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Curiosity Ignited: Showcasing How AI is Accelerating Discoveries

Science & Environment

Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Corinne Peek-Asa, and panelists, Tara Davidi, David Danks, Alice Gabriel and Sally Baxter

Six Solutions against Climate Change: Researchers Launch Call-Action for Rapid Response to Mobilize Solutions

Science & Environment

On the Origin of Life: How the First Cell Membranes Came to Exist

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Analyzing the Animal Ethics of Celebrity Chefs

Business & Economics

For consumers looking to reduce their consumption of meat — particularly due to a greater understanding of the ethical treatment of animals — researchers have analyzed the leading cookbooks of 26 celebrity chefs to offer insight and guidance. Their findings show that not all chefs are what they appear: while some offer recipes that align with their public personas, others show great dissonance in what is said, and what is cooked.

Analyzing the Animal Ethics of Celebrity Chefs

Species Named for Scripps Founding Benefactor

Science & Environment

Researchers including Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, selected Scripps founding benefactor Ellen Browning Scripps as the namesake of a newly described millimeter-long marine worm found in La Jolla. The team described the species Trilobodrilus ellenscrippsae in the European Journal of Taxonomy issue released April 3.

Species Named for Scripps Founding Benefactor

UC San Diego Partners with SmartMoney Startups to Support Military Veteran Entrepreneurs

Science & Environment

On April 9, University of California San Diego and SmartMoney Startups will host -community leaders, active-duty military and veterans to celebrate the inaugural launch of Startup Battlefield 101 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The eight-week certificate program will teach transitioning military members, veterans and military spouses about today’s private sector landscape and how to adapt military strategic planning skills to the startup environment.

UC San Diego Partners with SmartMoney Startups to Support Military Veteran Entrepreneurs

UC San Diego Health Named Dementia Research Center of Excellence

Health & Behavior

The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA), announced today that UC San Diego Health has been named a LBDA Research Centers of Excellence (RCOE), a partnership of 24 pre-eminent academic medical research centers across the United States. LBDA is a leading advocacy group dedicated to raising awareness and advancing research and treatment of Lewy body dementia (LBD).

When Drugs are Wrong, Skipped or Make You Sick: The Cost of Non-optimized Medications

Health & Behavior

Rising drug prices have gotten a lot of attention lately, but the actual cost of prescription medications is more than just the bill. Researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego estimate that illness and death resulting from non-optimized medication therapy costs $528.4 billion annually, equivalent to 16 percent of total U.S. health care expenditures in 2016. The analysis is published March 26 by Annals of Pharmacotherapy.

When Drugs are Wrong, Skipped or Make You Sick: The Cost of Non-optimized Medications

UC San Diego’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month Events Mark Pioneering Prevention and Support Efforts

Politics & Society

Established in 1988 by a group of dedicated staff and grassroots activists, the University of California San Diego’s CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center has been a standard-bearer of survivor support services and prevention education for campus sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking. As the campus recognizes Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in April, the center will hold events looking back at the pioneering work in support services and rape prevention, while moving forward to inform individuals how they can use their voice to promote a safe and respectful community and stop sexual violence before it happens.