A long-standing collaboration with the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego has helped provide the computing expertise and resources for the search for high-energy neutrinos from space, work recognized this week with the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics.
UC San Diego Today spoke with three postdoctoral scholars about their research, why they chose to pursue a career in academia and what continues to inspire them.
From applying AI to finance, drug discovery and biocompatible biomaterials, second-year students in the AI major at UC San Diego found that the skills they acquired through their first year of coursework can be used in many fields.
A new forecasting feature in the County's respiratory report shows flu activity rising unusually early.
UC San Diego Professor Yusu Wang uses geometry and topology to uncover hidden structures in complex data, helping machine-learning systems capture relationships that conventional approaches can miss.
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From exciting athletics programs and campus events, to our latest contributions to cutting-edge research—UC San Diego is a vibrant community of creators and innovators, making a positive impact both in San Diego and beyond.
It's fall, and the arts are calling. Explore world-premiere theatre and dance performances, film screenings, chamber music concerts, fused-glass workshops and more through ArtsConnect, the university's hub for creative experiences.
Over the past decade, the dining scene at UC San Diego has exploded, with a variety of new restaurants opening each year. That trend continues as several new restaurants debut this fall and in the months to come.
The Revive & Survive San Diego initiative reached its goal of training 1 million people in hands-only CPR, turning bystanders into lifesavers. Tim Winter’s collapse near Mission Beach and rescue by a bandmate shows why seconds matter — and how one CPR-trained person can change everything.
“We are at a Copernican moment where we are questioning the very notion of whether general intelligence is uniquely human.”
“For researchers, the search for life beyond Earth is a serious scientific question with profound implications.”
“This merger will impact anyone who goes to movies, uses a streaming service, watches sports or cartoons, or reads the news.”
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