September 10, 2012
Structural and mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego, are working together to create blood flow simulations that could lead to improvements in the design of a cardiac pump for children born with heart defects. They hope that the design changes will improve young patients’ outcomes.
September 28, 2023
This summer 19 newly admitted students took part in the five-week PATH Summer Academy at the School of Arts and Humanities. Throughout August and September, the group participated in hybrid workshops to get to know resources, made new friends and took part in field trips around San Diego.
November 3, 2022
World leaders, climate experts and policymakers from nearly 200 counties are preparing to descend upon the seaside city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for a United Nations climate conference that kicks off next week.
August 22, 2024
San Diego-based business leader, art collector and philanthropist, Matthew Strauss, died on Aug. 20. He was 91. Together with his beloved wife of 70 years, Iris, Strauss made a major impact on San Diego with support in areas including arts, culture and cancer research.
March 23, 2018
Researchers have developed a stretchable, flexible patch that could make it easier to perform ultrasound imaging on odd-shaped structures, such as engine parts, turbines, reactor pipe elbows and railroad tracks—objects that are difficult to examine using conventional ultrasound equipment. The ultrasound patch is a versatile and more convenient tool to…
January 25, 2018
…and make gentle the life of this world.” Far above it all, Apollo 8 orbited the moon, the first manned spacecraft to do so. Back on Earth, Bill Jessee had a tough decision to make. He had been accepted to two medical schools: UCLA and UC San Diego. The problem…
June 25, 2020
…“Zall” Badii, return to campus one last time since earning their degrees. Photo credit: Jeanna Vazquez At commencement, the school’s vision of prevention, equity and optimal health for all citizens reverberated in messaging to the inaugural class of some 100 graduates, who enter a world wracked by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic…
November 19, 2015
…Research Affairs, is a campus-wide effort to support the primary research initiatives of the Strategic Plan. The program began last year and provides funding to support postdocs and students who are conducting socially beneficial research as well as scholars who are working to launch large-scale, multidisciplinary research-center applications. Approximately $2.7…
March 3, 2022
…to living his adult life as a Black man in the U.S. given that his 90-year-old father in Nigeria did not suffer from either of these conditions. Gentry N. Patrick “This is a reminder that many of the of the health inequities that might show up in the bodies of…
September 26, 2022
An uncanny number of speculative fiction writers have roots at UC San Diego. Author Sarina Dahlan ‘98 explores this phenomenon with other alumni writers.
