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UC San Diego Library Supports Cultural and Educational Opportunities During Museum Month 2025

San Diego Museum Month returns February 1–28, 2025, marking its 36th year of making arts and culture more accessible to the community. For the second year running, UC San Diego Library is proud to serve as a partner for this highly anticipated program, which offers half-price admission...

Momentum for Fusion Energy in California Continues at UC Workshop

Researchers from several campuses at the University of California and national labs, as well as companies focused on fusion, converged on the UC San Diego campus in early December.

Scaling up Neuromorphic Computing for More Efficient and Effective AI Everywhere and Anytime

Neuromorphic computing—a field that applies principles of neuroscience to computing systems to mimic the brain’s function and structure—needs to scale up if it is to effectively compete with current computing methods. In a review published Jan. 22 in the journal Nature, 23 researchers, including two from the University of California San Diego, present a detailed roadmap of what needs to happen to reach that goal.

New Tool Enables Phylogenomic Analyses of Entire Genomes

Researchers led by electrical engineers at UC San Diego have developed a better way to perform the comparative analysis of entire genomes. This approach can be used to study relationships between different species across geological time scales.

Alum Spotlight: Meet Jennifer Han, Pharm.D., ‘17

Han is a board-certified clinical pharmacist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Syracuse, New York; and co-founder of Seen Nutrition, a company that has developed the first calcium chew made from real foods. She was inspired to found the company after fracturing her back two months after having her baby, and was diagnosed with pre-menopausal osteoporosis.

Smoking Cannabis in the Home Increases Odds of Detectable Levels in Children

Researchers at University of California San Diego analyzed cannabis smoking practices in San Diego County to assess whether in-home smoking was associated with cannabis detection in children.

TikTok Ban is Still ‘Fair Game,’ Says Expert on Chinese Business and Government

It’s been a whiplashing January for TikTok and the app’s more than 100 million U.S.-based users. Just days before a national ban was slated to go into effect, the company failed in its last-ditch effort to appeal against the law, as the Supreme Court decided in favor of the U.S. government.