June 13, 2013
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Nearly 3,000 entries from higher education institutions and nonprofits around the world were considered by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for this year’s Circle of Excellence Awards for outstanding work in advancement services, alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing initiatives. Only…
April 2, 2020
…signs of infection—including among healthcare workers To better understand early signs of coronavirus and the virus’ spread, physicians around the country and data scientists at UC San Diego are working together to use a wearable device to monitor more than 12,000 people, including thousands of healthcare workers. The effort is…
September 17, 2020
…robotics curriculum will be publicly available online and feature introductory concepts in robotics as well as information about the evolving roles of robots in our society. The project will yield new knowledge in multiple fields, including robotics, education, and healthcare. It will promote the progress of science by exploring how…
April 15, 2014
The University of California, San Diego and Emotient, the leading provider of facial expression recognition data and analysis, announced publication of a joint study by two Emotient co-founders affiliated with UC San Diego, together with researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia State University.
September 28, 2017
Using a form of low-impulse electrical stimulation to the brain, documented by neuroimaging, researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System 〈VASDHS〉 and collaborators elsewhere, report significantly improved neural function in participants with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).
January 14, 2021
By combining large amounts of low-fidelity data with smaller quantities of high-fidelity data, nanoengineers at UC San Diego have developed a machine learning method to more accurately predict the properties of new materials including, for the first time, disordered materials.
November 15, 2022
The startup AquilX seeks to commercialize a wearable device that offers a “lab under the skin.” But for Farshad Tehrani, the firm represents so much more.
October 2, 2014
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Mahatma Gandhi had a saying that he used to mobilize millions of poor people in India to gain independence: “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” James Fowler, professor of political science and medical genetics at UC San Diego, told…
June 11, 2015
Two biology professors at UC San Diego have been named Pew scholars in the biomedical sciences, an award given by the Pew Charitable Trusts this year to only 22 promising early-career researchers in the nation.
May 29, 2012
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Ryan Darby, ’04 and Vince Vasquez, ’02 met while earning their bachelor’s degrees in political science at UC San Diego. When the two friends learned how many military veterans would be returning to the region due to the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan winding down,…
