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UC San Diego Expands Its Capacity to Test Innovative Treatments for Disease

Health & Behavior

The UC San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute has expanded its clinical space, making room for more clinical trials that turn basic research into real-world medical treatments to improve human health.

ACTRI leadership (left to right): David "Davey" Smith, M.D., Gary Firestein, M.D., Mark Wallace, M.D., Liz Johnson, Len Lazaro, Bernadette Cale, RN, Kathryn Gold, M.D.

On the Origins of Life: Recreating Cellular Metabolism

Science & Environment

Today, scientists work to develop synthetic cells that mimic living cells, hoping to uncover clues that will help answer the question: how did life on Earth begin? Now researchers from tUC San Diego have designed a system that synthesizes cell membranes and incorporates metabolic activity.

On the Origins of Life: Recreating Cellular Metabolism

Meenakshi Wadhwa Selected as Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences at UC San Diego

Science & Environment

University of California San Diego today announced the appointment of Meenakshi Wadhwa to the position of Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the School of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Dr. Meenakshi Wadhwa

When the Stakes are High, Do Machine Learning Models Make Fair Decisions?

Technology & Engineering

Computer scientists are challenging the common practice of using a single machine learning (ML) model to make such critical decisions. They asked how people feel when “equally good” ML models reach different conclusions.

Graphic depicting machine learning and fairness.
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Take a deeper look into the remarkable stories of our changemakers and community-builders, our cutting-edge research, and the global influence of UC San Diego.

Campus & Community

From exciting athletics programs and campus events, to our latest contributions to cutting-edge research—UC San Diego is a vibrant community of creators and innovators, making a positive impact both in San Diego and beyond.

Neurobiology’s Terrence Sejnowski Elected to Royal Society and American Philosophical Society

Awards & Accolades

Distinguished Professor Terrence Sejnowski, a pioneer in computational neuroscience who leads groundbreaking research on AI, has been selected to join two of the most prominent societies in the world: the Royal Society and the American Philosophical Society.

$5M in State Funding to Support UC San Diego Bachelor of Science Program in South County

Campus News

Assemblymember David Alvarez (D-San Diego) announced today that he secured $5 million in state funding to the University of California San Diego to provide a collaborative public health degree with Southwestern College.

Revive & Survive San Diego Event Marks Half a Million People Trained in CPR

Health & Behavior

To celebrate training half a million San Diegans in CPR the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science and the County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services hosted a Revive & Survive San Diego hands-only CPR event on the beach.

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