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UC San Diego Researchers Take a Digital Snapshot of an Ancient Infant Burial Site

December 20, 2021

Researchers based at the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute and Jacobs School of Engineering have digitally recreated, in painstaking detail, the oldest documented European burial of an infant female.

Election Officials Can Boost Voter Trust in Delayed Results with Early Communication

October 15, 2024

A survey experiment with 10,000 Americans demonstrates that even a brief, low-cost message from election officials can help maintain trust when election results are delayed.

E-Book Is Logical Next Step for Publicizing Brave New World of Cyber-Archaeology

December 18, 2012

…professor of anthropological archaeology in the Division of Social Sciences has teamed with the Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) to launch “Cyber-Archaeology in the Holy Land: The Future of the Past” as a free eBook.

The History of Insects Living on the Open Ocean Tracks with the History of the Currents They Ride

September 8, 2021

UC San Diego researchers and colleagues examined the genetics of three ocean skater species across the eastern Pacific Ocean. The results of the study reveal that the skaters became specialized on different current systems, as those currents changed into their modern configurations.

Alumna Astronaut Kate Rubins On Advancing Human Health from Space

June 13, 2024

This month, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins ‘99 visited UC San Diego to participate in a panel discussion alongside renowned leaders in space technology and health. The symposium offered insights into how research conducted in space can be translated into applications that keep humans healthy on earth.

UC San Diego Hires Top Robotics Expert to Lead Contextual Robotics Institute

July 7, 2016

…serve as a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering. Christensen is leaving his post as executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the Georgia Institute of Technology to come to UC San Diego.

UC San Diego Researcher Wins Top Ph.D. Award in Multimedia Computing

September 11, 2012

A researcher now at the University of California, San Diego, Wanmin Wu, wrote the outstanding Ph.D. dissertation worldwide last year in the field of multimedia computing, communications and applications, according to an international jury of top experts.

Shu Chien to Receive National Medal of Science in White House Ceremony on Oct. 21

October 21, 2011

…bioengineering Professor Shu Chien with the National Medal of Science in a White House ceremony Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST). The ceremony will be carried live by satellite feed and webcast on the White House website at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live.

New Drug Discovery Technique May Unlock Trove of Marine Compounds

August 13, 2024

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have developed a new approach to scour the oceans for novel compounds that could become the medicines and products of tomorrow.

UC San Diego Health System Honored with HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award

September 6, 2011

UC San Diego Health System has received the prestigious Stage 7 Award from HIMSS Analytics, a nationwide-system used to track electronic medical records (EMR) progress at hospitals and health systems. The hospital will be recognized at the annual HIMMS conference in February 2012 in Las Vegas.

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