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Conference-Best 51 Tritons Garner Big West All-Academic Team Recognition

February 17, 2022

The Big West announced its annual list of fall All-Academic Team performers Monday and a league-best 51 scholar-athletes from the UC San Diego were recognized.

UC San Diego Health: Excellence in Medication Safety, Pharmacy Practice

February 17, 2022

UC San Diego Health has become the first organization recognized as a Certified Center of Excellence in Medication-Use Safety and Pharmacy Practice by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

A Fish Story with a Human Tell

February 17, 2022

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and in Japan have used an ancient fish to reel in new insights about human biology and, in particular, how and why a widely used medication works to abort pregnancies (in people, not fish).

Willing Yourself Well

February 17, 2022

Mandy Berzak recalled recently asking her UC San Diego Health cardiologist whether she should wear a heart monitor, to make sure her heart didn’t beat too fast during the long-distance cycling events she took up with her husband, Harry, only a couple months after her second heart surgery.

CARTA Maps Humanity’s Distinctive Evolution

February 17, 2022

In the summer of 2017, under the brightest stars she’d ever seen, Alison Caldwell sat around a fire singing songs with a small group of fellow UC San Diego graduate students and tribal members of Hadza people, an indigenous hunter-gatherer group in Tanzania.

Graduate Students Honored for Inclusive Mentorship

February 17, 2022

This year, five UC San Diego graduate students will be inducted into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, a prestigious organization recognizing scholars who push boundaries through their commitment to social justice, inclusivity and academic excellence.

Pepper Canyon West Housing Construction to Start This Summer

February 17, 2022

The University of California Regents approved much-needed housing for 1,300 transfer and upper-division undergraduate students at their January meeting. Construction of the Pepper Canyon West student housing is anticipated to start this summer, with the goal of opening in the fall of 2024.

Engineering Students to Compete in International Maritime Robot Competition

February 17, 2022

For the past three months, a team of engineering students at UC San Diego has been adding cameras, LiDAR systems, a hydrophone, and even a drone to a 16-foot seagoing vessel. Their goal? To compete in the Maritime RobotX Challenge in Australia in November 2022.

Pimple Secret Popped: How Fat Cells in the Skin Help Fight Acne

February 16, 2022

UC San Diego researchers discover a specific antimicrobial skin cell and the role it plays in acne development, which could result in more targeted treatment options.

Flies Possess More Sophisticated Cognitive Abilities than Previously Known

February 16, 2022

Common flies feature more advanced cognitive abilities than previously believed. Using a custom-built immersive virtual reality arena, neurogenetics and real-time brain activity imaging, researchers found attention, working memory and conscious awareness-like capabilities in fruit flies.
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