‘A Catalyst for Change’
The 29th Annual Inclusive Excellence Awards ceremony honored recipients for their leadership and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
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Engineering Alumna Becomes Newest NASA Astronaut
Deniz Burnham, who earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, became one of NASA’s newest astronauts on March 5.
AI Fire-Detection Tool Awarded for “Innovations in Networking” by CENIC
The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) named the AI fire -detection tool created by UC San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia program, CAL FIRE, and industry partner DigitalPath the winner of the 2024 Innovations in Networking Award for Innovation in Public Safety.
From Idea to Impact: Meet the Recipients of the Inaugural Chancellor’s Innovation Awards
The forward-thinking innovators behind Vektor Medical and FjordPhyto took home the top prizes during UC San Diego's inaugural Chancellor's Innovation Awards celebration, highlighting the university's diverse entrepreneurial campus culture.
Nierenberg Prize Awarded to Biochemist Katalin Karikó for Pioneering Research on COVID-19 Vaccines
Hungarian-American biochemist and researcher Katalin Karikó has been selected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2023 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.
NEH Grant Propels Quest to Uncover the Lost Histories of the Chichimeca
UC San Diego Professor of History Dana Velasco Murillo is searching for traces of the neglected voices of the nomadic Chichimeca peoples. The six-year research project is nearing completion, thanks to a recent $60,000 grant received from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
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