September 1, 2016
Todd Hylton, a well-known San Diego scientist and entrepreneur, is joining the University of California San Diego to become the executive director of the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute. Since 2012, Hylton served as executive vice president of strategy and research at Brain Corporation, a San Diego-based robotics startup.…
October 21, 2021
…$750,000 grant from Gilead Sciences, with volunteer help to be provided by community members. Maile Young Karris is a UC San Diego infectious-disease physician with a special interest in the in the successful aging of people living with HIV. “I’m willing to help all I can, whatever Dr. Karris needs…
July 22, 2024
San Diego’s only medical school earns the highest tier rating among research-intensive medical schools in the nation.
March 21, 2024
There are plenty of reasons to love artificial intelligence (AI). But what happens when helpfulness turns into harm? This is one of the big questions that occupies David Danks, a professor in UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute and Department of Philosophy.
November 22, 2024
The career counselors in the UC San Diego School of Social Sciences are specialized professionals who are deeply attuned to the unique needs of students in their respective disciplines.
March 3, 2022
…exceptional graduate students in Social Sciences, and $1 million to the Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs Family Baseball Scholarship Endowment, first established in 2019, for remarkable scholar-athletes. With the Chancellor’s match, the couple’s total support as part of the challenge reached $3 million for UC San Diego, benefiting students such as…
February 1, 2024
The Stein Institute for Research on Aging celebrates 40 years of thought leadership in aging research.
October 15, 2015
The University of California, San Diego has been named the 11th most ethnically diverse college in the nation, according to a new report. Best College Reviews, a ranking service for American colleges and universities, recently released a list of the top 50 ethnically diverse schools. Statistics and definitions of race/ethnicity…
January 29, 2015
…investments in scholarship and science that will keep the university at the forefront of socially beneficial research. Some of these investments are taking place already; other programs will be announced in the months ahead. What they all have in common is a thoughtful cultivation of promising people and innovative projects…
January 5, 2021
Simulations conducted using the Comet supercomputer at UC San Diego’s San Diego Supercomputer Center provide new insights on how chloride corrodes structural metals, causing severe economic and environmental impacts.
