February 16, 2021
Four faculty members from UC San Diego have been awarded 2021 Sloan Research Fellowships, awards designed to support “extraordinary” early career researchers.
March 19, 2018
Each year people all over the world die from the flu. To protect against influenza epidemics and their potentially mortal results, medical professionals encourage vaccination. While generally effective for healthy individuals, vaccinations are less effective for the elderly, the immunocompromised and other high-risk groups. For the healthy, getting a shot…
September 12, 2022
The sociopolitical climate in the United States has taken its toll on the mental health of Latina mothers, according to research from UC San Diego. Findings show increased depression, anxiety and perceived stress in a border city and reduced coping resources in both a border and interior US city.
October 4, 2012
…she is creating a database of Disney’s sustainable projects, compiling their greenhouse gas inventory and researching ways that the company can be more environmentally conscious. She also is completing her Master of Science in environmental science at Loyola Marymount University. Kristin Hansen Jessica Wall, a UC San Diego alum, also…
June 6, 2013
Behind the Scenes: Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Barely 25 years old, the department of computer science and engineering is driven by young and forward-thinking faculty. Computer science research strengths at UC San Diego include machine learning, databases, graphics and…
March 13, 2014
…UC San Diego management science major, took advantage of the Alumni Advisor Network. “I set up many informational interviews via Evisors and it has been very useful so far,” Lo said. “I was able to talk to alumni in the finance field and learn about their experiences, helping me to…
May 7, 2015
…the department of political science; as well as Kim Barrett, dean of UC San Diego’s Graduate Division. Nick Obradovich and Kara Finzel represented UC San Diego at the sixth annual Grad Research Day. In a series of face-to-face meetings, graduate students from each UC campus sat down with lawmakers and…
October 6, 2016
…nugget is from computer science alumna Sarah Guthals (Computer Science B.S. ’10, M.S. ’12, Ph.D. ’14), a co-founder of the computer science education company ThoughtSTEM and co-author of Minecraft Modding for Kids, which is part of the “for Dummies” book series. Guthals was speaking at SD Hacks last weekend, a…
December 1, 2016
…department, VR experts, Protein Databank, interdisciplinary researchers, and we’re located in Biotech Beach,” he said. Nano-one is now being tested in the UC San Diego Chemistry Department and in the consumer market for workflow integration, modeling precision, and optimal pattern-recognition and discovery. As nano-one was being developed, McCloskey and his…
April 25, 2012
University of California, San Diego scientists have used powerful computational tools and laboratory tests to discover new support for a once-marginalized theory about the underlying cause of Parkinson’s disease.
