August 14, 2023
“This summer, I am getting to further my passion for environmentalism, all while developing critical electrical engineering skills,” says Engineers for Exploration intern Jordan Reichardt.
May 2, 2019
…testament to multidisciplinary, collaborative research happening in both the sciences and the arts here at UC San Diego.” Neal Devaraj. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications On the origins of life In the spirit of the Guggenheim Fellowship, the UC San Diego trio lifts the educational, literary, artistic and…
March 21, 2023
The University of California Board of Regents recently approved two key campus projects, Triton Center and Ridge Walk North Living and Learning Neighborhood.
April 25, 2017
Nanoengineering professor Liangfang Zhang at the University of California San Diego has been selected as the U.S. nominee for the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE). Zhang won the nomination for his revolutionary work in the field of nanomedicine, which focuses on nanomaterials for medical applications.
September 8, 2022
…well as paid summer research opportunities. This year-round financial support is designed to reduce or eliminate the need for these students to work part-time jobs while pursuing engineering degrees. This EMPOWER program is part of an NSF effort called S-STEM (Scholarships in STEM) which is designed to enable low-income students…
October 18, 2018
…era of public health research, education and advances that will promote healthier populations on a local, national and global scale because of the university’s increased focus on public health. Dr. Wertheim, the inventor of UV-blocking eyeglass tints, is the founder and CEO of Brain Power Incorporated (BPI), the world’s largest…
March 21, 2024
There are plenty of reasons to love artificial intelligence (AI). But what happens when helpfulness turns into harm? This is one of the big questions that occupies David Danks, a professor in UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute and Department of Philosophy.
September 5, 2024
“My interest lies in building better tools,” said Zhaowei Liu, a faculty member in the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and affiliate of the university’s Qualcomm Institute. “I think I can have a bigger impact that way.”
April 26, 2018
…a packed house of researchers and students from across campus and the greater community on April 19. She quickly cleared the air about the possibility of bringing back the Woolly Mammoth. “Just to clarify,” she said, “de-extinction is still not possible. We cannot bring something that is extinct back to…
January 2, 2013
Scientists from the University of California, San Diego, national and international research centers launched a first-of-its-kind workshop series intended to bring together investigators from a wide range of scientific fields to develop a 3D Virtual Cell. Funding for the Dec. 13-14 conference was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
