October 1, 2015
…new incoming students received in-person presentations on consent and its definition, healthy relationships, cyber safety and more. Later this year, CARE will roll out a campus-wide campaign for preventing sexual violence, which will be a positive, inclusive and empowering program that encourages and teaches students bystander intervention strategies. Bystander intervention…
June 16, 2016
…exciting for a young person to look at those problems because I knew there was something I could do to solve them,” the Nobel Prize laureate said to thousands of graduating students and guests at the UC San Diego’s first All Campus Commencement in 16 years. He encouraged UC San…
April 3, 2018
On April 9, University of California San Diego and SmartMoney Startups will host -community leaders, active-duty military and veterans to celebrate the inaugural launch of Startup Battlefield 101 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The eight-week certificate program will teach transitioning military members, veterans and military spouses about today’s private…
December 11, 2017
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found a genetic signature for delay discounting — the tendency to undervalue future rewards — that overlaps with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), smoking and weight.
May 15, 2020
The NIH has launched a major clinical trial to assess the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and antibiotic azithromycin as a treatment for COVID-19. The trial will recruit 2,000 participants at 30 sites. A Q&A with the trial’s team leader: Davey Smith, MD, of UC San Diego School of Medicine.
October 17, 2017
…clinical trial over the next year designed to develop personalized cancer vaccines—a breakthrough treatment that could help patients like their daughter fight the disease using their own immune system.
April 14, 2021
…opportunity to attend ceremonies in-person, on RIMAC Field, with no more than two guests. All participants must be either fully vaccinated or have had a negative COVID test within 24 to 72 hours prior to the ceremony. Participants will be required to complete a symptom screener upon entry. All health…
January 21, 2021
…during the pandemic. “Without in-person school or daycare, and without after-school programs, there is really no way for caregivers to function at full capacity at work,” Rangamani said. In addition, such concerns have not been discussed openly in the workplace, the authors said. Their real fear is that talent nurtured…
May 2, 2024
Robots that can assist physicians during surgery. Robots that can swim. Robots that can grip delicate objects. These were some of the demonstrations on display at Robosoft, the biggest conference in the field of soft robotics, in San Diego this year.
September 10, 2020
Bioengineers at UC San Diego have shown that human-genome produced RNA is present on the surface of human cells, suggesting a more expanded role for RNA in cell-to-cell and cell-to-environment interactions than previously thought.
