Pauline Foster, Generous Community Philanthropist and UC San Diego Supporter, Dies
Business & EconomicsPauline Foster, community philanthropist and longtime supporter of the University of California San Diego, died on Saturday, July 30.
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NSF Awards $15 Million to Create Science Gateways Community Institute
Business & EconomicsThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year $15 million grant to a collaborative team led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego to establish a Science Gateways Community Institute to accelerate the development and application of highly functional, sustainable science gateways that address the needs of researchers across the full spectrum of NSF directorates.
Engineers Receive SunShot Grant to Develop Less Costly, More Efficient Solar Collectors
Science & EnvironmentUniversity of California San Diego electrical and computer engineering professor Boubacar Kante will lead a three-year, $2.5 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative aimed at making solar energy systems cost-competitive with traditional energy sources.
Increase in Physical Activity Lags Despite Calls to Step it Up During the 2012 Olympics
Health & BehaviorAhead of the Summer Olympic Games in London four years ago, researchers reported that physical inactivity was a global pandemic that required urgent action. With the 2016 Games looming, University of California San Diego School of Medicine investigators report little change in activity levels worldwide.
Accelerating Design Times for High-Performance Systems-on-Chip
Science & EnvironmentComputer scientists and engineers from four U.S. universities led by UC San Diego professor Rajesh Gupta, were awarded nearly $5 million in funding from DARPA to speed design times for high performance systems-on-chips.
Hot Flash: Women Who Start Menstruation and Menopause Later More Likely to Live to 90
Health & BehaviorThe number of women living to age 90 in the United States has increased significantly in the past century. Currently estimated at 1.3 million, this demographic is expected to quadruple by 2050. A new study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that women who start menstruation and experience menopause later in life may have increased chances of surviving nine decades.
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