November 9, 2023
In honor of Veterans Day, Nov. 11, UC San Diego Today asked members of the campus community to tell us about the U.S. military service members and veterans in their lives and share messages of gratitude for their contributions to their nation.
February 26, 2024
Qualcomm Institute Director Ramesh Rao chats with Roland Lee and Mingxiong Huang, who co-direct QI’s new Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Center on the underpinnings of the advanced brain imaging technique, the making of the new facility, and MEG’s contributions to research and patient care.
September 30, 2021
…our robust Return to Learn strategy that involves masking, vaccination, testing, environmental monitoring and contact tracing, has set a strong foundation for a successful fall quarter.” Return to Learn Positive case rates on campus have remained consistently low compared to regional and national case rates. As a result, UC San…
June 13, 2019
…uses computer vision and machine learning algorithms to autonomously generate interactive notes and video from course lectures, is launching a seed round of funding to be able to expand into some of the more than 30 universities on their waiting list. Educational Vision Technologies, founded by Monal Parmar, a UC…
June 16, 2016
…be operating such a machine that doctors made me take driving lessons before taking the wheelchair home,” he said with assistance from his caretaker. Today, Carranza, one of UC San Diego’s class of 2016 outstanding grads, uses a palm-sized USB touchpad to operate his computer with his right thumb. With…
September 28, 2023
UC San Diego-powered startups, incubators and accelerator programs took center stage during the second annual Innovation Day at Petco Park, highlighting the university’s world-class, dynamic innovation ecosystem.
February 19, 2018
Computers have helped researchers develop a new phosphor that can make LEDs cheaper and render colors more accurately. An international team led by engineers at UC San Diego first predicted the new phosphor using supercomputers and data mining algorithms, then developed a simple recipe to make it in the lab.…
September 22, 2022
Researchers at UC San Diego have used artificial intelligence-guided tools to pinpoint both a specific type of immune cell as the driver of esophageal cancer and a specific genetic variation that acts as a protective factor in African Americans.
July 22, 2024
San Diego’s only medical school earns the highest tier rating among research-intensive medical schools in the nation.
June 10, 2021
…student attitudes towards online learning and possible avenues for improvement. A pseudonymous snapshot of a discussion-based lecture at UC San Diego. Most students are not sharing videos and all are muted except the one person who is speaking. The COVID pandemic precipitated a major shift to virtual learning—an unplanned test…
