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A Global Academic Powerhouse: UC San Diego Named World’s 15th Best University

Health & Behavior

A prestigious new ranking has listed the University of California San Diego 15th among the world’s best universities for its award-winning faculty and alumni, as well as producing high-impact and prolific research. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released its new report of the best universities today, also naming UC San Diego 13th among U.S. colleges and fourth, among the country’s public universities.

A Global Academic Powerhouse: UC San Diego Named World’s 15th Best University

U.S. News & World Report Ranks UC San Diego Health Nationally

Business & Economics

UC San Diego Health and its medical and surgical specialties have again been nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report for 2018-19. Each year, U.S. News & World Report analyzes and reviews hospitals performance in a clinical specialties, procedures and conditions for its “Best Hospital” rankings. These rankings distinguish hospitals that provide excellent treatment for health conditions that require the most comprehensive care.

U.S. News & World Report Ranks UC San Diego Health Nationally

‘Building up’ Stretchable Electronics to be as Multipurpose as Your Smartphone

Health & Behavior

By stacking and connecting layers of stretchable circuits on top of one another, engineers have developed an approach to build soft, pliable “3D stretchable electronics” that can pack a lot of functions while staying thin and small in size. The work is published in the Aug. 13 issue of Nature Electronics.

‘Building up’ Stretchable Electronics to be as Multipurpose as Your Smartphone

Division of Arts and Humanities Receives $750,000 NEH Infrastructure Award

Humanities

The arts and humanities will have a stronger and more influential presence on the University of California San Diego campus, thanks to a new $750,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The three-year, matching grant is the largest single award ever received by the university’s Division of Arts and Humanities from the NEH.

Genetic Mutations of Appendix Cancer Identified, May Impact Treatment

Health & Behavior

To understand why some patients with appendix cancer respond to standard treatment while others do not, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center researchers, in collaboration with Foundation Medicine, performed genetic profiling on 703 appendiceal tumors — the largest such study of this disease to date — to compare mutations present in both cancer types.

Genetic Mutations of Appendix Cancer Identified, May Impact Treatment

25th Annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational Set for Aug. 19

Health & Behavior

Now in its 25th year, the annual Luau and Legends of Surf Invitational unites more than 500 surfers, scientists and cancer survivors who share two great passions: surfing and finding a cure for cancer. All proceeds from the public event, which has raised over $8 million since it was launched in 1993, go to support research, teaching and clinical programs at Moores Cancer Center—the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in our region, and one of only 49 in the U.S.