Research Growth Tops $1.76B With Tremendous Portfolio of Discovery and Invention
August 8, 2023
University of California San Diego earned $1.76 billion in research funding last fiscal year, a 6 percent increase over the previous year.
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Breakthrough Study on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
April 19, 2024
A groundbreaking study has advanced the understanding of the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress syndrome, led by researchers from UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Mining Microbiomes
October 29, 2015
…a rapidly emerging and diversifying field that holds great potential for widespread social and economic benefits.” The UC San Diego initiative comes as two groups of top scientists called this week for a unified effort to advance microbiome research. Their proposals are outlined in two papers, one published by 17…
Affirmative Action Incentivizes High Schoolers to Perform Better, New Research Shows
August 20, 2020
…as a factor in diversifying campuses. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos stated that “schools should continue to offer equal opportunities for all students.” Given the debate in both countries, the other question Khanna sought to answer: is this educational response from the minority groups rational in terms of the expected costs…
Do Bacteria Age? Biologists Discover the Answer Follows Simple Economics
October 27, 2011
When a bacterial cell divides into two daughter cells and those two cells divide into four more daughters, then 8, then 16 and so on, the result, biologists have long assumed, is an eternally youthful population of bacteria. Bacteria, in other words, don’t age—at least not in the same way…
Cleaning up Online Bots’ Act – and Speech
April 21, 2022
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed algorithms to rid speech generated by online bots of offensive language, on social media and elsewhere.
UC San Diego Expert on Violence Assesses Police Brutality and Mass Shootings in America
February 23, 2023
Tage Rai is a psychologist and assistant professor of management at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management. He co-authored the book, “Virtuous Violence” outlining research which finds that most acts of violence are driven by moral motives on the part of perpetrators.
Two UC San Diego Engineers Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
February 27, 2023
Two engineers from the University of California San Diego have been elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), in recognition of their efforts to improve human health through engineering.
A $2 Million UC San Diego Materials Science Win
September 19, 2023
Materials science researchers at UC San Diego, University of Alabama, and Colorado State University are working together to solve a vexing materials-for-extreme-environments challenge.
New York Times Columnist Frank Bruni Warns Audience to Avoid ‘Customized Cocoons’ of Technology
November 6, 2014
…to one type of diversion and increasingly immersed in one type of experience.” Nearly 400 people attended the event, co-presented by UC San Diego Extension with the UC San Diego Council of Provosts and the Dean’s Office of Social Sciences. It was the inaugural edition of the 2014-15 Helen Edison…
