Sessions will discuss privacy issues here on campus and how individuals can best protect themselves and the personal data they handle. Trainings will also discuss recently-enacted privacy laws and how UC San Diego handles personal data.
Step into an 8-foot cube and become surrounded by video projections of single-celled marine organisms — called dinoflagellates — reacting to various stimulants such as the human heartbeat, music, water flow, and air pressure.
UC San Diego's late night, weekend event series is BACK to usher in the new year with live music from national touring artists, hilarious comedians, terrifying zombies, blockbuster film screenings, delicious free food and more!
A North Korean defector who has left her family behind and a lonely South Korean father start an unlikely online romance as they each attempt to allay their fears and alienation in this inventive, lyrical and darkly humorous piece.
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We have a V.I.P. night planned for you! At Teacher Appreciation Night, learn about Birch Aquarium’s classes, field trip programs, and how to maximize your class visit to Birch Aquarium with a night for educators only. Pre-K to Grade 12 teachers only.
UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization is partnering with Dentons and Tiber Creek on a seminar series on what you need to know about forming a startup company.
The Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa is a three-day conference bringing together senior executives and top decision-makers in the industry with the scientific community to advance cutting-edge research into cures.
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Since April 2005, the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology has delivered 100 programs on topics fundamentally important to residents of the San Diego region.
Annual Meeting of the Southwest Seminar on Colonial Latin America
Hosted by the University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
October 5–7, 2017
Theme: Beyond the Conquest – New Approaches to the Ethnohistory of Colonial Latin America
Julianne R. Howell, Ph.D., Senior Health Policy Advisor, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, speaks to Oceanids first Sounding Board of the year.
Speculative Dolphin Theatre opens Thursday, October 5 at gallery@calit2. Join us at 5pm in the Calit2 Auditorium for an Artist Talk and Panel Discussion with Lisa Korpos, Christine Johnson and Lisa Cartwright, Moderated by Jordan Crandall.
Join us for the opening reception of UC San Diego Library's joint exhibition with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library that highlights the work of internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Joyce Cutler-Shaw.
This talk aims to spark dialogue about Indigenous Peoples and first Europeans in the Americas, focusing on the debates around the celebrations and commemorations of Columbus and Cabrillo and the struggle to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Pseudoscience is very harmful to society, but is it sometimes a by-product of scientific creativity? How should we balance gullibility and cynicism? These questions and others will be addressed in this free public workshop organized by Craig Callender and V.S. Ramachandran.
As an archaeologist, Dr. Katherine Schwab created graphite drawings of east and north metopes of the Parthenon sculptural program. In the lecture, Dr. Schwab will discuss her drawing techniques, process, influences and the discoveries she has made.
The USP Program invites you to an information session about the new Real Estate and Development degree on Monday, October 9 from 5:00–6:00 p.m. in SSB 107.
At this month’s Perspectives Lecture, The Lion and the Mouse: How the Motions in the Ocean Impact our Planet, join Jennifer MacKinnon as she illuminates how these dynamic small-scale phenomena hold the key to understanding global processes.
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to the Library’s Digital Media Lab (DML) Open House on Tuesday, October 10 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Get up to speed on the latest technology tools available at the DML.
Professor Spencer’s photography memoir “Ten Years of Queer Cinema” appeared in the twentieth anniversary issue of Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique (2012), a leading academic journal published by Duke University Press. Professor Spencer’s photographs captured the intimate moments of key players in Chinese alternative culture, especially queer cinema. The collection of his photographs enhances the UC San Diego Library’s world-renowned reputation as the best place to study underground and independent Chinese cinema.
Over the moon about the recent eclipse? Come hear what they reveal to us from Dr. Jay Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College and author, who has observed 66 solar eclipses, including 34 total solar eclipses!
This revolutionary workshop tackles today’s workplace challenges by introducing mindfulness, demystifying it, and translating it to simple techniques that you can easily incorporate into your daily work life through the use of a journal, a timer, and a method, to help you skillfully manage through the most demanding work environments.
The No More No More Program launched by Social Impact and Innovation at UC San Diego aims to raise awareness of Human Trafficking through conversation and a theater performance by kNOw MORE!
The upcoming 19th Party Congress in China, considered to be President Xi Jinping’s “midterm,” is fraught with risks and challenges for him. Leading experts on Chinese politics and economy will discuss this topic.
Join us for a conversation with actor and author John Lithgow and Peter Gourevitch, distinguished professor emeritus of political science at UC San Diego.
Exploring a segment of the unique early history of the Visual Arts Department, Provoking Change celebrates an extraordinary roster of artists who came to study in San Diego in the early 1970s through the 1990s.
Join us for a look at the future of medicine
Dr. Eric Topol Scripps Translational Science Institute Toward Individualized Medicine and discussion with Dr. Atul Butte University of California, San Francisco
October 12th, 2017 at 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Drawn from the principal players of the world-renowned chamber orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, this “luminous, often breathtaking” (Washington Post) ensemble was created to perform larger-scale works from the chamber music repertoire.
Are you working on neutrophils?
Ever wondered what these most abundant leukocytes in human blood do?
