Center for Health Innovation Expands with $22 Million in Gifts
Health & BehaviorWith a generous $22 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, UC San Diego Health will bring its Center for Health Innovation into full reality.
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Celebrating Black History Month at UC San Diego
Campus NewsThroughout the month of February, UC San Diego will celebrate Black History Month with a series of events that recognize and commemorate the rich history, culture and contributions of African Americans. The annual theme for 2023 is “Black Resistance, The Work Toward Freedom Continues."
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Toddlers’ Attention to ‘Motherese’ Speech May Be Used to Diagnose Autism
Health & BehaviorToddlers’ level of attention to "motherese" speech can be used as a biomarker for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). UC San Diego scientists developed a new eye-tracking test to measure it, which can accurately identify toddlers with a subtype of ASD.
Novel Leukemia Treatment Puts Patient in Remission and Allows Him to Live Fully
Health & BehaviorA novel drug combination for leukemia, pioneered at UC San Diego Health, provides patients with a better treatment option that results in less side effects and can put patients in remission.
San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego Join Federal Effort to Train Next-Gen Physics Workforce
Science & EnvironmentSan Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego is part of a new $3.2 million consortium funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science to train the next generation of computational high-energy physicists.
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Should you be worried about infection from eye drops?
The Washington Post, February 2
Scientists grew mini human guts inside mice
Wired, February 2
In state legislatures, old rivalries are reheated by national politics
The New York Times, January 27
California massacres suggest phenomenon of ‘mass shooting contagion’
ABC News, January 26
Skin patch makes ultrasound images of your heart as you move
NewScientist, January 25
Hey EV owners: It’d take a fraction of you to prop up the grid
Wired, January 23
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Astrophysicist David Lesser Takes on UC San Diego’s Makerspace
Technology & EngineeringBoth astrophysicist and educator, David Lesser is drawing on his varied background at the Qualcomm Institute to direct the Makerspace, an open access workshop area in UC San Diego’s Design and Innovation Building.
Four UC San Diego Scientists Elected AAAS Fellows
Awards & AccoladesFour UC San Diego researchers have been elected 2022 AAAS Fellows. Stuart Brody, Massimiliano Di Ventra, Elizabeth Komives and Yunde Zhao are being recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements by AAAS, publisher of the journal Science.
Don Cleveland Wins a Trifecta of Recognition
Awards & AccoladesIn the span of just a few weeks, Don Cleveland, a leading researcher in the study of neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and Alzheimer’s, has received three major awards.
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UC San Diego Raises $3.05 Billion as Campaign for UC San Diego Concludes
“A crucial part of this growth is bringing new faculty to campus that will help build community, share their own experiences and connect with our Latinx and Chicanx students to create a campus climate and culture in which all of our students can thrive.”
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14 New Latinx Studies Faculty to be Hired at UC San Diego
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