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Students Integrating Engineering in Medicine Honored as Siebel Scholars

Five UC San Diego graduate students working at the intersection of engineering and medicine have been selected as 2024 Siebel Scholars.

Electrical Engineer Named MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35

Yatish Turakhia, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, has been named an MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35. He was recognized in the Computing category for developing software tools to track and ma

Pathology Professor Named 2023 Keio Medical Science Prize Laureate

University of California San Diego School of Medicine’s Napoleone Ferrara, MD, has been named a 2023 Keio Medical Science Prize Laureate. Awarded annually by Keio University, Japan’s oldest private university, the award recognizes outstanding achievements in medicine and life sciences.

UC San Diego Neurosurgery Chair Named President of Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Marking a historic first for the University of California, Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA, chair of neurological surgery, has assumed the presidency of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the leading academic society for neurosurgical professionals with more than 10,000 members worldwide.

UCSD-TV Wins Four Annual Telly Awards for “Breaking Through the Static”

Four diverse programs from University of California, San Diego Television (UCSD-TV) have been recognized with a Telly Award for outstanding work created on behalf of UC San Diego campus partners. The annual Telly Awards are the world’s largest honor for video and television across all screens.

UC San Diego Computer Music Pioneer Wins Silver Lion Prize

The 128-year-old European cultural institution La Biennale di Venezia has announced that UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute Composer-in-Residence Miller Puckette has won the Silver Lion award for enabling "the creation of numerous masterworks during recent decades in the history of music."