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UC San Diego Officially Opens Alex G. Spanos Athletic Performance Center

October 22, 2015

UC San Diego officially opened its new Alex G. Spanos Athletic Performance Center Wednesday with several members of the Spanos family alongside many Triton student-athletes and coaches at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

NIH Grant Awards $2 Million for Research into Privacy and Personal Health Information

October 22, 2015

The National Human Genome Research Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded $2 million to a UC San Diego team led by Dr. Cinnamon Bloss to research individual conceptions of privacy related to emerging health big data technologies.

Spotting the Earliest Signs of Type 1 Diabetic Kidney Disease

October 22, 2015

In an effort to pinpoint the earliest signs of diabetic kidney disease, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine are leading a multi-institutional international effort dedicated to finding a new breed of disease indicators.

UC San Diego Alumna Artist Carrie Mae Weems Leaves a Colorful Impression

October 22, 2015

Renowned UC San Diego alumna artist Carrie Mae Weems was warmly received when she returned to campus to present, “Color: Real and Imagined,” a lecture which captivated the audience Monday, Oct. 12 in the Price Center West Ballroom.

Pilot Project Opens Doors for High Schoolers to Complete College Courses Without Leaving Campus

October 22, 2015

Teaching an introductory college biology courses is nothing new for Keefe Reuther, who has been an instructor of at UC San Diego since 2009.

Star Traveler

October 22, 2015

Kate Rubins has always been starstruck by the night sky. Growing up, she attended star-gazing parties and plastered her room with images of faraway galaxies. In May 2016, Rubins’ long-held aspiration to travel to space will become a reality when she voyages to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 48/49. A biochemist and 1999 graduate of the University of California, San Diego, Rubins will help conduct more than 100 microgravity experiments to gain insight into how the mechanics of life happen outside of our planet.

San Diego Supercomputer Center Launches ‘Comet’ Supercomputer to Serve ‘Long Tail’ of Science

October 22, 2015

When the San Diego Supercomputer Center launched its first supercomputer, a Cray XMP-48 in late 1985, it was about as powerful as an iPhone is today. Last week, the UC San Diego center formally took the wraps off of “Comet” a new petascale supercomputer that is over 2 million times more powerful, according to SDSC Director Michael Norman.

Sally Ride Science Launches at UC San Diego

October 22, 2015

Blasting aboard space shuttle Challenger in 1983 to become the first American woman—and at age 32, the youngest American in space—the late Sally Ride captured the nation’s imagination by breaking barriers. Her legacy also includes inspiring generations of students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through Sally Ride Science, a science education company she co-founded in 2001

UC San Diego’s New Office Is ‘Your Partner in Innovation’

October 22, 2015

“Innovation can be defined as bringing together people with ideas that meet a need in society or the marketplace,” says Paul Roben, associate vice chancellor for research at UC San Diego and head of the newly created Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC).

Actual Reality Beckons at Conference on Future of Virtual Reality

October 21, 2015

Virtual reality has become a lightning rod, with opinions split on the substance and relevance of its future applications. UC San Diego’s recent “Future of Virtual Reality” conference demonstrated that this technology has far-reaching potential—not only in the realm of gaming, but in fields like archaeology and medicine as well.
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