Atmospheric River Storms Create $1 Billion-a-Year Flood Damage
December 4, 2019
Atmospheric rivers pose a $1 billion-a-year flood risk in the West, according to a study released today.
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Machine Learning Provides New Paradigm in Understanding Microbial Gene Regulation
December 4, 2019
UC San Diego bioengineers developed a method that would enable them to understand how E. coli coordinate their expression of thousands of genes. The method uses a machine learning algorithm to automatically interpret gene expression datasets.
MFA Directing Student Juliana Kleist-Méndez Reflects on Sold-out Production
December 4, 2019
UC San Diego MFA student Juliana Kleist-Méndez is at the helm of "Elektra," the last fall-quarter production for the Department of Theatre and Dance. The sold-out run opens Dec. 4.
Microplastics a million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought
December 3, 2019
Scripps biological oceanographer Jennifer Brandon found some of the tiniest countable microplastics in surface seawater at much higher concentrations than previously measured.
UC San Diego Health Part of National Initiative to Improve Senior Patient Care
December 2, 2019
UC San Diego Health is the first hospital in San Diego to join the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative and be recognized as Committed to Care Excellence by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement for implementation of evidence-based interventions designed to improve care for older adults.
Driven by Realities of Climate Change, Composer Lei Liang Receives Classical Music’s Top Honor
December 2, 2019
UC San Diego professor and world-renowned composer Lei Liang wins the 2020 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his orchestral work that both evokes the realities of climate change and offers the enduring potential for healing.
ARCS Foundation Awards $225,000 in Fellowships to UC San Diego Graduate Students
November 26, 2019
The Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation has awarded a total of $225,000 to 30 graduate students at the University of California San Diego for the 2019-20 academic year.
Two UC San Diego Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows
November 26, 2019
Two researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine—Pamela L. Mellon and Aleem Siddiqui—have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general science organization in the world and publisher of the journal Science.
52 UC San Diego Researchers Are Most Highly Cited in Their Fields
November 25, 2019
Fifty-two faculty members and researchers at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential in their fields, according to the Web of Science's 2019 listing.
Non-Coding DNA Located Outside Chromosomes May Help Drive Glioblastoma
November 21, 2019
According to a new Cell study, extra DNA scooped up and copied alongside cancer-causing genes helps keep tumors going — elements that could represent new drug targets for brain tumors and other cancers notoriously difficult to treat.
