May 7, 2020
…Mexico City. “Although the COVID-19 crisis has changed many things, it hasn’t changed the vision of the university to remain focused on research success,” said Vice Chancellor for Research Sandra A. Brown. “Moving our town hall to a virtual setting helped our research community obtain up-to-date information and be heard…
November 19, 2020
…San Diego to treat COVID-19. Our researchers immediately dove into understanding how to stop its transmission and how to treat it. And we were the first university in the nation to announce plans to bring students and researchers back to campus. Together, we continue to find solutions to the world’s…
May 18, 2023
Across disciplines and specialties, from cells to systems, artificial intelligence is on its way to altering how we understand and treat disease.
November 20, 2023
From the operating room to our homes and streets, robots are becoming increasingly integral to our daily activities. The UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute hosted its eighth annual forum with the theme “Robots in the Wild,” showcasing varied applications of robots in real-world scenarios.
March 25, 2021
…taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. UC San Diego is an emerging HSI, defined as a public university serving a population of at least 15 to 24 percent full-time Latinx/Chicanx students. At 20 percent, the university is close to accomplishing its goal of becoming a qualified HSI—which requires at least…
September 30, 2021
…time—the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I had a physical therapist and a nurse come in twice a week, but then the country got locked down, so I knew that I would have to do it on my own,” she said. “So I took everything I knew from training as…
April 14, 2022
…remote learning. During the COVID-19 pandemic, educators around the world have been forced to adapt quickly to a radically different educational landscape. While many remote learning initiatives have been successful, others have given rise to controversies around mercenary external proctoring companies and incentives for students to cheat. With their desire…
August 13, 2020
…clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine? A. UC San Diego is involved in three national trials to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. These are phase III clinical trials, which means we are evaluating the effectiveness of the vaccine. Each of these trials will have more than…
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.
April 9, 2020
…the Global Impacts of COVID-19. Visit the event website for more information and to register. On April 16 at noon, Stephan Haggard and colleagues will discuss how Japan, India and other Asian countries outside of China are responding. Visit the event website for more information and to register. Barry Naughton,…
