July 5, 2023
Using CRISPR technology, UC San Diego scientists have engineered a new way to genetically suppress populations of Anopheles gambiae, the mosquitoes that primarily spread malaria in Africa and contribute to economic poverty in affected regions.
September 7, 2022
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine welcomed the Class of 2026 at its White Coat Ceremony on Friday, September 2, 2022. An annual tradition, the event marks the beginning of the medical education journey for first-year students when they receive the white coat that will be worn
January 12, 2017
The next presentation in UC San Diego’s “Inside Innovation” series features Dr. Catriona Jamieson speaking on “Detection and Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Stem Cell Evolution.” The free and public presentation will be held 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, in Roth Auditorium at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, 2880…
March 27, 2012
…and professional students to social and networking opportunities, as well as programs open to the public that showcase student work. The week closes with the Visual Arts Open Studios on April 7, where the public can visit nearly 50 studios and meet the artists. The event also coincides with the…
October 6, 2016
…and share it on social media with the hashtag #BreakThingsBetter! Campus Banners If you’ve walked through campus recently, you probably noticed the new “Break Things Better” themed banners with “breaking-inspired” idioms—from “Break the Mold” to “Break Through”—that represent UC San Diego’s tradition of pushing boundaries, challenging expectations and redefining conventional…
November 21, 2016
…for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded the distinction of fellow to 391 members, including five from the University of California San Diego. The new UC San Diego fellows, who will be recognized on Feb. 18 during the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, are Richard Carson, Konstantine Georgakakos,…
September 28, 2015
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a graph can be worth a lot more than that in the burgeoning field of big data, even though translating terabytes of data into meaningful insights is no easy feat.
November 16, 2011
Every few years the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) holds a public competition to stretch the outer limits of what technology can do. Two years ago they dispersed 10 large, red weather balloons at undisclosed locations across the U.S. The celebrated 2009 DARPA Network Challenge to find the…
May 2, 2013
…build community and highlight social innovators from a variety of fields. “The point of creating TEDxUCSD is to stimulate conversation,” Mak said. “It’s not just about the speakers; it’s also about the audiences. It’s about the conversations that happen afterward and the connections that students, alumni, faculty, staff and community…
September 28, 2023
Students at University of California San Diego School of Medicine who identify as Latinx have created a close-knit community that feels more like familia through the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA).
