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UC San Diego Named Nation’s 6th Best Public University by U.S. News and World Report

The University of California San Diego has been named the nation’s sixth best public university, according to U.S. News and World Report’s Best Global Universities.

Scripps Scientist Receives Prestigious Award from Oceanographic Institute of Monaco

Lisa Levin, a biological oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, will receive the Prince Albert I Grand Medal, the highest international distinction dedicated to ocean sciences presented by the Oceanographic Institute, Prince Albert I of Monaco.

Riding the Third Wave of AI without Quantum Computing

UC San Diego Theoretical Physicist Max Di Ventra is catching the next wave of cutting-edge AI with an alternative platform he calls “memcomputing,” which doesn’t require quantum capabilities.

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center’s J. Silvio Gutkind Joins National Academy of Medicine

J. Silvio Gutkind elected to National Academy of Medicine for his contributions to the understanding of cancer signaling networks and pioneering the study of the PIK3CA-mTOR signaling circuitry in head and neck cancer.

New Clinic Matches Patients with Cancer to Latest Precision Immunotherapy Treatments

New Precision Immunotherapy Therapy clinic at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health matches patients using genetic profiling to personalized cancer treatment plans.

Center for Future of Surgery Expands at UC San Diego School of Medicine

In Fall 2019, the Center for the Future of Surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine expanded to address the newest surgical trends, especially those benefiting the brain and the nervous system.