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With Landmark Gift, UC San Diego Will Map Compassion in the Brain, then Prove its Power

July 22, 2019

The T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego will investigate the neurological basis of compassion, design a compassion-focused medical curriculum and develop new methods to protect and promote the well-being of current clinicians and their patients.

SPOILER ALERT: Computer Simulations Provide Preview of Next Week’s Eclipse

August 17, 2017

On August 21, 2017, a total eclipse of the Sun will be visible across the U.S. Using massive supercomputers, including Comet at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego, researchers from Predictive Science Inc. (PSI) in San Diego completed a series highly-detailed solar simulations…

2023 Revelle Medal Recipients Announced

October 17, 2023

UC San Diego honors four remarkable individuals as recipients of the 2023 Revelle Medal, which recognizes retired or emeriti faculty members for sustained, distinguished and extraordinary service to the university.

Sensor-Equipped Glove Could Help Doctors Take Guesswork Out of Measuring Spasticity

April 20, 2017

…routine actions such as extending an arm extremely difficult and painful for them. And since there isn’t a foolproof way to objectively rate muscle stiffness, these patients often receive doses of medication that are either too low or too high. Now, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at UC San Diego…

Pathways Toward Realizing the Promise of All-Solid-State Batteries

March 13, 2020

UC San Diego nanoengineers offer a research roadmap describing four challenges that need to be addressed in order to advance a promising class of batteries, all-solid-state batteries, to commercialization. The researchers describe their work to tackle these challenges over the past three years.

Triton Spirit Soars for Homecoming 2021

October 14, 2021

…staff and faculty, but extends to UC San Diego community members, as well. Over 5,000 Tritons have already registered for this year’s Homecoming, signaling what will surely be the largest iteration of the annual event yet. Last year, Homecoming pivoted to an innovative and completely online experience due to the…

Physicists Solve Longstanding Puzzle of How Moths Find Distant Mates

October 20, 2014

Physicists have come up have with a mathematical explanation for moths’ remarkable ability to find mates in the dark hundreds of meters away.

Leading the Way to Health Equity

December 6, 2022

Researchers from a broad range of fields at the University of California San Diego are making waves as they push the boundaries of science and medicine to develop groundbreaking, real-world solutions to longstanding health inequities.

UC San Diego Announces 60th Anniversary Awardees

October 22, 2020

…university with her support, extending from the eponymous Moores Cancer Center to the Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center, Comprehensive Breast Health Center and the Conrad Prebys Music Center, among many other areas. Her vision and leadership has helped to propel novel therapies forward, elevate innovative treatments in breast health and…

Raising the Bar

October 24, 2013

…building a healthcare facility extends beyond the traditional design response of incorporating function, technology and efficiency. Rather, the Jacobs Medical Center establishes a benchmark for the future of health care–striving to improve patient outcomes as a result of the architecture.” The advanced surgery hospital on the second and third floors…

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