October 25, 2022
The University of California San Diego has received two five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling $6.6 million to fund research hubs in Southern California and Puerto Rico.
June 4, 2024
Seven formerly unhoused San Diego County residents are contributing their insights and perspectives as co-researchers at UC San Diego’s Homelessness Hub.
November 20, 2019
UC San Diego researchers describe how circular extrachromosomal DNA in cancer cells boosts aggressiveness and resistance to therapies.
June 16, 2016
…persevere.” Tracey Kiser First Generation Graduate Aims to Improve Strategies for Teaching Developmental Math Tracey Kiser is graduating with a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Teaching and Learning. The only person in her family to graduate from college, Kiser is dedicated to closing the academic achievement gap for low-income students.…
June 18, 2020
…keeps the body from generating the defensive antibodies needed to destroy the invading coronavirus. Rommie Amaro, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, UC San Diego Using the National Science Foundation-funded Frontera supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Rommie Amaro—along with her UC San Diego…
October 6, 2016
…keeps track of prescription drug use. The Scriply team took the prizes for Best Design, Best Hardware Hack, Best use of Arduino presented by General Atomics and Best Internet of Things Hack presented by Qualcomm Institute. The team was made up of students from UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz and…
April 25, 2023
The U.S. News & World Report 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings named nine of UC San Diego’s graduate programs among the top 10 in the nation.
October 5, 2017
…Los Angeles native and first-generation college student Maggie Lara researched chemical ecology under the mentorship of Scripps Professor Paul Jensen at the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine. She looked at the relationship between the marine actinomycete Salinispora tropica and other environmental marine bacteria collected from the seafloor off Mexico.…
November 5, 2015
…healthier planet for future generations.” Brown said the solutions from the UC Climate Solutions Group could help shape talks among global leaders at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris this November. Napolitano expressed hope that the reach of the university’s efforts would extend well beyond Paris,…
January 21, 2021
…the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Erik Engelson, a UC San Diego bioengineering and microbiology alumnus, is president and CEO of Lucira Health, which was founded by UC Berkeley bioengineering alumni. The Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test Kit is a molecular test that uses a simple nasal swab to return results…
