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One of the primary ways we generate support to provide rigorous science programming to kids in the City Heights community is through our annual fundraiser – the Bubble Up! Gala. This black-tie affair is attended by 300 leaders in the San Diego business, philanthropic, and scientific communities. To inspire the next generation of science leaders, Ocean Discovery Institute creates learning experiences for young people traditionally excluded from science due to race, income status, and educational opportunity. Our students will join high-paying fields, break generational poverty, and change the future of science. One of the primary ways we generate support to provide 100% tuition-free science programming to kids in City Heights is through our fundraiser – Bubble Up! After hosting the event for nearly two decades, we are excited to reimagine this year’s event! This year we move from a formal sit-down dinner to a new format with increased opportunities to build relationships, be in community, and come together with a shared purposed – raising critical funds so that thousands of students each year can transform their lives through science. Bubble Up! Reimagined will be attended by more than 200 leaders in the San Diego business, philanthropic, and scientific communities. The event itself consists of a “mix & mingle” portion of the evening where Board Members, donors, and Ocean Leader alums will have the opportunity to enjoy awesome food and drink while circulating and building authentic relationships with one another and have the chance to win an exciting Opportunity Drawing prize. Following, guests will join us for a powerful program beginning with a live auction with exciting trips and experiences (visit the website to preview these items), student-centered story-telling, and ending with our “Make A Difference” paddle raise, where guests will have the opportunity to empower the next generation of science leaders through a direct donation to the organization. Ticket Details: Ticket - $500 Host Committee - $5000 (10 Tickets) Support a student ambassador with a $500 donation

The new documentary Agent of Happiness explores Bhutan's efforts to measure its own "gross national happiness." The film follows one not-especially-happy agent who gathers the data.

The Human Milk Institute at UC San Diego hopes to expand its research into how breast milk makes a difference in a child’s health outlook.

National security officials have long warned about the dangers TikTok poses as long as it is owned by a Chinese company, but the threat remains theoretical.

Emerging tools may make it easier for the public to detect fake online videos, and more difficult for generative AI systems to create them.

There's a new federal fund to address highways that cut through minority and low-income neighborhoods, like New Orleans' Claiborne Expressway. But should the noisy highway be upgraded, or moved away?

Date: May 18, 2023 Time: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Location: UC San Diego Atkinson Hall Host: Shahrokh Yadegari Agenda: 5 p.m. Performance in Atkinson Hall's auditorium 6 p.m. Atkinson Hall pre-function area/courtyard for reception RSVP to ideasqi@ucsd.edu by noon, May 18. The Qualcomm Institute’s (QI) IDEAS series presents “Pigments of Imagination,” an interactive virtual reality experience that frames the creative process as a narrative relating the inner-workings of one’s unique imagination to the universe around us. It is an observation on the beauty, fear, adventure, sadness and loneliness of self-discovery and the artist’s ultimate recognition of process as goal, as told through the story of a small child’s journey to the moon. The installation is designed to reimagine the popular music video in a virtual space as a dynamic, emotionally engaging experience by exploring distinctive relationships between spatialization, audiovisual reactivity and interactivity, which allow for a narrative immersion that maintains a structured arc and conclusion but unique experience with each use. This piece features musical contributions from UC San Diego Music’s King Britt, Steph Richards and Zach Konick, and vocalist Nick Tolford. Singular virtual reality experiences will be offered in addition to the general presentation. Bios: Timothy Gmeiner is a San Diego, California-based interdisciplinary artist and music producer. He has toured internationally under the name “Ill Poetic” and garnered public acclaim for his releases from artists and publications such as Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and Portishead. Through his company SoundRzn Design, he has provided audio and visual services for artists, universities and companies of various industries including the San Diego Symphony, OWN and HBO. He has worked as the Assistant Director at QI’s Audio Spatialization Lab and is currently enrolled in UC San Diego’s Computer Music Ph.D. program, where he focuses on audiovisual relationships in virtual and physical spaces. Current projects and collaborations focus on spatialized and interactive compositions in virtual reality, audiovisual live performance and large-scale real-time reactive installations. Eito Murakami is a master’s student at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University. He graduated from UC San Diego with bachelor’s degrees in Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts Music (ICAM) and Political Science/International Relations. Murakami is an electronic composer, performer, sound designer and virtual reality developer. By combining his classical music training with proficiency in audio and graphics software, he creates digital interfaces and instruments that promote intuitive musical performance. Specifically, he specializes in Unreal Engine to develop audiovisual infrastructure that allows multiplayer interactions in virtual 3D environments. Murakami is a former member of the Sonic Arts Research and Development group at QI.

The Academy Awards are on Sunday and we've got you covered. We've assembled all our past coverage of films nominated in six major categories. Dive in!

Three institutions in Balboa Park will split more than $7 million.

Midday Edition is back, connecting our communities through conversation. We are talking about friendships and their power to uplift us and even keep us healthy. We’ll hear what science says about friendship from the longest running research project on human happiness. Then, for kids it’s easy to make friends, for adults not so much. We’ll hear advice on making new friends and how to nurture existing friendships. And, we’ve heard joining a group is a great way to make friends. How one such San Diego group is finding connection and building community.