Blood Pressure Readings at Your Fingertips
September 13, 2024
Vibro, a novel app from spinoff company Billion Labs, takes blood pressure readings using only a smartphone.
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New Study Holds Promise for “Critically Endangered” Giant Sea Bass
August 4, 2021
A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and colleagues suggests that the original assessment and current listing of the giant sea bass as a critically endangered species might be inaccurate, and recommends a reevaluation of the species’ status.
Lytle Scholarship Concert Presents ‘Jazz Piano Summit’
January 18, 2018
…in classical languages and literature from Columbia University, and has been named a fellow of the Dave Brubeck Institute, the Asian Cultural Council and the Ucross Foundation. His practice combines composition, performance and music scholarship. Internationally renowned pianist and concert creator Cecil Lytle will also perform. A classical pianist, he…
Language Crafters
April 25, 2013
…linguistics department, while language literature studies are done in the literature department. The path-breaking Linguistics Language Program is currently directed by alumnus Grant Goodall. UC San Diego's department of linguistics was one of the first to connect language theory with experimental science. It is now a leading center in the…
Humanities, Social Sciences Professors Discuss a Future with Trump
January 26, 2017
…of the Department of Literature, Thad Kousser and Zoltan Hajnal of the Department of Political Science, and Ashley Rodriquez, a local nonprofit representative from the Center on Policy Initiatives. As a political scientist, Kousser said the U.S. will not change as dramatically as some believe because of checks and balances…
Blocking Digestive Enzymes May Reverse Shock, Stop Multiorgan Failure
January 23, 2013
New research from the University of California, San Diego published in the Jan. 23 issue of Science Translational Medicine moves researchers closer to understanding and developing treatments for shock, sepsis and multiorgan failure. Collectively, these maladies represent a major unmet medical need: they are the number one cause of mortality…
Mapping Earth’s Microbiome
November 2, 2017
…this effort, the scientific literature only documented 202 environmental samples, for a total of 21,000 microbial DNA sequences. Now, we’ve collected more than 27,000 samples for a total of 2.2 billion sequences,” he said. “This highlights one of the benefits of open-source scientific data. We wouldn’t have been able to…
Qualcomm Institute Kicks Off Spring 2014 Exhibition in Gallery@Calit2
March 27, 2014
On April 10, 2014, the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego will kick off its Spring 2014 exhibition, Senses of Care: Mediated Ability and Interdependence, in the gallery@calit2. The opening of the exhibition will feature a talk by the curatorial team, led by UC San Diego associate…
UC San Diego Economist Halbert White Dies at Age 61
April 3, 2012
Halbert L. White, Jr. – Chancellor’s Associates Distinguished Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego and cofounder of Bates White Economic Consulting – died March 31, 2012, following a four-year battle with cancer. He was 61.
UC San Diego Alum Wins Nobel Prize
October 10, 2011
…in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics, and peace, the Nobel Prize recognizes individuals who, as stipulated in Alfred Nobel’s will, “have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” The prize carries a cash award of about a million dollars. “UC San Diego offers congratulations to our esteemed alumnus, Bruce Beutler, for…
