Is Massive Open Online Research the Next Frontier for Education?
Science & EnvironmentA team from UC San Diego is launching a new course on the Coursera online learning network that breaks ground on several fronts.
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UC Medical Campus Consortium Named Designated Center to Translate Innovations into Improved Health
Health & BehaviorA consortium of the five University of California medical campuses at UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA and UC San Francisco has been designated a Center for Accelerated Innovations by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The designation recognizes the University of California’s potential to translate its leading-edge discoveries into innovative products that benefit patients.
Wildlife Extinction Rates Skyrocket After Forest Disturbance
Science & EnvironmentSpecies living in rain forest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than previously assumed, according to an international team of scientists that included biologists at the University of California, San Diego.
UC San Diego, UMD Researchers to Build ‘WIFIRE’ Cyberinfrastructure
Science & EnvironmentThree research organizations at the University of California, San Diego, have been awarded a multi-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to build an end-to-end cyberinfrastructure to perform real-time data-driven assessment, simulation, prediction, and visualization of wildfire behavior.
Prepare to Be WoWed
HumanitiesUC San Diego artists will show new site-specific works at the inaugural WoW (Without Walls) Festival to be held Oct. 3 through 6. Centered in and around the La Jolla Playhouse/UCSD Theatre District, productions will radiate out from this “Festival Village” core–which also includes artist talks, food trucks, a beer garden and live music–to several unusual spots on campus and other locations in San Diego.
Cancer Cells Propagated from Early Prostate Cancer
Health & BehaviorA team of cancer researchers at the University of California, San Diego has identified the existence of precursor cells in early prostate cancers. These cells are resistant to androgen-deprivation therapy, and may drive the subsequent emergence of recurrent or metastatic prostate cancer.
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