Alice C. Tyler Perpetual Trust Gives $125,000 for Sally Ride Scholarship at UC San Diego
Science & EnvironmentScholarship, honoring late astronaut Sally Ride, will support students committed to protecting the planet
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Stem Cells Regenerate Human Lens After Cataract Surgery, Restoring Vision
Health & BehaviorResearchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute, with colleagues in China, have developed a new, regenerative medicine approach to remove congenital cataracts in infants, permitting remaining stem cells to regrow functional lenses.
California Networking Consortium to Honor UC San Diego ‘Cyber’ Archaeologist
Business & EconomicsThe CENIC networking consortium will give its Innovations in Networking Award for Research Applications to UC San Diego archaeologist Thomas Levy for his work to digitize archaeological excavations using a suite of cyberarchaeology tools.
UC San Diego Biophysicists Discover How Hydra Opens Its Mouth
Health & BehaviorA team of biologists and physicists at UC San Diego has uncovered in detail the dynamic process that allows the multi-tentacle Hydra, a tiny freshwater animal distantly related to the sea anemone, to open and close its mouth.
UC San Diego Health and Vantage Oncology Announce Cancer Care Collaboration
Health & BehaviorUC San Diego Health and Vantage Oncology are collaborating to provide comprehensive cancer care services to patients in Imperial Valley. Through a joint venture, UC San Diego Health and Vantage will operate Imperial Valley Radiation Oncology. Patients will have access to advanced radiation technologies as well as clinical trial interventions and specialty care consultations with UC San Diego Health and Moores Cancer Center.
UC San Diego, CETYS University to Strengthen Cali-Baja Collaboration
Business & EconomicsThe University of California, San Diego and Centro de Ensenanza Tecnica y Superior (CETYS) of Baja California, Mexico have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen and increase collaboration, focusing on entrepreneurship, innovation and policy. The initiative was formalized March 3 by UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and CETYS University President Fernando Leon Garcia.
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