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SDSC’s ‘Gordon’ Supercomputer: Ready for Researchers

March 5, 2012

Accurately predicting severe storms, or what Wall Street’s markets will do next, may become just a bit easier in coming months as Gordon, a unique supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, begins helping researchers delve into these and other data-intensive projects.

NSF Awards $15 Million to Create Science Gateways Community Institute

July 29, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year $15 million grant to a collaborative team led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego to establish a Science Gateways Community Institute to accelerate the development and application of highly functional, sustainable science gateways that address the…

$5 Million Gift to Establish New Center for Taiwan Studies

May 6, 2021

…on the intersection of science, technology, art and policy,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “As the global economy enters into the ‘Pacific Era,’ our diverse community of students and scholars from around the world is keenly interested in studying the history, culture and impact of the region.…

UC San Diego’s Most Diverse Incoming Class Begins Fall Quarter

September 22, 2016

…I love, which is science and engineering.” Adams attended UC San Diego’s Summer Bridge, a five-week program for first-generation students where they live on campus, earn college credit, and develop a higher level of academic skills and abilities, all at no monetary cost. “After Summer Bridge, I fell in love…

Operation Santa Seeks Community Members to Adopt Families in its Effort to Holiday Cheer

November 25, 2015

Since 2007, UC San Diego’s Operation Santa has provided Christmas celebrations for 731 San Diego families who are facing financial hardship. Many of the families served by Operation Santa are led by single mothers as well as those who are victims of domestic violence, facing illness, experiencing the loss of…

Chancellor Reaffirms UC San Diego’s Commitment to Access, Inclusion at Community Forum

March 6, 2014

…the Elementary Institute of Science. “Chancellor Khosla’s follow-up presentation was powerful, and by making himself known to the community personally, he has my trust and encouragement. It is heartening to see a meeting full of young people, community members, politicians and university staff coming together to move forward in this…

Transforming Transplantation

February 7, 2023

UC San Diego Health’s Center for Transplantation is among the nation’s best in lung, heart, kidney and liver programs, powered by long experience and deep expertise.

Recordings Spout Secrets behind Blue Whale Behavior

February 12, 2018

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego are using underwater microphones to interpret and characterize the calls of blue whales swimming through Southern California’s oceans, revealing new insights into the behavior of these endangered marine mammals.

Student Life Reignites with Treasured Campus Traditions, New Degrees and Division I Competition

September 30, 2021

…the Division of Biological Sciences (Biol. Sci.) and the Biomedical Sciences Graduate (BMS) Programs. The collaborative effort between the main campus, UC San Diego Health, and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology was created in response to a renewed urgency to understand the human immune system and the role of…

UC San Diego Professor Renee Bowen Selected as White House Economic Advisor

June 10, 2021

Renee Bowen, the Pastor Faculty Fellow at the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Department of Economics, has been selected to serve in the Biden administration as the senior economist for Trade with the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).

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