February 22, 2018
…discuss controversial diversity and social justice topics. “I thought it would be a great idea if I could help mediate conversations about difficult topics and help build a more inclusive and understanding community,” she said. Dialogue Ambassador, Vivian Thai In addition to helping their fellow students, Dialogue Ambassadors can develop…
January 30, 2019
In a study published January 17, 2019 in Translational Psychiatry, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine describe how, in a novel mouse model, epigenetic regulation negatively impacts a downstream gene specifically involved in neurodevelopment and associated behaviors.
January 12, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Irvine and San Diego State University have been awarded a $1.2 million UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) grant to develop an advanced class of mobile telemanipulation robots.
June 29, 2022
Using brain organoids, UC San Diego researchers discover mutational commonalities between muscular dystrophy type 1 and Rett syndrome, suggesting the potential of a similar treatment for both.
March 14, 2024
UC San Diego Professor of History Dana Velasco Murillo is searching for traces of the neglected voices of the nomadic Chichimeca peoples. The six-year research project is nearing completion, thanks to a recent $60,000 grant received from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
April 25, 2012
Tape measures. Rulers. Graphs. The gas gauge in your car, and the icon on your favorite digital device showing battery power. The number line and its cousins – notations that map numbers onto space and often represent magnitude – are everywhere. Most adults in industrialized societies are so fluent at…
November 19, 2013
Five UC San Diego undergraduate students who are former foster youth and two junior faculty members were awarded a technology package from Sony Electronics, Inc., as part of a nationwide scholarship program during a reception on Nov. 1. Sony has awarded equipment packages annually for the past five years—a total…
December 15, 2022
As we look forward to the upcoming new year, UC San Diego Today invites readers to take a look back at some milestones from 2022.
September 7, 2016
One of the hundreds of companies hatched by the University of California San Diego has a prominent presence in a national showcase of high-potential startups in the nation’s capital. Curtana Pharmaceuticals plays a big role in the high-visibility Washington, D.C. celebration as a major presenter.
October 1, 2020
…period, there was a median 272 millimeters (or 16 inches) of total cumulative subsidence for field crops (like corn and soy). For fruit and nut crops, (like almonds and grapes) there was a median 62 millimeters (2.5 inches) of total subsidence. “Our initial hypothesis was that fruit and nut crops…
