UC San Diego’s Division of Social Sciences is a diverse collection of outstanding departments, programs and research units that focus on some of the most pressing and important issues of our time. The division does work that matters, now and to the future.
A team of developers that includes Cognitive Science alumna Jelena Jovanovic has won the $500,000 grand prize in Intel’s Make It Wearable challenge for their wrist-mounted camera drone called Nixie. The device can travel a fixed distance from its owner to take a photo or video of them, and then return. Images or video can instantly be shared with friends.
"The Democrats' Immigration Problem," by Zoltan Hajnal in The New York Times: "President Obama's executive order eliminating the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants is good policy. It is the right thing to do. But it is a dangerous move for the Democratic Party."
Too many people, not enough water – now and 2700 years ago. New research co-authored by doctoral candidate Adam Schneider of Anthropology suggests that drought and overpopulation helped destroy the Assyrian Empire. The Climatic Change paper draws parallels with modern Syria and Iraq, and cautions other regions also facing weather stresses today.
Meet Don Norman, founding chair of Cognitive Science and now director of the university's new Design Lab, at the next Social Sciences Supper Club. A tapas-and-wine reception begins at 5 p.m. in the UC San Diego Faculty Club. Stimulating conversation about design ("it's not what you think") follows the reception.
Dedicated to developing practical solutions for our nation’s most pressing problems: The Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research.