November 23, 2020
November 23, 2020 —
52 faculty members and researchers at UC San Diego are among the world’s most influential in their fields, according to the Web of Science Group.
October 8, 2020
October 8, 2020 —
UC San Diego’s Center for Energy Research has been awarded two grants from the Department of Energy for research focused on developing environment-friendly and cost-competitive energy sources and systems.
October 2, 2020
October 2, 2020 —
UC San Diego Vice Chancellor for Research Sandra A. Brown has received two national recognitions for her pioneering research in the field of psychology from the APA and the NIAAA.
August 27, 2020
August 27, 2020 —
Bolarin Lawrence, a third-year nanoengineering major, heard about the Converge Summer Incubator Program and realized it was a great opportunity to learn new business skills and also invest time in supporting first-generation students in STEM careers.
August 6, 2020
August 6, 2020 —
The Regents Scholars Research Initiative is a program that pairs first-year or transfer Regents Scholars with faculty members who will provide mentorship and research support for the fall semester (or longer, per the faculty member) in a for-credit special study course.
July 2, 2020
July 2, 2020 —
UC San Diego is proud to have been named a top 25 undergraduate university for female-founded startups by Pitchbook, a financial data and software company. UC San Diego landed in the No. 22 spot with 45 female founders whose companies raised over $580 million in first-round funding.
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020 —
UC San Diego and Deerfield Management created Poseidon Innovation to support researchers working to advance disease-curing therapeutics by funding early stage projects and expediting the drug-development cycle. Poseidon announces it is funding three researchers.
April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020 —
The National Institutes of Health has renewed its commitment to the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health ever conducted in the United States. The awards to UC San Diego total just over $60 million.
February 24, 2020
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.
February 20, 2020
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.
