July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025 —
Rajesh K. Gupta, a distinguished computer scientist and seasoned academic leader, has been named founding dean of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS).
July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025 —
As U.S. policymakers increase tariffs on goods, particularly those imported from China—a new study from the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy finds the opposite may be needed to protect one of the country’s most powerful economic exports: higher education.
July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025 —
A new wearable wristband could significantly improve diabetes management by continuously tracking not only glucose but also other chemical and cardiovascular signals that influence disease progression and overall health.
July 9, 2025
July 9, 2025 —
Robert “Bob” Conn, dean emeritus of the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Vannevar Bush Award from the National Science Foundation’s National Science Board.
July 9, 2025
July 9, 2025 —
As waiting rooms fill up, doctors get increasingly burnt out, and surgeries take longer to schedule and more get cancelled, humanoid surgical robots offer a solution. That’s the argument that UC San Diego robotics expert Michael Yip makes in a perspective piece out July 9 in Science Robotics.
July 8, 2025
July 8, 2025 —
A 10-story, 100-foot structure was experiencing simulations of real earthquakes, including the 6.9 magnitude, 1989 Loma Prieta temblor, as part of an effort to determine if height limits for buildings made of cold-formed steel should be increased.
July 8, 2025
July 8, 2025 —
UC San Diego alumna Colby Muhammad recently landed the role of Kat Richardson on CBS’s new soap opera “Beyond the Gates.” She shares a glimpse of her world on set—from auditions to the fast-paced filming—as well as reflects on her experiences as an MFA student in the Department of Theatre and Dance.
July 8, 2025
July 8, 2025 —
A team of researchers from the University of California Los Angeles and the University of California San Diego have discovered positive uses for AI and extra credit assignments to help improve student performance in introductory physics courses, including reducing the impacts of inequities.
July 8, 2025
July 8, 2025 —
“AI could potentially change education drastically,” says UC San Diego education scholar Amy Eguchi – who is both excited and concerned about the prospect.
July 7, 2025
July 7, 2025 —
To celebrate training half a million San Diegans in CPR the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science and the County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services hosted a Revive & Survive San Diego hands-only CPR event on the beach.
