Integrating AI into Language Learning: UC San Diego Extended Studies Offers First Class Experience with RIA Robot
Technology & Engineering
Integrating AI into Language Learning: UC San Diego Extended Studies Offers First Class Experience with RIA Robot
Technology & EngineeringUC San Diego Magazine
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From exciting athletics programs and campus events, to our latest contributions to cutting-edge research—UC San Diego is a vibrant community of creators and innovators, making a positive impact both in San Diego and beyond.
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UC San Diego Extended Studies Showcase 2024 Highlights Collaborative Excellence
Campus NewsThe theme of "Partnership and Collaboration” will take center stage on Thursday, September 18 at UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies Showcase 2024. Hosted in the new 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive building–-just across from UC San Diego's entrance at La Jolla Village Drive—the day's agenda will highlight the various services and benefits Extended Studies offers to support campus and community partners in achieving growth and innovation to meet their goals.
Farfy Foundation Gift Spurs Student-Led Music Festival
ArtsThanks to a gift from Marco Londei and Liquin Wang—founders of the Farfy Foundation—undergraduate students will have the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of creating a musical production through a new course in UC San Diego’s Department of Music that will culminate in a student-produced music festival on campus in May 2025.
At the Ready: A Day in the Life of a Trauma Surgeon
Health & BehaviorThe trauma medical director at UC San Diego Health reflects on her career in observance of the 40th Anniversary of the San Diego County Trauma System.
Voices
“By bringing together all these different technologies and expertise we’re going to have bursts of innovation and invention that would not have happened otherwise. ”
“At a place like this, it’s important that undergraduate students feel included and valued and make great contributions to research. I feel so grateful that people at the highest level believe in undergraduates as researchers.”
From The Article:
Summer Research Conference Draws International Crowd
“Particularly as a woman in physics, there's not a whole lot of us, so I want to do everything I can to make the environment more amenable to women and other minorities.”
From The Article:
STEM Girl Summer Shows High School Students a Future of Possibilities
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