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A Legacy of Support for UC San Diego Students

Former lecturer Peter Galderisi, and his wife, Holly Gottschalk Galderisi, have committed to providing support to establish the Galderisi-Gottschalk Political Science Internship Endowment and the Gottschalk-Galderisi Women’s Athletic Endowment at UC San Diego.

New Student Program to Help Address Diversity Gap in Health Care Industry

UC San Diego Health is the only institution in the region to receive grant funding from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information to provide support for underrepresented high school students interested in entering health care.

New Web Tracking Technique is Bypassing Privacy Protections

Two years ago, several browsers that prioritize user privacy --- including Safari, Firefox, and Brave --- began to block third-party cookies for all users by default. Advertisers have responded by pioneering a new method for tracking users across the Web, known as user ID (or UID) smuggling.

UC San Diego Health Named Center of Excellence for Polycystic Kidney Disease

UC San Diego Health has been named a Center of Excellence for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) by the PKD Foundation – the leading advocacy group dedicated to finding treatments and a cure for PKD. UC San Diego Health is one of just 28 institutions nationwide to receive this designation.

New Look at an Ancient Disease: Study Finds Novel Treatment Targets for Gout

UC San Diego scientists identify a new molecular model and potential therapeutic target for gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis.

Jacobs School of Engineering and Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute Participate in RobotX Competition

Jacobs School of Engineeringand Halıc ıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) Participates in RobotX International Robotics Competition JSOE and HDSI Participates in the International Maritime RobotX Challenge and wins four awards

Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) Announces Data Planet Fellows

HDSI is launching the HDSI Data Planet Fellows program from Winter 2023. These fellows are UC San Diego PhD students who are deeply engaged in cutting-edge data-intensive research in their fields and who are contributing to creating/using valuable datasets and data-related artifacts in their labs.

Mary Walshok Honored with San Diego Business Journal Lifetime Achievement Award

Mary Walshok, a longtime fixture of UC San Diego known for myriad contributions to the greater San Diego/Baja region, accepted a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Diego Business Journal’s (SDBJ) Business Women of the Year Awards, held November 15, 2022.

Brain Cells Under Attack Don ‘Body Armor’ Response, Offering New Views of Stroke Damage

UC San Diego neurobiologists have discovered that cells within neurons, the brain’s transmission connectors, protect themselves with a type of body armor when faced with threatening conditions such as during a stroke. The pro-survival mechanism helps reduce brain tissue damage.

Scientists Apply a Novel Machine Learning Method to Help Diagnose Deadly Respiratory Illness

An international team of scientists led by UC San Diego computer science and engineering professor Pengtao Xie has developed a new algorithm that shows promise in improving the detection of pneumonia from chest x-rays.

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