July 26, 2021
The UC San Diego Foundation Board of Trustees works to connect the university with community partners and resources needed to launch innovative programs. On July 1, 2021, nine new trustees joined the Foundation Board, eight of whom are UC San Diego alumni.
October 20, 2016
…to Bring Work Aboard Research Vessel to Life Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is taking its mission to interpret Scripps research to new depths with the launch of Expedition at Sea: R/V Sally Ride, a dynamic new exhibit where visitors will…
February 9, 2012
Three faculty members in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Peter C. Farrell, founder, chairman and CEO of ResMed, and a member of the Council of Advisors of the…
June 4, 2024
Seven formerly unhoused San Diego County residents are contributing their insights and perspectives as co-researchers at UC San Diego’s Homelessness Hub.
April 29, 2021
UC San Diego’s Research Vessel Sally Ride off the coast of Santa Catalina Island. March 2021. Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Seafloor Survey Finds Thousands of Barrels at DDT Dumpsite off LA Coast Scripps Oceanography scientists mapped 36,000 acres using advanced ocean robotics and sonar An…
April 16, 2020
…offline education and facilitate research on COVID-19 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, several companies that emerged in the Qualcomm Institute Innovation Space (QIIS) at UC San Diego are using technology in innovative ways to address many of the challenges we face during these unprecedented times. The Qualcomm Institute Innovation Space…
October 23, 2014
…a decade ago by researchers at UC San Diego. Brincidofovir (pronounced brin-SIGH-doh-fo-veer) wasn’t invented to fight Ebola – the scientists were actually looking for a new way to fend off the menace of bioterrorism – but it may represent one of the best chances yet to conquer a virus that…
May 1, 2023
UC San Diego is a hub for rare disease research. Although each rare disease impacts a small number of people, the research findings sometimes apply to more prevalent conditions.
January 31, 2023
The evolution of clinical trials is accelerating, driven by emerging technologies, social imperatives and the next public health crisis.
May 18, 2017
…& Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute, the Jeld-Wen Chair of Leukemia Research and a professor of medicine. In 2009, he received the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his influential work in developing imatinib (commonly known as Gleevec), used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Prior to the drug’s development,…
