April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019 —
The University of California San Diego lies less than 30 miles north of the San Ysidro Port of Entry—the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere. Every day, more than 70,000 vehicles and 20,000 pedestrians cross the San Ysidro border between Mexico and the United States for work, travel and education.
February 11, 2019
February 11, 2019 —
UC San Diego will host its 9th annual Center for Circadian Biology Symposium Feb. 13-15, 2019. The three-day event, entitled “From Cells to Clinic,” will culminate with a talk from the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine Michael W. Young, who will speak about delayed phase sleep disorders.
February 7, 2019
February 7, 2019 —
Part of the mission of the Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) at UC San Diego is to “empower a diverse entrepreneurial culture on campus and strengthen a dynamic innovation ecosystem.” One way they do this is through Ignite @ UC San Diego, the campus’s flagship innovation conference.
December 18, 2018
December 18, 2018 —
UC San Diego's Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and Professor Susan Taylor were named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. They are part of the NAI’s 2018 cohort of 148 new fellows who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation.
November 28, 2018
November 28, 2018 —
Forty-five faculty members at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, according to Clarivate Analytics' list of 2018 "Highly Cited Researchers."
November 27, 2018
November 27, 2018 —
The University of California San Diego has announced the four newest members of its Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) program. They include an exciting cohort of business leaders with expertise ranging from life sciences and alternative energy to social entrepreneurship and technology.
October 26, 2018
October 26, 2018 —
UC San Diego and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe have entered into a five-year memo of understanding to promote joint research in the field of biomedicine.
October 18, 2018
October 18, 2018 —
The University of California San Diego broke its own record once again: with $1.2 billion in sponsored research support for FY2018 (July 1-June 30), the university reached a new milestone for the third consecutive year. This tops last year’s $1.16 billion by 4 percent and places UC San Diego 7th in the nation among research universities for sponsored research.
October 15, 2018
October 15, 2018 —
The University of California San Diego was awarded $10.5 million over five years from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to create one of four new centers of excellence. The Center for Matters under Extreme Pressure (CMEC) will be the third NNSA center focused on high energy density science.
September 5, 2018
September 5, 2018 —
University of California San Diego and Deerfield Management announce today the creation of Poseidon Innovation, LLC to advance disease-curing therapeutics. Through Deerfield’s $65-million commitment in Poseidon, UC San Diego investigators will have the funding and support to weather risky early-stage processes and expedite the drug-development cycle, allowing patients to receive treatment faster.
