September 25, 2018
They are trailblazers, industry titans and philanthropic leaders. With their generosity, they are advancing health care, basic science and engineering to make a better tomorrow. The recipients of the University of California San Diego’s 2018 Chancellor’s Medal include: UC San Diego alumnus and Qualcomm co-founder, Franklin Antonio; former member of…
March 3, 2017
UC San Diego Research Affairs –The Office of Innovation and Commercialization launches the first of an eighteen-month entrepreneurial seminar series, free and open to anyone at UC San Diego and the general public, including members of any other research institutions, Mar. 9.
June 21, 2013
The academic landscape is changing rapidly, due in no small part to recent advances in technologies to enable, enhance and deliver teaching and learning to a worldwide audience.
November 12, 2020
…class. Leaders of Extension’s Education and Community Outreach (ECO) Department were quick to support the plan. “As a top-tier research university with global reach, we have a steadfast commitment to service that extends far beyond cities, counties or states,” said Morgan Appel, assistant dean of the department. He noted that…
October 25, 2022
Building upon a long history, the UC San Diego has launched a new Human Milk Institute to accelerate research into the biology and therapeutic potential of human milk to prevent or treat both infant and adult diseases. The new institute is believed to be the first of its kind in…
September 27, 2018
A team led by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has uncovered the genetic basis for the production of domoic acid, a potent neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms.
April 15, 2021
…necessities.” Tanoi, a retired educator from American Samoa, was infected with COVID-19 in December 2020. She survived, but some of the symptoms and consequences persist. After the virus invaded the corneas of her eyes, she lost most of her vision. She suffers from a condition known as “COVID toes,” which…
April 8, 2013
Advances in tattoo sensors for health monitoring, on-chip optical networking, low-cost cancer diagnostics, video games designed to teach computer programming, new materials for protecting soldiers from blasts, and energy-efficient high-wire robots. These are just a few of the 200+ projects from Jacobs School of Engineering graduate students that will be…
March 31, 2022
…the Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences will hold a commencement celebration on May 14 at Price Center, and the School of Medicine will host a commencement ceremony on the Medical Education and Telemedicine (MET) Lawn on June 5. Journey to space NASA astronauts Christina Koch (left) and Jessica…
April 4, 2013
…the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Research Expo posters include: Nanofoams for Better Blast Protection Porous silica, with an average pore size of a few microns seen at the 5-micron, 20-micron and 50-micron scale. Structural engineers are developing nanofoams that could be used to make better body armor;…
