October 22, 2012
“A Mercedes Benz isn’t designed to function in the Sahara Desert,” notes Dr. Eliah Aronoff-Spencer of the University of California, San Diego. “So why are we designing medical equipment for developing countries the same way we do for developed ones?”
November 15, 2011
…Kimberly Ang, ’11 for “GiveYourGap.” Ang and fellow alumna Amber Rackliffe, ’11 are the co-founders of GiveYourGap.org, an online resource for young people to explore opportunities for social good across the globe. Their video tells the story behind GiveYourGap, beginning with their experiences as students at Eleanor Roosevelt College. Runner…
July 14, 2015
Scientists have designed nanoparticles that release drugs in the presence of a class of proteins that enable cancers to metastasize. That is, they have engineered a drug delivery system so that the very enzymes that make cancers dangerous could instead guide their destruction.
April 24, 2014
…Voting Platform Aims to Give Public Unprecedented Lobbying Power From left, UC San Diego alumnus Arshya “Ary” Sharifian and UC San Diego undergraduate Miles Minton A new online voting platform developed by UC San Diego alumnus Arshya “Ary” Sharifian and UC San Diego undergraduate Miles Minton now allows voters in…
November 10, 2011
Local philanthropist, community leader and UC San Diego supporter Anne Ratner has died at the age of 100. For more than six decades, Ratner has been a beloved volunteer and philanthropist in San Diego, actively supporting numerous arts, sciences, service and Jewish organizations.
August 5, 2021
UC San Diego researchers report that solid organ transplant recipients who were vaccinated experienced an almost 80 percent reduction in the incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated counterparts during the same time.
October 30, 2018
The Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC-San Diego has announced the appointment of Bradley Voytek, a Cognitive Science associate professor with a strong following in science-related social media, as a Faculty Fellow of the pioneering institute. Voytek works with students in Cognitive Science, Neuroscience and Data Science, and is a…
April 22, 2016
…of American Historians (OAH) given for an author’s first scholarly book about a certain aspect of American history. Hanna earned the prestigious award for his book, “Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570 – 1740” (University of North Carolina Press), which demonstrates that pirates were essential to…
November 8, 2012
…in an office or given an official rank. As part of the program, Chancellor Khosla will give a brief inspirational address. Affinity Booths After the program, visit the affinity booths for an opportunity to meet and reconnect with folks from nearly 20 academic departments, UCSD Alumni, campus organizations and more.…
December 18, 2019
Scripps Oceanography researchers applied an established ecological principle to parasite-host relationships to find that each host’s parasite load stays within a certain range based not simply on the host’s size but on how much energy it can provide the parasites for sustenance.
