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IGERT-TEECH: UC San Diego in the Hall of the Lost Da Vinci
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Why are the UC San Diego name and logo prominently displayed across one of the most famous walls in Florence? It is a story that starts more than five hundred years ago, when a Leonardo Da Vinci mural of the ‘Battle of Anghiari’ was painted on the wall of the Salone dei Cinquecento (the Hall of the Five Hundred).
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So, the search has been resumed, with Seracini and other researchers from UC San Diego’s Calit2 carefully working behind the cloth-covered scaffolding. As they probe Vasari’s masterpiece for the lost DaVinci, UC San Diego’s part in this cutting edge work is advertised across the front of the painted cloth and on the two large monitors looping videos on research at the campus. The university’s work has become a magnet for the three to four thousand tourists who visit the Salone dei Cinquecento each day, and are drawn to read about the university and its research. Da Vinci’s lost mural and UC San Diego together in Florence. Not a bad pairing. Vasari’s battle flag declares “Cerca Trova”- he who seeks, finds. With its reputation for discovery and innovation, it could also be the UC San Diego motto.
