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Rady School Expertise Sheds Light on Military’s Economic Impact to San Diego Region

Increased defense spending in San Diego created nearly 20,000 new jobs in the region for the 2024 fiscal year, according to a new report from the UC San Diego Rady School of Management.

Unhoused People Are Highly Vulnerable to Wildfire Smoke

People experiencing homelessness are significantly more susceptible to the health impacts of wildfire smoke compared to those with homes, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

The Brains Behind Today’s AI Revolution

Professor Terry Sejnowski helped pioneer a foundation that set the stage for the current surge of AI advancements. In this interview he discusses the path of brain research that led to today’s AI revolution, how systems such as ChatGPT are evolving and the future of AI.

UC San Diego Researchers Develop Low-Cost, Scalable Passive Sensors

New research from UC San Diego proves that wireless, battery-free sensing is possible at low costs without any specialized equipment.

Explaining Science Through Dance

Science can be difficult to explain to the public. Explaining a theoretical science concept to high school students requires a new way of thinking altogether, which is precisely what researchers at UC San Diego did when they orchestrated a dance with high school students at Orange Glen High School in Escondido as a way to explain topological insulators. The experiment was led by former graduate student Matthew Du and UC San Diego Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Joel Yuen-Zhou.

UC San Diego Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a variety of free events for UC San Diego’s 18th anniversary Native American Heritage Month celebration.

U.S. Department of Energy Awards UC San Diego $1.35 Million for Fusion Research

Fusion researchers at the University of California San Diego received $1.35 million from DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Known as a Creating Hardened And Durable fusion first Wall Incorporating Centralized Knowledge, or CHADWICK, award, the funds will allow researchers to open to teams outside of the university a facility that mimics the conditions occurring at the wall of a fusion reactor when it is running.

CalIT2 Workshop Looks to the Future of Health and Medicine

Throughout the day-long event, participants exchanged views on current issues in health and medicine, from addiction to hospital cybersecurity.

UC San Diego Part of National Hub for Large-scale Neuromorphic Computing

Bioengineering professor Gert Cauwenberghs at the University of California San Diego is one of four researchers leading a new hub that will provide access to open and heterogeneous neuromorphic computing hardware systems.

UC San Diego’s Data Planet Initiative Marks Next Phase of Growth and Leadership

As the world faces challenges from climate change to public health, data-intensive solutions have become more significant. In light of this, the Data Planet Initiative at the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI), one of the pillars of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS) at UC San Diego, has been providing Ph.D. students with opportunities to engage in real-world, data-centric projects alongside faculty and industry partners.