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HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ Nails How Hospital Cyberattacks Create Chaos

April 2, 2026

A hit medical drama is sparking questions about hospital cyberattacks. Two experts explain how these scenarios play out in real life — and what's at stake for patient care.

KatoMed, a UC San Diego MedTech Accelerator Company, Shines

March 31, 2026

KatoMed, a San Diego-based startup that developed a navigation tool for spine surgery that could result in safer, less costly procedures and improved workflow for surgeons, has deep ties to UC San Diego.

Eight UC San Diego Researchers Elected 2025 AAAS Fellows

March 26, 2026

Eight researchers at the University of California San Diego have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Andrew D. Chisholm, Farinaz Koushanfar, Albert P. Pisano, Ravi Ramamoorthi, JoAnn Trejo, Emily Troemel, Meenakshi Wadhwa and Sheng Zhong.

Ten Pieces of Non-Technical Career Advice for Engineering and Computer Science Students

March 25, 2026

At a new event focused on student success and career readiness at the Jacobs School of Engineering, alumni and faculty shared non-technical career advice with current students.

Sound Waves Could Be Used to Remotely Reprogram Material Stiffness, Study Shows

March 18, 2026

A team of researchers co-led by UC San Diego engineers has demonstrated a new way to remotely control how a material behaves — using sound. The findings could lead to the development of protective gear, robotic muscles or medical implants that adjust their stiffness on demand.

Data, Fire and the Fight to Keep California Insurable

March 11, 2026

Experts gather at the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute to confront wildfire risk and the future of insurance.

Brain-inspired Device Could Lead to Faster, More Energy-efficient AI Hardware

March 11, 2026

A brain-inspired hardware platform could lead to the development of compact, low-power AI hardware. By mimicking how the brain processes information, the platform improved the speed, accuracy and energy efficiency of simulated tasks such as spoken-digit recognition and early seizure detection.

New AI Agent Could Transform How Scientists Study Weather and Climate

March 10, 2026

Computer scientists and weather scientists have taken the first steps toward creating an AI agent capable of analyzing and answering questions in natural language, such as English, about data from AI-driven weather and climate forecasting models.

UC San Diego Students Learn HPC Skills via SDSC’s Expanse

March 9, 2026

At UC San Diego, high performance computing (HPC) is being woven directly into undergraduate engineering education by giving students early, hands-on experience with the same tools that drive modern research and development.

Team Led by UC San Diego Researchers Selected for Prestigious Global Cancer Prize

March 4, 2026

With up to $25 million from Cancer Grand Challenges, an international team led by UC San Diego professor Ludmil Alexandrov will unlock the secrets of DNA's "fingerprints."
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