Calit2 is taking ideas beyond theory into practice, accelerating innovation and shortening the time to product development and job creation. Where the university traditionally has focused on education and research, Calit2 extends that focus to include development and deployment of prototype infrastructure for testing new solutions in a real-world context. http://www.calit2.net Calit2: a CISI Patnership UCSD undergrads in all majors are encouraged to attend one of two information sessions this week about the Calit2 Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship program. The sessions take place this Thursday (12:00 p.m.) and Friday (11:00 a.m.), in room 5 http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1653 2.9.2010 Underscoring its interest in work at the intersection of technology and the arts, Calit2 has selected La Jolla Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley to be its first Director in Residence, and the first fruit of that collaboration will run Fe http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1650 2.5.2010 The National Cancer Institute is funding Calit2 and the School of Medicine at UC San Diego to prototype a cyberinfrastructure for scientists to collect and interpret data to compare the effectiveness of preventative measures, drugs, treatments and in http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1649 2.2.2010 Calit2 researchers are working on a new, multi-million-dollar project to create and test new approaches to help emergency officials and first responders share information at the scene of a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina or the earthquake in Haiti http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1648 1.25.2010 The UC San Diego division of Calit2 is launching the Calit2 Strategic Research Opportunities program -- inviting current and newly affiliated faculty to submit proposals for funding of research projects that are consistent with the institute's strate http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1647 1.18.2010 The gallery@calit2's newest exhibition, 'Overheard', runs Jan. 15 through March 12. Artists Wendy Richmond and Michael Chladil take background cell-phone snippets and turn them into interactive art. http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/rss.php?id=1646 1.8.2010