News Archive - Katherine Connor

UC San Diego Researchers Receive ARPA-H Award to Make Birth Safer

Researchers in obstetrics and engineering at UC San Diego were awarded up to $10.4 million from ARPA-H to enable more accurate identification of fetuses who are at risk of low oxygen during labor and delivery, as part of a larger effort to make birth safer in the U.S.

New Data Center, Student Collaboration Space Put People at the Heart of Computer Science

The Computer Science and Engineering Department unveiled a new on-site data center that will accelerate computing and artificial intelligence research advances, while giving graduate students and other computer science researchers hands-on access to cutting-edge computing infrastructure.

Outstanding engineering, computer science undergraduates honored with Awards of Excellence

Six students were selected from the more than 1,300 graduating undergraduates in the Jacobs School of Engineering class of 2026 to receive Awards of Excellence from their academic department at Ring Ceremony.

Aerospace student and Navy Lt. is shooting for the stars

Matthew Skotnicki, a lieutenant in the US Navy working towards a master’s in aerospace engineering at UC San Diego, got a close look at the NASA Artemis mission’s Orion capsule after it splashed down in San Diego. The experience reinforced his desire to be an astronaut.

Students Get an Intro to AI in First AI Major Class at UC San Diego

More than 100 undergraduate students enrolled in UC San Diego’s new artificial intelligence major took their first major-specific course, CSE 25: Intro to AI, over winter quarter. The class aims to introduce AI principles that the students will see repeatedly over the next four years.

Two UC San Diego Bioengineers Named AIMBE Fellows

Kiana Aran, associate professor of bioengineering and medicine, and Alyssa Taylor, a teaching professor of bioengineering, are among the 175 distinguished medical and biological engineers inducted as Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.