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Health Care Heroes: UC San Diego Nurses Pour Hearts into Caring for Patients with COVID-19

May 7, 2020

…contribution nurses make to global health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 can’t have visitors. The only people entering their rooms are health care workers bringing them medicine, food and emotional support. While patients facing end of life are permitted visitors, that isn’t always possible for family members.…

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Appoints Chancellor to Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

September 19, 2016

…to make U.S. communities, businesses, and the workforce more globally competitive.

UC San Diego Political Scientists to Trace San Diego’s Fiscaland and Governance Missteps

October 25, 2011

San Diego—“America’s finest city”—was once known as a sunny beach town, distinguished by a large military presence, an enduring appeal to tourists, and a burgeoning tech sector. But, according to UC San Diego political scientists Steve Erie and Vladimir Kogan, a series of critical financial and policy missteps have transformed…

Hanna and Mark Gleiberman Gift $12 Million to UC San Diego’s Head and Neck Cancer Center

May 13, 2021

…expertise and Califano’s knowledge, experience, accessibility and desire to help motivated Hanna and Mark to make an extraordinary gift. “Partners such as Hanna and Mark are central to what makes Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health the quality place it is for cancer research and care. I am…

Low Oxygen Levels Could Temporarily Blind Marine Invertebrates

May 8, 2019

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have found that low oxygen levels in seawater could blind some marine invertebrates.

Understanding Information: How We Get It, How We Use It, How to Benefit from It

November 20, 2013

For most computer users, information is only valuable when it serves a context-specific purpose, such as providing the GPS coordinates for a new restaurant or a list of search results for a query on airline flights to Fiji.

Coursera Offers Free Certificate Courses for Faculty, Staff and Students

May 24, 2018

…Courses) were the rage globally, and online learning was in its infancy at UC San Diego. The Evolution of Digital Learning at UC San Diego A conversation with Karen Flammer Technology, processes and online learning in general have significantly changed since UC San Diego launched the Office for Online and…

Imitation May Be a Sincere Form of Treatment

August 5, 2020

The National Institutes of Health will soon launch a Phase II clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of potential new therapeutics for COVID-19, including the use of investigational synthetic monoclonal antibodies. Davey Smith of UC San Diego is the protocol chair and answers questions.

9,000 New Students Arrive to an Evolving Campus

October 3, 2019

…because it is a globally prestigious institution. The professors who teach here, the students who go here, it’s a different caliber of education.” Words of Wisdom for New Students Students, alumni and parents contributed over 200 tips on UC San Diego’s social media pages for incoming first-year and transfer students…

Schmidt Futures Fellows Seek to Expand Promise of AI in STEM Fields

March 23, 2023

Ten UC San Diego postdoctoral scholars are applying artificial intelligence (AI) methods to their research in a range of fields thanks to support from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures.

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