July 30, 2026
July 30, 2026 —
After three years of intense learning and work, the Triton Racing student team at UC San Diego was able to bring a functioning formula race car running on its own battery power to the Formula SAE Electric competition for the first time this June.
July 27, 2026
July 27, 2026 —
Bioengineers at UC San Diego integrated the olfactory receptor of an insect called a jumping bristletail into semiconductor chips made of graphene, creating an electronic nose capable of sniffing out a wide variety of small organic compounds.
July 16, 2026
July 16, 2026 —
Alumnus Garrett Smith is bringing these decades of experience across the innovation ecosystem back to San Diego, as founding managing partner of recently launched ReefHaven Ventures. The San Diego-focused venture capital fund is dedicated to early-stage medical technology startups.
June 23, 2026
June 23, 2026 —
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.
June 11, 2026
June 11, 2026 —
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.
June 9, 2026
June 9, 2026 —
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.
June 3, 2026
June 3, 2026 —
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.
April 30, 2026
April 30, 2026 —
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.
