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UC San Diego Team Achieves Petaflop-Level Earthquake Simulations on GPU-Powered Supercomputers

April 2, 2013

…Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a highly scalable computer code that promises to dramatically cut both research times and energy costs in simulating seismic hazards throughout California and elsewhere.

All Campus Commencement Speaker Muhammad Yunus to Inspire Grads to be Job Creators, Not Job Seekers

June 9, 2016

…bring about their own development.” Yunus has received other prestigious awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, two of the highest civilian honors in the United States. Yunus’s vision: redesign economics to redesign the world At the June 11 commencement, Yunus is expected to discuss…

UC San Diego Receives $7.35 Million for Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health

April 16, 2024

The University of California San Diego was awarded $7.35 million in funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health for a multidisciplinary program to advance understanding of marine contaminants and nutrients.

SDSC Announces Scalable, High-Performance Data Storage Cloud

September 22, 2011

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, today announced the launch of what is believed to be the largest academic-based cloud storage system in the U.S., specifically designed for researchers, students, academics, and industry users who require stable, secure, and cost-effective storage and sharing…

UC San Diego Leads a $12.25 Million Grant to Improve Epilepsy Treatment

September 10, 2021

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $12.25 million grant to the University of California San Diego to develop and enhance brain-sensing and brain-stimulating platform technologies to enable treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy.

Astrophysicist David Lesser Takes on UC San Diego’s Makerspace

January 19, 2023

Both astrophysicist and educator, David Lesser is drawing on his varied background at the Qualcomm Institute to direct the Makerspace, an open access workshop area in UC San Diego’s Design and Innovation Building.

Center Stage: 2013 UC San Diego Chancellor’s Medal Honorees Announced

August 22, 2013

…that support their existing goals unequivocally. And he has done this in a humble, supportive and celebratory way.” For over a decade, Conrad Prebys has been making a great impact in San Diego with his philanthropy. He made a successful career as a real estate developer and property manager in…

2017 Outstanding Graduates

June 1, 2017

…takes me, I have goals that involve helping other people and giving back to the community that helped me grow,” he said. “UC San Diego really is a great place to do just that.” Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon Jon Wilensky Earns an M.B.A. with a Mission to Save Lives Jon Wilensky…

Two UC San Diego Scientists Elected to National Academy of Medicine

October 18, 2021

Leaders in cell biology and anti-malarial drug development respectively, JoAnn Trejo and Elizabeth Winzeler were recognized by their peers with one of the highest honors in health and medicine.

Celebrating 20 Years of Sally Ride Science

February 18, 2021

…science. One of her goals in starting Sally Ride Science was to make sure girls and boys of all backgrounds could see role models who looked like them. Founding the company was a team effort. Ride joined with her life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, who has a doctorate in school psychology,…

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