Nobel Prize Winner, ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton Has UC San Diego Roots
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.
Awards & Accolades
The Latest
UC San Diego Assistant Professor Recognized with Intel Rising Star Faculty Award for Trustworthy Machine Learning Research
At a time when the world continues to grow in its advancement in AI and machine learning, Assistant Professor Lily Weng at UC San Diego's Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute within the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences has received the Intel® Rising Star Faculty Award.
White Coats, Bright Futures: Skaggs Pharmacy School Welcomes Its 22nd Class to the Profession
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.
Rose Yu is a 2024 Innovator of AI in New MIT Technology Review
UC San Diego computer scientist Rose Yu is one of the MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 in this year’s list of “exceptionally talented young innovators” whose work has “the greatest potential to transform the world.”
UC San Diego Health is Home to San Diego’s Top Docs
UC San Diego Health physicians are named “Top Docs” in annual survey.
UC San Diego Named Nation’s 6th Best Public University by U.S. News & World Report
UC San Diego has once again been named the sixth best public university in the country, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released today. Overall, UC San Diego ranked No. 29 on the complete list of over 400 of the nation’s colleges.
Stay in the Know
Keep up with all the latest from UC San Diego. Subscribe to the newsletter today.
