March 19, 2015
…campus’s many research breakthroughs—people actively working to solve the world’s most complex and pressing problems—it instantly seems far less of an institution, and much more of a community. UC San Diego & You, hosted by Alumni and Community Engagement, is a new series of events that brings the university’s world-renowned…
March 27, 2012
…Schmitt to present “The Physics of Skateboarding.” Roughly 100 K-12 students watched as Tony Hawk and his Birdhouse skate team demonstrated ollies, kick flips and other tricks while Delson, de Callafon and Schmitt explained the science behind the moves. Students from the Jacobs School of Engineering also got involved by…
September 11, 2014
Using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California, San Diego have discovered that neurons from patients with schizophrenia secrete higher amounts of three neurotransmitters broadly implicated in a range of psychiatric disorders.
September 16, 2022
Since 2016, the Science Gateways Community Institute has brought together software developers to improve access to essential resources and services with a “community center” approach.
August 29, 2019
Nine-month-old brains-in-a-dish and the brains of premature newborn babies generate similar electrical patterns, as captured by electroencephalogram (EEG) — the first time such brain activity has been achieved in a cell-based laboratory model.
June 13, 2013
…who has played an active part. Judd was among the first and leading proponents for treating mental disorders like depression as the result of neurological and biological dysfunction, and arguing that they could be effectively treated with appropriate, rigorously developed psychopharmaceuticals. It wasn’t so long ago that this was a…
November 28, 2016
…1988, the campus will sponsor a number of free activities open to the public including a display of three sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a presentation on the HIV prevention pill, talks for specific communities and populations impacted by HIV, artistic performances and more.
October 13, 2016
Four teams of neuroscientists at the University of California San Diego were awarded a total of $2.27 million this week from the National Institutes of Health to continue their research under President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative.
May 1, 2024
Today’s college students value versatile library spaces that are adaptable to various academic needs, including group work, engagement with print collections or research using computer workstations. Find out how UC San Diego’s iconic Geisel Library adapted its interiors to meet those needs.
September 24, 2020
A team led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has used artificial intelligence technologies to analyze natural language patterns to discern degrees of loneliness in older adults.
