April 9, 2020
…Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies at GPS is impressed by South Korea’s efforts to slow the spread of the epidemic while avoiding blanket lock-ins. Early on, the country established an expansive and well-organized testing program combined with extensive efforts to isolate infected people and trace and quarantine their contacts.…
May 1, 2023
Student-run radio station, KSDT, fosters a sense of community among UC San Diego students—and draws listeners from all over San Diego and other parts of the world.
March 19, 2024
Bhaskar Rao, a professor in the UC San Diego Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an affiliate of the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute, has received the prestigious Norbert Wiener Society Award.
April 19, 2018
An epidemiological study conducted by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Seoul National University suggests that persons deficient in vitamin D may be at much greater risk of developing diabetes.
May 30, 2018
The race is on between new antibiotics and drug-resistant bacteria—and scientists are challenged to keep up. By 2050, according to a Wellcome Trust study, deaths from deadly infections will be more common than cancer deaths. Scientists report that currently antimicrobial resistance causes 23,000 deaths annually in the U.S.; 700,000 deaths…
June 8, 2012
Millions of pre-diabetic Americans may be at increased risk of future stroke, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of epidemiological studies, but the precise degree of that threat is confounded by differing medical definitions and factors that remain unknown or…
November 18, 2021
A team of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego and Brave Software. have developed a tool that will increase protections for users’ private data while they browse the web.
July 22, 2021
UC San Diego engineers developed a soft, stretchy ultrasound patch that can be worn on the skin to monitor blood flow through vessels deep inside the body. Such a device can make it easier to detect cardiovascular problems, like blockages in the arteries that could lead to strokes or heart…
November 7, 2011
…one year in South Korea and four years in a high-level assignment in Washington D.C. Today, service—to the country, the community and the world—is a passion for Blake. For that reason, UC San Diego was the ideal fit for the charismatic veteran. The campus is ranked by Washington Monthly as…
August 2, 2022
Researchers report that a gene therapy approach, developed at UC San Diego measurably delayed disease onset in humanized mouse and rat models of familial ALS, an inherited form of the disease that runs in families.
