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UC San Diego Ranks 7th in the World for Most Influential Researchers

December 4, 2023

UC San Diego has the highest number of influential voices in the University of California system and ranks 7th highest among universities worldwide, according to Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list.

Charting Shots

October 7, 2021

…and to illustrate ongoing social anxieties. Charting Shots The history of vaccines, including hesitancy, is pointedly and painfully familiar Many medical advances lay at least partial claim to greatest of all time, from older achievements like anesthesia (1846) and antibiotics (1928) to more modern triumphs like organ transplants (1954), stem…

30 Years of Critical Funding for Junior Faculty

June 25, 2024

Over three decades, the Hellman family has given over $18 million to support more than 400 UC San Diego junior faculty in their research and progress toward tenure.

Grant-Funded UC San Diego Talent Foundry Open to Community Members

May 1, 2024

By facilitating partnerships, strengthening the network of support, and providing access to financial resources, the Talent Foundry aims to diversify and fortify San Diego’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, particularly in tech, biotech, blue tech and life science.

UC San Diego Earns 12 CASE Awards

March 16, 2017

…UC San Diego Health Sciences Advancement Bronze: Jacobs Medical Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Program Named in recognition of $100 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, the 245-bed medical and surgical specialty hospital opened in fall 2016. The 10-story facility combines renowned physician-scientists and care teams, precision medicine, clinical…

UC San Diego Launches Innovative Wellness App to Support Student Well-Being

September 26, 2024

A pioneering and comprehensive wellness app, Willo is the first of its kind on a university campus. Developed for UC San Diego students by UC San Diego students, it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to integrate the university’s extensive wellness services into a highly personalized, user-friendly platform that guides users toward…

Bridging the Gaps

August 8, 2024

…Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, associate director of the Institute for Empathy and Compassion, and Qualcomm Institute affiliate.

Study Identifies Religious Bias Against Refugees

October 10, 2019

When you hold constant national origin, religion is the most powerful source of discrimination against refugees to the United States – mattering more than gender, age, fluency in English or professional skill. Also: anti-Muslim bias prevails across the board in the U.S. but differs across subgroups.

Computer Science at UC San Diego Jumps in Global Rankings: Reading Between the Ranks

August 27, 2013

The computer science program at the University of California, San Diego is on a roll. It jumped several notches in a widely-reported international ranking of top universities by discipline, and the increase occurred prior to changes now under way in the wake of the largest gift ever in the history…

New Dean of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Named

July 15, 2013

The University of California, San Diego has named professor Albert P. (Al) Pisano, a highly accomplished mechanical engineer from UC Berkeley, as the next dean of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

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