Sowing Seeds of Compassion During Pandemic
July 30, 2020
UC San Diego Health nurse helps start farm that will provide free food to community in Mexico hurt by COVID-19.
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Q&A with Epidemiologist Cheryl Anderson on Contact Tracing
July 30, 2020
UC San Diego’s fall plan is continually evolving, informed by the university’s Return to Learn program. We invited students, faculty and staff to submit their questions about the overarching goal of the program, how contact tracing happens, what instructions are provided to those who may have been exposed and more.
Two Hearts Become One While Waiting for Another
July 30, 2020
UC San Diego Health has been ranked first in San Diego and sixth in California, placing it among the nation’s best hospitals, according to the 2020-2021 U.S. News & World Report.
QI Launches Research Internship Program for Undergraduates
July 30, 2020
The Qualcomm Institute (QI) Learning Academy opened with the dream of giving undergraduate students at UC San Diego a unique and innovative research opportunity. Now, nearly a year later, the program has graduated its second cohort and is looking to the future.
27th Annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational Set to Make Virtual Waves
July 30, 2020
For the first time ever, surfers, scientists, physicians and survivors will come together virtually to support the fight against cancer at the annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational on Aug. 9.
Headline News: Botox Injections May Lessen Depression
July 30, 2020
By analyzing the FDA database of adverse drug effects, UC San Diego researchers discovered that people who received Botox injections — not just in the forehead — reported depression significantly less often than patients undergoing different treatments for the same conditions.
UC San Diego Scientists Part of Special Package of Studies Describing Human Genome
July 29, 2020
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are among the contributors to a package of 10 studies in the journal Nature, describing the latest results from the ongoing Encyclopedia of DNA Elements project, a worldwide effort led by the NIH to understand how the human genome functions.
New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability
July 29, 2020
Nanoengineers at UC San Diego developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which are more efficient for use in solar cells and optical devices than the current state-of-the-art polycrystalline forms of the material.
UC San Diego Health Ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report
July 27, 2020
UC San Diego Health is ranked first in San Diego and sixth in California, placing it among the nation’s best hospitals, according to the 2020-2021 U.S. News & World Report. Eight common procedures and conditions were also rated “high performing.”
Invisible Barriers Cut Down on Cheating
July 27, 2020
You know those cardboard partitions that sometimes separate kids taking a test? The ones meant to prevent cheating? According to a new study by an international team of researchers, a see-through partition does the trick, too – as does a pretend barrier that doesn’t exist at all.
