November 10, 2016
Do you have an idea for a better mousetrap, or an app that will change the internet? Student inventors and problem solvers at UC San Diego are invited to apply for a chance to win up to $2,000 to use for building their inventions, mentoring, and resources.
September 10, 2018
Macrophages are immune cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection by viruses and bacteria. Yet Zika virus preferentially infects these cells. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have now unraveled how the virus shuts down the genes that make macrophages function as immune…
December 21, 2018
Audrey Geisel, a devoted philanthropist, business leader and wife of the late Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, died on December 19, 2018. She was 97.
November 21, 2023
Groundwork Books Collective is the campus’s only cooperatively managed bookstore and one of three volunteer worker collectives at UC San Diego.
May 1, 2014
…will host activities and events to build a sense of collectivity. Students will also have the opportunity to link theory and research in the efforts to critically examine issues of diversity. “Our mission at the Raza Resource Centro is to win collectively,” said Arellano. “By building strong partnerships with campus…
August 5, 2014
A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a software package that allows users to learn how to program while playing the popular video game Minecraft. LearnToMod, which allows users to make a wide range of modifications to Minecraft, is available for pre-order for…
March 21, 2017
Graduate students at the University of California San Diego will stage an original work and performance on Thursday, March 23, in the Qualcomm Institute on the university campus. Their interdisciplinary work, “The Burden of Selfhood”, will explore the themes of feminism, identity and technology.
March 31, 2016
…Kyoto Prize Symposium. The event, which was open to the public, inspired a wide range of attendees, from faculty to local high school students. Mayor, who received the 2015 Kyoto Prize for his work, was the first to discover a planet outside of our solar system orbiting a sun-like star.…
May 31, 2022
UC San Diego researchers describe biological mechanism that allows sleep to build relational memories — associations between unrelated items.
November 29, 2012
A multidisciplinary team from the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at University of California, San Diego Health System has performed its 100th lead (pronounced “leed”) extraction surgery, a delicate procedure to replace the thin wiring of lifesaving heart devices such as pacemakers or implantable defibrillators (ICDs). The collaborative program, pioneered at UC…
