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What Can You Say in Three Minutes?

A question about sleep helped one PhD student take the top prize at Grad SLAM, while a postdoctoral scholar tackled heart attack prevention using cutting-edge science to win Postdoc PITCH. Meet the winners — and see what’s next as one heads to the UC-wide finals this month.

Prepare to be Wowed

At the Without Walls (WOW) Festival, the unexpected is expected. Happening April 23-26 at UC San Diego, the festival is led by La Jolla Playhouse in partnership with the university. The program welcomes audiences of all ages to interact with artists and reimagine what storytelling can be.

Protecting Lives on Earth, With Space

With innovative approaches to life-threatening diseases and natural disasters, UC San Diego researchers are making critical breakthroughs.

What Skills Do Humans Need to Become Robot Proof in the Age of AI?

Vivienne Ming, who graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Science discusses her recent book on AI which serves as an alarm bell. “We should be careful that what we’re building doesn’t automate away the very capacities that make us human us human," she said.

The Burke Lectureship Welcomes Bill McKibben: Climate, Faith, and Collective Responsibility

Timed with Earth Day, the Burke Lectureship on Religion and Science welcomes author and activist Bill McKibben to UC San Diego to speak on climate, activism and the power of collective movements.

Two UC San Diego Bioengineers Named AIMBE Fellows

Kiana Aran, associate professor of bioengineering and medicine, and Alyssa Taylor, a teaching professor of bioengineering, are among the 175 distinguished medical and biological engineers inducted as Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Using Physics, Engineers Create Fentanyl Test Strips That Are 100 Times More Sensitive

Engineers have developed fentanyl test strips that are about 100 times more sensitive than current commercial versions. They achieved this feat by creating a new physics-based model that explains, for the first time, how these test strips work and how to systematically improve them.