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Positive Peer Pressure More Effective Than Cash Incentives, Study Finds
June 10, 2013
Appealing to people’s desire for a good reputation is more effective than cold, hard cash, ...
Metabolic Model of E. coli Integrated with Protein Structures Reveals How Bacterial Growth Responds to Temperature Change
June 6, 2013
Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a computational model of 1...
$18.5 Million Alumni Gift Lifts UC San Diego's Computer Science and Engineering Dept. into New Era
June 6, 2013
An $18.5 million gift from a UC San Diego alumnus will set the computer science and engineering d...
Firefighting Robot Paints 3D Thermal Imaging Picture for Rescuers
June 5, 2013
Engineers in the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California, San Diego, have develo...
Video Games on Syllabus for Popular Computer Science Class
June 5, 2013
Dust bunnies that want to eat your food. A tentacle monster that is holding you prisoner on a spa...
Why Innovation Thrives in Cities
June 4, 2013
In the latest issue of Nature Communications, researchers from the MIT Media Laboratory’s H...
Bioengineer Christian Metallo Selected as 2013 Searle Scholar and Hellman Faculty Fellow
May 31, 2013
University of California, San Diego bioengineering professor Christian Metallo has been named a 2...
Jacobs School Associate Dean Charles Tu Awarded Honorary Doctorate
May 29, 2013
Electrical Engineering Professor Charles W. Tu has been awarded an honorary doctorate of engineer...
Zahn Prize Competition Gives Undergraduates Opportunity, Mentoring to Launch Startups
May 23, 2013
It was standing room only at the grand opening of the Moxie Center for Undergraduate Entrepreneur...
Entrepreneurial Undergrads Competing for Moxie Center's Zahn Prize
May 17, 2013
The Moxie Center for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship will host its grand opening May 20 at the Uni...
UC San Diego Creates Center for Brain Activity Mapping
May 16, 2013
Responding to President Barack Obama’s “grand challenge” to chart the function ...
Alexander Vardy Named First Jack Keil Wolf Chair in Electrical Engineering
May 14, 2013
Electrical engineering Professor Alexander Vardy, a renowned researcher in information and coding...
Students Connect, Collaborate and Career Search on New Interactive Portfolio Platform
May 12, 2013
Students at the UC San Diego are known for their innovative ideas that transcend classroom walls,...
Junkyard Derby Goes on, Rain or Shine
May 10, 2013
The big storm system that drenched most of San Diego County this week didn't stop ...
Watch Jacobs School Faculty Talks at Research Expo 2013
May 3, 2013
New faculty from all six departments at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering ...