October 5, 2017
…associate professor of education studies Frances Contreras was a high achiever in high school and was thrilled when she received multiple acceptance letters from colleges. Yet her high school guidance counselor tried to warn her away from attending a four-year university. “I was told that with my background and upbringing,…
November 28, 2018
Bioengineers have developed a 3D bioprinting technique that works with natural materials and is easy to use, allowing researchers of varying levels of technical expertise to create lifelike tissues. The goal is to make human organ models that can be used for drug screening and ex vivo studies.
May 16, 2012
A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has made new discoveries about a copper-transporting protein in the membranes of human cells that drug-discovery scientists can co-opt for the development of new anti-cancer drugs.
April 16, 2018
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a five-year, $15 million grant to the San Diego Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) https://cfar.ucsd.edu at UC San Diego, renewing support that extends back to an original establishing grant in 1994—the height of the AIDS epidemic.
June 4, 2020
The Trump administration is expected to set limits on a popular program that allows international students to work in the U.S. after graduation while remaining on their student visas. The restrictions are likely to make economic woes in the U.S. even worse.
October 10, 2023
The Rady School of Management is preparing its next class of graduates to address the impact of generative AI tools by integrating them into the full-time and part-time Masters in Business Analytics (MSBA) degree programs.
April 8, 2021
…and paleoceanographers (those who study past life in the sea). Back in Vaughan Hall, the Pelagic Invertebrate and Benthic Invertebrate Collections share a massive room of movable shelves, stocked with millions of spineless specimens. Most were collected from the Pacific Ocean, but all the world’s seas are represented on these…
September 3, 2024
UC San Diego continues to stand out as one of the nation’s leading institutions, securing its position as the No. 3 top public university in the country, according to Forbes’ 2025 America’s Top Colleges list.
July 31, 2024
An artificial intelligence method to detect biomarkers in tumor biopsies promises to cut weeks and thousands of dollars from cancer detection, extending the benefits of precision oncology to underserved and under-resourced patients.
June 7, 2018
…the Department of Education Studies; CREATE, the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence; and the Urban Studies and Planning Program with its new Real Estate and Development program major. “Our new Public Engagement Building will become a hub where our faculty, students and the broader community…
