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This Injectable Hydrogel Mitigates Damage to the Right Ventricle of the Heart

March 6, 2024

An injectable hydrogel can mitigate damage to the right ventricle of the heart with chronic pressure overload, according to a new study published March 6 in Journals of the American College of Cardiology: Basic to Translational Science.

UC San Diego Raises $177.5 Million to Break Campus Fundraising Record

September 24, 2015

…Diego’s goal of enriching human life and society. During the 2014-15 fiscal year, donors designated the largest amount of funding to research, with $87.8 million given for this purpose. Glaucoma research received a boost with two grants totaling $1.5 million from the Glaucoma Research Foundation to the UC San Diego…

NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir to Speak at UC San Diego Commencement

March 31, 2022

…member of NASA’s 2025 Artemis moon exploration program. NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir poses for a portrait inside the International Space Station’s cupola, known as the "window to the world," the cupola. Photo by NASA, Apr. 2020. “UC San Diego alumna Jessica Meir entered history as…

Research Growth Tops $1.76B With Tremendous Portfolio of Discovery and Invention

August 8, 2023

University of California San Diego earned $1.76 billion in research funding last fiscal year, a 6 percent increase over the previous year.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to Serve as UC San Diego Commencement Speaker

February 14, 2019

…the global promotion of human rights—core values that align with the work of Albright. She was appointed secretary of state by President Bill Clinton in 1997 after she served as ambassador to the United Nations for four years. Serving as secretary of state until 2001, she reinforced America’s alliances, advocated…

For Regents Scholars, Matchmaking is a Research Affair

August 6, 2020

…prediction and decision-making in humans. There is a significant computational aspect to neuroeconomics, so he was excited to pair with Associate Professor of Cognitive Science Angela Yu because her lab focuses on computation and cognitive neuroscience. The experience Sztajnkrycer gained in Yu’s lab taught him practical skills like writing code…

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Brings “The Tradition” to Campus

April 21, 2022

…is hosted by the Humanities Program in celebration of the inaugural year of One Book Revelle, which unites readers and builds community around a single title. Guests can register to attend the poetry reading, in person or remote, on the event webpage. “The Tradition” is Brown’s third book and is…

UC San Diego Announces 60th Anniversary Awardees

October 22, 2020

…Diego Health, engineering, and arts and humanities. Their involvement has shaped tens-of-thousands of UC San Diego students, innovators and practitioners, and helped improve the lives of countless patients and people throughout our greater community.” Irwin and Joan Jacobs Irwin and Joan Jacobs Irwin and Joan Jacobs are dedicated advisors and…

Three Deans, One Alum Take a Look at Women’s Leadership in Higher Education

May 7, 2015

…of the Division of Arts and Humanities; Margaret Leinen, director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, as well as vice chancellor for and dean of marine sciences; and Carol Padden, dean of Social Sciences. Cooper, who earned a bachelor’s at UC San Diego before going on to earn her doctorate at…

Campus Celebrates Roger Revelle’s Birthday

March 19, 2015

…of a small liberal arts college and the resources of a large research university. Revelle believed that this design would counteract the impersonality of campuses like Berkeley and UCLA, and for faculty in particular, would help prevent the departmental rigidities of academia. “It’s nice to be in this room for…

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