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Major Gift Supports UC San Diego’s 21st Century China Center

The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation has donated a major gift to the University of California San Diego’s 21st Century China Center. The support will allow the center, which is based at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, to expand its data-based research, policy engagement and education on issues related to U.S.-China relations.

26.2 Miles in His Shoes

Seeking healthy lifestyle changes, Colin Jackson started running in 2014. He ran his first-ever mile in 28:47. He finished last in his first marathon. His pace, though, was irrelevant. The drive needed to complete 26.2 miles hooked him.

Division of Arts and Humanities Receives 12-piece Collection of mid-20th Century Soviet Art

Twelve pieces of art from the Soviet Impressionism and Socialist Realism periods will find a new home in the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood, thanks to longtime UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities supporters Ann and Joel Reed.

North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood Springs to Life

After welcoming students to the west side residential areas in the fall, the east side of North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood is starting to spring to life. This quarter, the UC San Diego Craft Center welcomed the campus community to meet its new instructors, a three-story HDH dining area with five restaurants and a market brought flavors from across the globe.

HDSI Welcomes Dexcom

The Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) is pleased to welcome Dexcom to our robust Industry Partnership Alliance Program.

Sewage-Handling Robots Help Predict COVID-19 Outbreaks in San Diego

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers develop an automated process to test city sewage for SARS-CoV-2, allowing them to forecast the region’s COVID-19 caseload one to two weeks ahead of clinical diagnostic reports.

New Research Unlocks Mysteries of Soupfin Shark Migration and Reproduction

A seven-year tracking study of California’s soupfin sharks has yielded a first for science. Scripps and USD researcher Andy Nosal found that these sharks return to the same waters off La Jolla every three years, the first documented evidence of triennial philopatry in any animal.

UC San Diego Music Professor Wins Prestigious Award

UC San Diego music professor and composer Lei Liang will receive a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship in Music for 2021 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters at a virtual ceremony on May 19.

‘Comet’ Illustrates the Mechanical Process of Cancer Growth

Tissues which consist largely of collagen were the focus of a recent collaborative study by a team from Stanford University and Purdue University. To accomplish their work, they used the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego.

Novel Drug Prevents Amyloid Plaques, a Hallmark of Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and elsewhere have identified a new drug that could prevent AD by modulating, rather than inhibiting, a key enzyme involved in forming amyloid plaques.