August 20, 2024
Senior Director of Talent Solutions Samson Blackwell leads three teams focused on finding the very best talent for the university and helps drive the university’s People Proposition. In an interview he shares some upcoming changes to benefit current employees, potential job candidates and the university.
November 15, 2012
…was interested in wireless communications and continued my graduate studies at MIT, where I received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. I then worked as a neuroscience post doc at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital, conducting research on the intersections of neuroscience and applied mathematics. I then built upon this interest…
January 17, 2013
…amnesiacs and people with healthy memory.” Mickes, along with senior authors and UC San Diego psychology professors Christine Harris and Nicholas Christenfeld, wondered what it was about the Facebook updates that made them so memorable: Brevity? That they were complete thoughts? Gossipy, chatty, what? First, the researchers made sure that…
December 6, 2018
…Command New Powers of Communication From kryptonite for Superman to plant toxins for poison ivy, chemical reactions within the body’s cells can be transformative. And, when it comes to transmuting cells, UC San Diego researchers are becoming superhero-like copycats. Recently named Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry, Neal Devaraj, along with…
May 28, 2020
…As a marketing and communications intern in University Communications, my days have shifted from covering campus events and in-person interviews to relying completely on Zoom and Outlook to connect with people in order to write my stories. I’ve had to think on my feet and adapt to these new circumstances,…
July 9, 2020
…Photo by Erik Jepsen/University Communications Endless Gratitude: How Jonathan Rodriguez’s Life Changed in One Night January 10, 2010 is a day that hits home for Jonathan Rodriguez, a distance runner on the University of California San Diego cross country and track and field teams. Born and raised in Tijuana, Rodriguez—along…
February 13, 2012
Gazing into your lover’s eyes isn’t only romantic; it also releases a brain chemical called oxytocin that strengthens social bonds in a variety of species. For some people who suffer from depression, the so-called “hormone of love” might hold out hope. Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine…
January 15, 2013
If this were a Facebook post, you would remember it – better than a stranger’s face or a line from a published book.
October 12, 2016
Peter Otto, founding director of the Qualcomm Institute Sonic Arts Laboratory at the University of California San Diego, has joined the award-winning audio technology company Comhear, Inc. as Chief Science Officer.
September 21, 2017
Chronic tissue inflammation resulting from obesity is an underlying cause of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. But the mechanism by which this occurs has remained cloaked, until now. In a paper, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers identified exosomes — extremely small vesicles or sacs secreted…
