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UC San Diego Mourns the Loss of “Mrs. Seuss” Audrey Geisel

Audrey Geisel, a devoted philanthropist, business leader and wife of the late Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, died on December 19, 2018. She was 97.

UC San Diego Awarded $2 Million to Advance Algae-based Renewable Polymers

UC San Diego scientists have been granted $2 million to develop new methods for manufacturing products based on algae. Biologist Stephen Mayfield will lead efforts to develop novel platforms to produce biologically based monomers that will be used to manufacture renewable and biodegradable products.

Data Science Freshman Makes His First Cloud

Since coding is fun to freshman Yuan Gao, creating his first word cloud from the Facebook page of Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego was basically entertainment. He created the montage-style graphic for a pass-fail elective class. Still -- how many people can hand-make a cloud?

UC San Diego to Partner with New Allen Institute for Immunology

UC San Diego researchers join national effort to better understand human immune system as part of new Allen Institute of Immunology.

SDSC’s ‘Trestles’ Supercomputer Still Going Strong Three+ Years Later

The Trestles supercomputer, which was acquired more than three years ago by the Arkansas High Performance Computing Center (AHPCC) at the University of Arkansas after entering service at the San Diego Supercomputer Center in 2011, is still going strong.

UC San Diego Researcher Gets $4 Million NCI Award to Study Cancer Drug Resistance, Spread

David Cheresh, Distinguished Professor at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, received $4.2 million National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award to continue his research into cancer’s ability to overcome stress, gain drug resistance and metastasize.