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UC San Diego Wins Prestigious CIO 100 Award

May 14, 2020

Each year, the CIO 100 Awards celebrate 100 organizations across the globe driving IT innovation. This year, UC San Diego received this distinction for setting an inspiring example of how IT leadership, business partnerships and customer engagement are shaping the future.

Transfer Students Start Strong with New Success Center

May 14, 2020

In high school, Adarsh Parthasarathy envisioned a future career as a professor of law, and he could not be deterred. When school administrators rejected his petition to enroll in more Advanced Placement classes, he simply rerouted his educational path by registering at a community college in his junior year.

A Brave New Virtual World of Work?

May 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in remote work on an unprecedented scale. UC San Diego, like other employers and organizations around the globe, has had to pivot toward telework for staff and faculty members alike. Will this sudden transition shape the future of a new world of work?

Researchers Turn Algae Leftovers into Renewable Products with Flare

May 11, 2020

Researchers takes waste products from algae-based omega-3 oil production and converts them into valuable and renewable polyurethane foams with all kinds of commercial applications—from flip-flops and running shoe soles, to mattresses and yoga mats.

Supercomputer Simulations Help Advance Electrochemical Reaction Research

May 11, 2020

University of Texas at Austin researchers recently simulated the catalytic mechanism and atomic structure of nickel-doped graphene using SDSC's Comet supercomputer. The new process synthesizes valuable chemicals to use as electricity in lieu of fossil fuels.

Ruth S. Waterman, MD, Named Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology

May 7, 2020

Ruth S. Waterman, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health.

UC San Diego Extension Teams Up with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

May 7, 2020

UC San Diego Extension’s Department of Education and Community Outreach is the first partner on the West Coast for RFK Human Rights. Both entities have agreed to a proposal that will expand the reach of Speak Truth to Power’s resources into more classrooms across the United States.

‘Molecular Distancing’ Presents Pathway to Remote Chemical Reactions

May 7, 2020

UC San Diego chemists find way to artificially make molecules in solution exchange vibrational energy at room temperature, challenging the current paradigm in chemistry. Details of their discovery are published in Science.

Physicists Go Out on a Limb to Advance AI Computing

May 7, 2020

UC San Diego research team uses quantum materials to create “neural trees” that mimic brain synapses

Anthony Davis Wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘The Central Park Five’ Opera

May 7, 2020

When composer Anthony Davis began creating an opera based on the 1989 case of five black and Latino men falsely convicted of a horrific crime in New York City—famously dubbed the Central Park Five—winning a Pulitzer Prize was the furthest thing from his mind.
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