News Archive

November 15, 2017 — UC San Diego Health has expanded its treatment of rare brain tumors by launching a specialized program in the diagnosis and treatment of acoustic neuromas and complex skull base tumors. The new program will be led by Rick Friedman, MD, PhD, and Marc Schwartz, MD, internationally recognized authorities on the effective treatment of these challenging cases. Patients are currently being accepted into the program.

November 15, 2017 — Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego developed new technology to study coral reefs, by creating detailed 3D photomosaics and software that allows researchers to digitally classify corals. A new study in Coral Reefs used this technology to analyze the reef at Palmyra Atoll, where researchers made discoveries around coral spatial ecology.

November 14, 2017 — The MBA program at the Rady School of Management at the University of California San Diego has been ranked 25th in The Princeton Review’s "Top 25 Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurship of 2018.”

November 14, 2017 — In an unprecedented move, UC San Diego Health and UCI Health have formed a strategic partnership to increase operational efficiencies and decrease patient care costs by sharing a single electronic medical records (EMR) platform.

November 14, 2017 — The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego received two key HPCwire awards for 2017, recognizing the use of its Comet supercomputer in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) research and the life sciences.

November 14, 2017 — Primary liver cancer is now the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and its incidences and mortality are increasing rapidly in the United Stated. In late stages of the malignancy, there are no effective treatments or drugs. However, an unexpected finding made by a team of University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers sheds light on the development of a new strategy for prevention of liver cancer.

November 13, 2017 — A faster collision detection algorithm could enable robots to work more fluidly in the operating room or at home for assisted living. The algorithm, dubbed “Fastron,” runs up to 8 times faster than existing collision detection algorithms. It uses machine learning to help robots avoid moving objects and weave through complex, rapidly changing environments in real time.

November 9, 2017 — Now, Salk and University of California San Diego scientists have discovered that the fruit fly brain has an elegant and efficient method of performing similarity searches. For flies, it helps them identify odors that are most similar to those they’ve encountered before, so they know how to behave in response to the odor, such as to approach or avoid it. New details on the fly’s computational approach to smelly similarity searches, described in the journal Science on November 9, 2017, could inform computer algorithms of the future.

November 9, 2017 — On Nov. 2, UC San Diego kicked off Native American Heritage Month, an annual campus celebration honoring the history, culture and achievements of Native American peoples and tribes. From art exhibits and documentary screenings to a lecture by U.S. Gold medal Olympian Billy Mills, this year’s events are designed to celebrate achievements and to demonstrate support for Native American students and local tribal communities, while raising awareness of issues faced by indigenous communities nationwide. The majority of events will take place in November of this year and extend into 2018.

November 9, 2017 — Artist Anna Sew Hoy has been selected as the inaugural Martha Longenecker Roth Distinguished Artist in Residence by the UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts. A renowned artist, Sew Hoy will both practice her craft as well as mentor and instruct UC San Diego students during a critical stage of their artistic development.