November 1, 2012
…education and in the life of the university. The Family of the Year award was given to Revelle College senior Fernando Picazo and his family. “My college experience has been full of struggles and triumphs,” Picazo wrote in his essay. “And through each of these roses and thorns, my family…
January 23, 2020
…Janz’s 20 years of life, most neighbors in his tiny Canadian town never knew he was sick. Janz snowboarded, hunted and fished. He hung with friends, often playing ice hockey video games. He worked in shipping and receiving for a company that makes oil pumps. But there were times when…
March 18, 2021
…just two or three months to live. Now, 58 months later, after several surgeries and aggressive, ongoing treatments at UC San Diego Health, he is being recognized as a recipient of the American Dental Education Association Foundation 2021 William J. Gies Awards for Vision, Innovation and Achievement in the Dental…
March 6, 2014
…Microsoft Imagine Fund last month, Jayaprakash is getting the opportunity to turn her idea into a successful startup. Named Bystanders to Upstanders (B2U), Jayaprakash’s app presents simple, service-related challenges for users to complete in order to earn rewards. The challenges are personalized to the interests and skills of the participant.…
January 7, 2016
…— in 2015, Washington Monthly once again ranked UC San Diego as the No. 1 university in the nation for its positive impact. These recognitions are a credit to our faculty, students and staff across every school, department and office. We are a university that loves to disrupt norms and…
July 30, 2020
…He waited for the life-saving donation while receiving care at Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at UC San Diego Health. More than 67 percent of patients at UC San Diego Health are transplanted within three years, faster than the national average. “Our patients have impressive survival on the waitlist for a multitude…
June 10, 2021
…that would improve human lives. To do so, he had to find an engineer to collaborate with, since physicians and engineers were largely siloed professions at the time. Peter Farrell, founder of sleep-disordered breathing medical device company ResMed, experienced something similar when completing his bioengineering Ph.D. research into treatments with…
December 9, 2021
…the year ahead. Campus life reawakens The UC San Diego experience is designed to be hands-on and collaborative. Through the ongoing efforts of the campus community and our nationally recognized Return to Learn program, Tritons came together this year to make that experience happen safely. Students returned to campus this…
May 26, 2017
In a small, randomized Phase I/II clinical trial (SAT1), researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say a 100-year-old drug called suramin, originally developed to treat African sleeping sickness, was safely administered to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who subsequently displayed measurable, but transient, improvement in…
February 15, 2018
…one step further by donating to campus areas that enhance the student experience, enrich our campus community and spark breakthroughs in research and innovation. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, gifts from nearly 1,400 faculty and staff provided more than $5.8 million to support UC San Diego. Meet…