Then consider attending the
Neutrophil Symposium
October 16-17, 2017
Are you passionate about UC San Diego? Join the College Ambassador team and share your student story with our 70,000+ visitors and prospective students!
Information sessions: Oct 16 & 17, 5–6:00pm in the Multipurpose Room.
Application due Oct 27th!
Mutagenic Chain Reaction / Gene Drive / Editing
Inside Innovation is a presentation series featuring the latest innovative technologies developed by UC San Diego researchers.
UC San Diego Library is hosting a written/spoken word event:
Short Tales from the Mothership.
Send science fiction pieces of no more than 250 words to spaulson@ucsd.edu before the event date. Join us for live readings Oct 17 at 6:30pm.
With recent North Korean nuclear saber rattling and the military rise of China, talk has turned to whether or not South Korea and Japan should go nuclear. Come join us to find out at a presentation by Henry Sokolski.
The UC San Diego Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series meets once monthly for faculty, staff, and students to discuss selected ethics topics. This months topic is Euthanasia.
UC San Diego is launching its first ever Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence to shape the future of our university and ensure our continued level of excellence. Learn more at our Oct. 19 event and get involved!
The UC San Diego Library will host poet & professor emeritus Jerome Rothenberg for a reading of his brilliant anthology, "Technicians of the Sacred," hailed as one of the hundred most recommended American books of the late 20th century.
North Korea continues to represent the most significant foreign policy challenge of the Trump administration. In this panel, we hear a perspective from the Moon Jae-in administration with commentary by GPS faculty.
Rodrigo Reis is a Professor at the Washington University Brown School of Public Health and an Investigator at the Prevention Research Center. His research and teaching focuses on built and community environments and public health.
Celebrate 10 years of Family Weekend, October 20 - 22. We welcome undergraduate students and their family to enjoy the campus with a variety of activities for just about anyone. Register at parents.ucsd.edu.
The Department of Mathematics at UC San Diego is pleased to feature lecturers Professor Tamar Schlick of New York University and Professor David Donoho of Stanford University.
* RECEPTION TO FOLLOW LECTURES
Discover a sea of glowing beasts (big and small), get sticky with slime, and enjoy spooky stories, all while boo-gieing down to live music and having a monstrously good time.
In planning since before Trisha Brown’s death earlier this year, ArtPower is proud to present a unique iteration of In Plain Site, a site-specific work created for the UC San Diego campus by Trisha Brown Dance Company.
To help us understand what has transpired under Xi’s rule in the past five years and how the 19th Party Congress could reshape China’s political landscape, we have assembled a team of UC San Diego’s leading experts in Washington, D.C.
Rodrigo Reis is a Professor at the Washington University Brown School of Public Health and an Investigator at the Prevention Research Center. His research and teaching focuses on built and community environments and public health.
Rob Knight, PhD takes a fresh look at the microbiome—the combined activity of all the tiny organisms inside our bodies and the surrounding environment—commonly known as germs.
Want make a change in the world...but not sure how? Learn how YOU can be a Changemaker! UC San Diego is convening students, faculty, alumni, industry experts, and community partners for a day-long conference on changemaking and social innovation.
Conversations with Campus Leaders is an ongoing series of lunchtime discussions with UC San Diego leaders, including vice chancellors, assistant vice chancellors, middle managers and deans, that provides an informative look at leadership in higher education. Leadership philosophies, experience, and lessons learned will be among the topics of conversation.
Please join us for an informative discussion with professor Babak Rahimi and UC San Diego students from travel banned countries on implications of new immigration laws and the politics of immigration in the Trump era!
RSVP: tinyurl.com/1025GlobalForum
Mara Karlin discusses how the U.S. has fundamentally different views of Asian security from China, and these views are growing farther apart as China modernizes its military and undermines decades of regional stability.
Nate Smith + Kinfolk will perform songs from their debut solo album, "Kinfolk: Postcards from Everywhere," which explores the themes of family, music, self-discovery, and touring through catchy, singable melodies and spring-loaded backbeats.
The Contextual Robotics Institute's fourth annual Forum will convene leaders in the fields of autonomy, user experience, robotics and technology law to discuss the theme of “Intelligent Vehicles 2025."
All are invited to the 50th annual Muir College Pumpkin Drop. This year a 420-pound candy-filled pumpkin will be tossed from the top of Tioga Hall. Afterwards, join in a Halloween Carnival and dance.
Free Seminar
Presented By David Weil Program Manager Elder Law and Advocacy Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)
Learn About
- Affordable Care Act and benefits changes
- Basics of Medicare
- Open enrollment periods
- Supplemental insurance options
- How to maximize plan benefits
A talk by Cognitive Science Professor, Dr. Bradley Voytek. Prof. Voytek shows how zombism can be understood via modern neuroscience. Free lunch provided to the first 60 guests!
Somkiat Tangkitvanich will share his views on how Southeast Asian countries will continue to accelerate economic growth in the current global economic and political climate.
Are you ready for the annual UC San Diego Halloween Costume Contest? Tuesday, October 31 is bound to be a scare in Price Center Plaza, just outside the Bookstore. Contest sign ups start at 11:30am, contest starts at 11:45.
