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Surf’s Up in San Diego, Thanks to Alumni-led Startup

Surfing in San Diego just got a whole lot easier, thanks to a team of UC San Diego alumni bringing app-based, accessible board rental right where it’s needed.

SurfUp co-founder and UC San Diego alumnus Chris Hissom stands next to a SurfUp surfboard rack.

It’s Triton Time: Be a Part of the Action During Homecoming 2022

With Homecoming just weeks away, the energy across campus is electric as UC San Diego gears up to welcome its Triton family home. Get ready to sport your blue and gold and take part in a full schedule of events that will include all your old favorites, plus some exciting new surprises.

A Second Chance

Alumni startup attempts to make prostheses accessible and affordable.

UC San Diego engineer holds 3D-printed custom-made prostheses. This story was published in the Fall 2022 issue of UC San Diego Magazine.

UC San Diego Physician, Alumni Partner to Provide Prosthetic Limbs for Ukrainian Amputees

A pilot program organized in Ukraine by LIMBER Prosthetics and Orthotics, a company co-founded by two alumni of UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering was a first step in a much more ambitious endeavor: providing 100 custom, 3D-printed prostheses to people around the world.

Binational Program Provides Students with Impactful Research Opportunities

Bioprinting for in vitro blood brain barriers. Acoustic tracking of humpback whales and marine robots. Smartphone-based health measurements. Understanding why jerboas have long feet.

Surprise, Surprise: Subsurface Water on Mars Defies Expectations

A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has revealed a couple of surprises. The first surprise: the top 300 meters of the subsurface beneath the landing site near the Martian equator contains little or no ice.