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Empowering Community Through Medicine

November 5, 2026

Jared Helms ’24, MPH ’26, a first-year student at UC San Diego School of Medicine, shares in his own words how the power of community, finding mentors who see your greatest potential, and Indigenous spirit shaped his journey and inspire his future.

UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu School Expands AI Computing Infrastructure to Address Critical Shortages

November 3, 2026

PARASOL – or Platform for Applied Research, Analytics, Science and Open Learning – is the next generation of UC San Diego’s longstanding Data Science & Machine Learning Platform (DSMLP) that seamlessly spans classwork and research by students.

UC San Diego Celebrates Opening of Triton Center

November 3, 2026

A new chapter for UC San Diego officially began on November 2, 2026 as members of the University of California Board of Regents, campus leaders, elected officials, donors, faculty, staff and students gathered in Carlos Malamud Plaza to celebrate the grand opening of Triton Center.

UC San Diego, OpenStar Awarded DOE INFUSE Grant To Advance Dipole Fusion

November 3, 2026

Engineers at UC San Diego, in collaboration with industry partner OpenStar Technologies, have been awarded an Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) award from the Department of Energy to study turbulence in a levitated dipole plasma approach to fusion.

Building Pathways for the Next Generation of Tritons

November 3, 2026

A dedicated UC San Diego alumnus Mark Schultzel ’05, MD ’09, MBA ’21 is being honored with a True Triton Award for his mentorship and dedication to supporting UC San Diego students.

How a Breast Milk Sugar Supports Infant Gut Development and Prevents Jaundice

November 3, 2026

UC San Diego study finds that 3’SL, a sugar in breast milk, supports newborn intestinal maturation and bilirubin clearance, linking milk composition to jaundice risk and long-term gut resilience.

UC San Diego Launches AI-Driven Chip Design Research Initiative Supported By Qualcomm Technologies

November 2, 2026

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is building on decades of collaboration with the UCSan Diego by providing a $500,000 gift to its Halıcıoğlu School of Data Science and Computing. The gift will advance research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and microelectronics.

New $15M Department of Energy Genesis Award Will Use AI to Decode the Shape of RNA

November 2, 2026

A new $15 million award from the Department of Energy will support UC San Diego biochemistry professor Navtej Toor in his effort to expand the library of known RNA structures and use it to train AI models that predict the 3D shape of RNA from its sequence alone.

RNA-Protein Interactions Reveal New Coronavirus Drug Targets

November 2, 2026

UC San Diego study identifies new potential treatment targets for COVID-19 and other diseases caused by coronaviruses.

Spotlighting 75 Years of Scientific Diving at Scripps

October 30, 2026

To mark 75 years of leadership in scientific diving, Scripps Institution of Oceanography hosted the annual American Academy of Underwater Sciences Diving for Science Symposium from Oct. 5-10, 2026. Held on the Scripps campus, the program covered the past, present and future of sci-diving.
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