June 16, 2022
Computer scientist Vineet Bafna is part of a team of world-class researchers that has been awarded a five-year, $25 million grant to learn how the destructive genetic lesion extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) influences numerous cancers and to identify possible therapies.
June 3, 2021
…polar regions and the deepest ocean, they will be accompanied by classmates from across the country and around the world. The Junior Academy began with in-person summer workshops in 2016, soon after Sally Ride Science became part of UC San Diego. When the pandemic forced classes online last summer, the…
December 8, 2017
Scientists have developed a new algorithm that can identify distinct click patterns among millions of clicks in recordings of wild dolphins, whose communication serves as a sentinel of ocean ecosystem health.
May 19, 2023
Researchers have found a way to distinguish among hand gestures that people are making by examining only data from noninvasive brain imaging, without information from the hands. The results are an early step in a safe brain-computer interface that may one day help patients with movement challenges.
April 19, 2022
Five remarkable people are being celebrated by the Life Course Scholars Program at UC San Diego with “Wise Elder Changemaker” awards for their “significant impact on people, land, communities and movements for change across our region.”
June 5, 2017
…program to introduce local underserved high school students to learning and career paths in STEM. To help fund the project, he has been named a 2017 recipient of the Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship, a $10,000 award to launch his program.
June 8, 2017
…the Dalai Lama Run Deep His Holiness’s service to humanity and science has created long-lasting relationships with UC San Diego During his June 2017 visit to the University of California San Diego, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will share messages of global compassion, with an emphasis on education, scientific…
May 4, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego have used gene therapy to prevent learning and memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, a key step toward eventually testing the approach in humans with the neurodegenerative disease.
March 7, 2024
Researchers have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep some 50 kilometers (30 miles) off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
March 21, 2023
The University of California Board of Regents recently approved two key campus projects, Triton Center and Ridge Walk North Living and Learning Neighborhood.
