‘The Point of the Spear’: Ramesh Rao Speaks on QI and its Unique Calling
February 15, 2023
Qualcomm Institute Director Ramesh Rao speaks about the institute, its endeavors and its role in the future.
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UC San Diego Faculty Unite to Master Remote Instruction
May 28, 2020
…midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty members across UC San Diego quickly mobilized to redesign their courses to remotely engage students. Many of them turned to the Teaching + Learning Commons for support in transitioning into the virtual realm of instruction. In the beginning, there were many questions and…
UC San Diego Receives $7.35 Million in Federal Community Project Funding
March 17, 2022
…stay-at-home orders in place, COVID-19 was an unexpected opportunity to leverage digital health technologies in San Diego, resulting in rapid growth of video health care visits. UC San Diego Health hosted more than 250,000 video visits during the crisis, including more virtual visits in the first week of the pandemic…
UC San Diego Welcomes the Newest Tritons
September 26, 2024
Excitement is high on campus as today marks the first day of classes at UC San Diego. We spoke with several of UC San Diego’s newest Tritons about why they chose UC San Diego, what inspired them to choose their major and their advice for prospective students.
UC San Diego Announces Launch of Changemaker Institute
October 15, 2020
…recipient of the Global COVID Innovation Award after making it to the world finals at the 2020 Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge Finals this July.” The Changemaker Institute at UC San Diego invites the campus community to nominate individuals dedicated to channeling their talents and skills for the greater good.…
Persistence Pays Off
June 17, 2021
…remarks to graduates: “The COVID-19 pandemic has presented extraordinary challenges for everyone over the past two years, but your resilience, compassion and dedication to academic excellence paid off and supported the completion of your educational journey in ways you probably never imagined.” Twins Mina and Dima Kamal, who both studied…
UC San Diego Startup Wins $2.4 Million Defense Department Contract to Improve Battery Performance
May 23, 2023
Ateios Systems, a battery materials innovation company started by two UC San Diego alumni, announced that it has been awarded $2.4 million by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to help improve battery material performance and production.
National Science Foundation Forms Throughput Computing Partnership
November 9, 2020
SDSC is part of a multi-year NSF award to harness the computing capacity of thousands of computers assembled in a network of campus clusters to substantially cut time to science results that might take years to be done in days, especially for applications that are parallel by design.
Students Poised to Tackle Environmental Challenges in ‘Hacking for the Oceans’ Course
June 4, 2020
…quarter due to the COVID-19 campus closure, the instructors tried to foster comments between groups with breakout rooms, feedback documents, and encouraging comments after presentations. The instructors hope to offer the Hacking for the Oceans class again next spring, and eventually, to expand it to other universities. The current teams…
Making an Impact: 5 Summer Internships that Ignited Students’ Passions
October 10, 2023
They flew through Category 2 hurricanes, helped develop antibody therapeutics for cancer patients, gained firsthand experience in the pharmaceutical industry and more. These five students are back on campus after gaining real-world exposure to their chosen career paths this summer.
