December 6, 2023
A new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Francisco estimates 152,753 excess infant deaths were attributable to living in flood-prone areas in Bangladesh over the past 30 years.
March 15, 2024
On Friday, fourth-year medical school students nationwide learned where they matched for residency training. At UC San Diego, 141 medical students matched, with 77% of them remaining in California for their graduate medical training.
May 9, 2024
Sally Ride Science @ UC San Diego is gearing up for its sixth annual Women in Leadership event on the evening of May 23, 2024. Sponsored by the Vertex IWILL Employee Resource Network (Inspiring Women in Leadership and Learning) and the UC San Diego Office of the Chancellor, the anticipated…
May 28, 2024
How can we better teach design? Nastasha Tan majored in cognitive science and focused on human-computer interaction, then went on to earn a master’s degree at Carnegie Mellon in human-computer interaction; today she is Chief Design Officer at Kite.
June 28, 2024
A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has developed a soft, stretchy electronic device capable of simulating the feeling of pressure or vibration when worn on the skin. This device represents a step towards creating haptic technologies that can reproduce a more varied and realistic…
August 12, 2024
Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered the largest protein yet identified in biology.
November 1, 2011
…and Accepting Submissions UC researchers can easily record, share presentations with fellow scholars on new site With hundreds of seminars, conferences and colloquia taking place each week across the University of California system, it’s nearly impossible for today’s scholar to keep up. While many scholarly presentations are posted online after…
April 3, 2012
…our students,” Harrison said. Researchers work on the GRAIL spacecraft before launch. Credit: NASA Kevin Crossan, a computer science major, is one of those students. His software takes the photo requests from schools and helps determine the best orbit to take the pictures. Then, it sets a schedule for taking…
April 17, 2012
…well as other outstanding researchers and students. Live streaming video of the Dalai Lama’s symposium at UC San Diego on April 18 will be available in the Price Center Theater. Seating is available on a first-come basis for 475 people. No tickets are required. A live webcast will also be…
October 25, 2012
Working Inside the Bubble Researchers use superconducting magnets to discover shape of protein receptors critical to drug development From outside, there’s little indication of the cutting edge science that goes on within this odd structure, nicknamed “The Bubble.” Photo UCSD-TV At the edge of the Muir College parking lot sits…
