AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for work he began at UC San Diego with cognitive psychology colleagues here four decades ago.
UC San Diego has received a $7 million ARPA-H contract for the PROTECT project, targeting pathogens like Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. These pathogens pose serious health risks to individuals with cystic fibrosis and those reliant on respirators.
El Centro Mayor, Sylvia Marroquin, shares her journey with kidney cancer and how a clinical trial at UC San Diego Health saved her life.
As family, friends and loved ones looked on proudly, more than 70 pharmacy students were inducted into the profession at the UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences White Coat ceremony.
An award-winning UC San Diego electrical engineering class is now offered to Chula Vista high school students right at their own school, during their school day, in an effort to expand earlier access to engineering concepts and skills.
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Wei Xiong and his team of researchers study novel light-matter interactions as a way to control and understand how the structure and dynamics of materials change when they interact with photons. In recognition of this work, Xiong, who is a Kent Wilson Faculty Scholar in UC San Diego’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named a Brown Investigator and a Blavatnik Award finalist.
The State of California has hundreds of fault lines running throughout it, and each year, roughly 500 earthquakes can be felt throughout the state. Everyone can take steps now to increase safety before, during and after an earthquake. Take the time to learn more this month.
UC San Diego has entered the final phase of its Strategic Plan Refresh process by announcing refreshed strategies and priorities that will guide UC San Diego’s long-term future.
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