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UC San Diego Professors Donate More than $1M to Transdisciplinary Study of the Origins of Humankind

February 24, 2020

UC San Diego announced a gift from Nissi and Ajit Varki, both professors at the university. The gift has been designated for the Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) to support a broad range of activities, including scholarly studies of the origins of humankind.

Pushing the Boundaries of Border Research

February 20, 2020

Border communities—those towns and cities that share a boundary with another region—are often critical passageways for economic prosperity: the movement of vehicles, goods and workers through these communities can impact the commerce of an entire city, state or nation.

Surprising Beauty Found in Bacterial Cultures

January 14, 2020

Researchers at University of California San Diego have discovered that when certain microbes pair up, stunning floral patterns emerge. When non-motile E. coli are placed on an agar surface together with motile A. baylyi, the E. coli “catch a wave” at the front of the expanding A. baylyi colony.

52 UC San Diego Researchers Are Most Highly Cited in Their Fields

November 25, 2019

Fifty-two faculty members and researchers at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential in their fields, according to the Web of Science's 2019 listing.

UC San Diego’s 2019 Entrepreneurs in Residence Program Is Largest Ever

November 6, 2019

The University of California San Diego has announced its 2019 Entrepreneurs in Residence cohort. The EIR program brings outside expertise onto campus to help student and faculty entrepreneurs with their startups.

UC San Diego Breaks Record with $1.35B in Research Funding

October 17, 2019

In fiscal year 2019, UC San Diego earned $1.35 billion in sponsored research funding, a 10% increase over the previous year. This is the largest number ever for the university and marks the 10th consecutive year the campus has surpassed the $1 billion mark.

UC San Diego Receives $4.4M from NIMH for Brain Imaging Data “Gateway”

September 19, 2019

University of California San Diego has been awarded $4.6 million from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to create the Neuroelectromagnetic Data Archive and Tools Resource (NEMAR).

Changing the World One Startup at a Time

June 13, 2019

At the University of California San Diego, “innovation” isn’t just a buzzword. Innovation is a living, breathing way of life. It reaches across campus and around the globe. And UC San Diego’s innovations are changing the region and the world.

Triton Entrepreneur Night Helps Students Promote Their Startups

May 9, 2019

What happens to an idea? It’s an interesting philosophical question, but from a practical standpoint, how do you take an idea and turn it into something tangible? A product, a process, a company?

VirBELA Brings the Virtual Reality Workplace to the Real World

April 25, 2019

VirBELAis a virtual reality company that connects remote workers from around the world in an online environment. Recently acquired by eXp World Holdings, the company was formed at the University of California San Diego as a partnership between Rady School of Management and the Experimental Game Lab.
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