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Beaver Hydrologists, Mobiles and Chaos: 20th Anniversary Art Show Highlights

August 8, 2023

Anyone can be an artist: a doctor, a mathematician, a communication specialist. Compelling artwork by members of the UC San Diego community—staff, students, faculty, emeriti, retirees and alumni—are now on display as part of the Visual Arts Group’s 20th Anniversary Art Show.

UC San Diego, Clarke Foundation Collaborate to Create Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination

April 16, 2012

The University of California, San Diego and the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation have agreed to establish the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination (ACCCHI) at UC San Diego. The agreement was signed in conjunction with the foundation’s annual international Clarke Awards held on April 12 in Washington, D.C.

Triton Pride at This Year’s San Diego Festival of Books

August 11, 2021

When this year’s San Diego Festival of Books returns Aug. 21, UC San Diego will once again be well represented, from faculty as featured authors and professors leading key panels, to staff who have helped shape the cultural event in our region for years.

Imagination Gets a Boost with $1 Million Gift

November 21, 2013

…his multi-disciplinary legacy in science and engineering, is also considered one of the most inspiring and engaging science fiction writers of all time for such classics as “Childhood’s End,” “Rendezvous with Rama” as well as “2001: A Space Odyssey.” His visionary books and papers have fueled the imaginations and avocations…

UC San Diego Names New Dean of Arts and Humanities

June 20, 2014

Cristina Della Coletta, a professor of Italian and an associate dean at the University of Virginia, has been appointed dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities at the University of California, San Diego. Effective Aug. 15, 2014, the appointment follows an extensive national search.

Endgame for the Higgs Boson

September 13, 2011

The last missing piece of scientists’ fundamental model of particle physics is running out of places to hide.

Top Summer Reading Picks Recommended by UC San Diego Library Staff 

July 25, 2023

The UC San Diego Library’s community of librarians and staff are sharing a diverse array of book recommendations perfectly suited for summer vacation. All of the books listed can be found in the collections of the UC San Diego Library.

New Structural and Materials Engineering Building Brings Visual Artists, Engineers Under One Roof

September 27, 2012

…of, which is combining sciences, engineering, technology, arts and humanities, all in a single hall to solve problems of societal significance.” Frieder Seible, dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego, echoed Khosla’s comments. “The hope and aspiration for this building is that it is not a…

UC San Diego Named 7th Best U.S. Public University by Center for World University Rankings

May 23, 2023

The University of California San Diego has been named No. 7 among U.S. public universities in the latest Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), rising one spot from the previous year.

Endgame for the Higgs Boson

October 10, 2011

…be known to be science fiction by December,” Vivek Sharma, a physics professor at UC San Diego told ScienceNOW. Sharma coordinates the international team searching for Higgs boson with the CMS detector, one of two large instruments deployed in the search. The other is called ATLAS. By speeding protons around…

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