September 26, 2023
Emma Hogan, a computer science PhD student at UC San Diego and a recent Ford Fellow, is teaching computer science to another underrepresented population: incarcerated people at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.
February 6, 2020
After identifying a molecular pathway that allows nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to progress into liver cell death, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers were able to use these pathways to halt further liver damage.
June 13, 2013
…Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate programs in the U.S. Three of UC San Diego’s doctoral programs were No. 1 in the country and 60 percent of the campus’s programs were ranked among the top 20 in their fields nationwide. Thursday’s forum focused on three of the 10 NRC recommendations: strengthening partnerships…
January 13, 2014
In a paper published in this week’s Online Early Edition of PNAS, researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine identify a key gene receptor and signaling pathway essential to maintaining hESCs in an undifferentiated state.
July 25, 2016
Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive form of brain cancer with a survival rate generally less than 16 months. With no effective treatments available, a team including researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego and John Wayne Cancer Institute at Providence Saint John’s Health Center sought…
September 24, 2020
…of California evaluate the program’s success. Over the last decade, more than 50,000 former UC undergraduates never completed their degree. Current estimates are that 3.5 million adults in the state didn’t complete a college degree, and the grant will explore pathways to change that and introduce former students to alternative…
June 14, 2023
UC San Diego launched the first phase of a new pilot program, funded by a gift from Intel Corporation, to increase diversity in its electrical engineering graduate programs. As part of the pilot, UC San Diego is collaborating with Florida A&M University and the University of Texas at El Paso.
January 10, 2013
…in the Sciences (STARS) program and Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), as well as UC San Diego graduate advocates. Next summer, undergraduates from Howard University will participate in STARS as part of the UC San Diego/Howard University partnership program. UC San Diego and Howard University are forming a partnership program…
March 14, 2019
A new paper by UC San Diego researchers hypothesizes a possible link between cancer-causing viruses.
May 12, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have begun a pilot clinical trial to test the efficacy of using ultrasound to stimulate the spleen and reduce COVID-19-related inflammation, decreasing the length of hospital stays.
