October 10, 2011
…Over Cal State East Bay Sara Spaventa The second-ranked UC San Diego women’s soccer team scored four goals in the second half as the Tritons pounded Cal State East Bay 5-1 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play on Sunday afternoon at Triton Soccer Field. UCSD remains undefeated on the year,…
April 16, 2020
…‘Jeopardy!’ College Championship UC San Diego was one of 15 schools represented in the 2020 Jeopardy College Championship, thanks to Alistair Gray, a second year computer science and linguistics double major. “I couldn’t believe it, honestly,” Gray said of learning he was selected to compete in the annual Jeopardy college…
June 7, 2024
…from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that a poorly understood, highly toxic form of mercury, called dimethylmercury, may be a significant source of monomethylmercury off the California coast. Monomethylmercury is the form known to accumulate in seafood and sicken people. The findings, published June 7…
October 26, 2017
…option! Advice every UC San Diego student should know… Step out of your comfort zone. Find a way to participate in any research or project that you find interesting. Also, take time to learn about all of the career options that STEM degrees offer—academia is not the only path. One…
April 20, 2023
For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea.
May 2, 2024
AI holds the potential to help doctors find early markers of disease and accelerate research on other important scientific advances. But a growing body of evidence has revealed deep flaws in how machine learning is used in science, a problem that has swept through dozens of fields and implicated thousands…
November 1, 2011
…of Engineering at UC San Diego. Sadeghi got to rub shoulders with Hollywood celebrities, including Mandy Moore, at the premiere of “Tangled,” a retelling of the Brothers Grimm’s fairytale “Rapunzel. “ Sadeghi has developed a new way to light and animate characters’ hair. It is now part of Disney’s production…
December 4, 2014
…hope will make UC San Diego the first higher education institution to successfully send a rocket into space. They are in an unofficial race against Boston University and the University of Southern California. Both campuses are pursuing the same goal and have launches planned this coming spring or summer. The…
June 6, 2013
…Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications James Cameron and his inner child visited UC San Diego Friday. The acclaimed director of “Titanic,” “Avatar,” and the “Terminator” films was at Mandeville Auditorium to receive the 2013 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. Mostly Cameron won it for his…
October 29, 2020
On Oct. 29, 2020 the National Science Foundation (NSF) approved a $53 million grant to a consortium of the country’s top ocean-research institutions to build a global network of chemical and biological sensors that will monitor ocean health.
