November 8, 2018
November 8, 2018 —
Eugene Field’s classic children’s poem "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" tells the tale of three child-sailors fishing from a wooden-shoe boat under the stars. In the bedtime poem, the young sailors represent the sleepy facial and head movements of children on the verge of dreamland—blinking eyes and nodding heads. Similar face and head movements noticed in mammals as they breathe and rummage for food is the subject of a $15-million study supported by the National Institutes of Health.
November 8, 2018
November 8, 2018 —
They came from across the country to dream up ideas, using technology, to improve patient engagement and their experience in today’s health care system. Whether it involved crowd-sourcing, blockchain technology, or Alexa skills, more than 200 undergraduate and graduate students gathered at UC Health Hack 2018 and stepped up to the challenge of creating the next best thing in health care technology.
November 8, 2018
November 8, 2018 —
Nearly three decades ago, the late Donald Shiley and his wife Darlene donated the funds to create a comprehensive eye care facility at the University of California San Diego where top ophthalmologists would treat patients, conduct research and train the next generation of leaders in eye care and vision research. Now, the couple’s granddaughter, Patricia Shiley, is continuing the family legacy of philanthropy with a gift of more than $2 million to support the Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego.
November 8, 2018
November 8, 2018 —
Below your feet, hundreds of brightly colored umbrellas paint the picturesque beach. Above, a shimmering parachute suspends you as you glide soundlessly through the air. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, a falcon swoops in with expert agility, matching pace. A kinship is formed with your new feathered friend as you sail upwards together on the warm currents.
November 8, 2018
November 8, 2018 —
What does it mean to be an inclusive university? At UC San Diego, we believe education should be accessible to all talented students. We believe learning means approaching issues from all perspectives. And we believe in cultivating a campus where community comes first.
November 7, 2018
November 7, 2018 —
After eight years of study, a team of researchers from the University of California San Diego and Johns Hopkins University published new findings about how to read the body’s histone code in the Nov. 7 issue of Science Advances. The findings answer a key question in the dynamic research area of epigenetics—adding chemical tags to DNA and histone proteins to alter cell functions without changing DNA sequence. Understanding the fundamental principles of how epigenetic information is transduced in the cell eventually could lead to developing new drugs for fighting diseases like cancer.
November 5, 2018
November 5, 2018 —
The Design Lab at the University of California San Diego, under the direction of founder Don Norman, has received a $250,000 gift from global communications company, Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT). The investment will support efforts at the Design Lab’s Center for Design-Driven Transformation (CDDT) to assist companies in using leading-edge design tools and perspectives to stay competitive in an ever-changing business landscape. Viasat was founded by Mark Dankberg and two UC San Diego alumni, Steve Hart and Mark Miller.
November 2, 2018
November 2, 2018 —
An alliance of researchers including scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego will accelerate the quest to find life on other planets. The team received a $7 million NASA Astrobiology grant to aid the long-range goal of extracting secrets from present and past oceans on Mars, Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, and Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
November 2, 2018
November 2, 2018 —
Kun Zhang, professor of bioengineering at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, has received $14 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to build 3D, digital single-cell maps of the human brain and organs in the respiratory and urinary systems. The work aims to provide a deeper understanding of the functions and malfunctions of organs in the human body at the level of individual cells.
November 2, 2018
November 2, 2018 —
UC San Diego Health has been named “HealthCare’s Most Wired” by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). The mission of the CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired program is to elevate the health and health care of communities around the world through the optimal use of information technology.
