August 14, 2018
…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.
June 10, 2021
…students to win Iran’s national astronomy Olympiad competition in 2005. Alimo studied engineering as an undergraduate at Sharif University in Iran, focusing on numerical computation before joining UC San Diego in 2012. After his family emigrated to the United States in 2011, he contacted the program manager on the Spirit…
January 31, 2013
…lab, funded by the National Science Foundation continuously for almost 40 years, in business for at least another couple of years. Perrin’s scientific curiosity and love for organic chemistry research hasn’t waned since the day the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Harold Urey lured him here in 1964. “Nature poses the most…
June 16, 2023
Six students who have made significant contributions to their departments and surrounding communities at the Jacobs School of Engineering and the University of California San Diego will receive Awards of Excellence as part of Ring Ceremony 2023 on Saturday, June 17.
June 5, 2014
…USA Cycling Elite BMX National Championships. “Selfie” of Barry Nobles, Connor Fields and Steven Cisar. Photo by Barry Nobles. Though the podium sweep is not being directly attributed to the mind-focusing benefits of meditation, the athletes, their coach and the health care practitioners who developed the mindfulness training program acknowledge…
July 9, 2014
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has named Charles E. Daniels, PhD, FASHP, as the recipient of the 2014 John W. Webb Lecture Award. The Webb Award honors health-system pharmacy practitioners or educators who stand apart because of their extraordinary dedication to fostering excellence in pharmacy management and leadership.
July 23, 2021
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, more commonly known as GERD, impacts around 20 percent of U.S. citizens, according to the National Institutes of Health. If left untreated, GERD can lead to serious medical issues and sometimes esophageal cancer.
July 27, 2015
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded James McKerrow, MD, PhD, dean of the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, with a 2015 New Therapeutic Uses Award.
December 3, 2014
…its annual list of Top Hospitals. Awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is an elite distinction given to less than seven percent of all eligible hospitals
June 13, 2019
…San Diego, the 2018-19 academic year saw a record number of commercial licenses and patents, and the campus has the potential to have the most startups within the University of California system. One of those licenses will have a significant impact on future wireless communications. Samsung has non-exclusively licensed inventions…
