February 24, 2022
…skills he honed at UC San Diego to predict the most effective dosage of new therapies in development. Most recently, Boras was part of the team at Pfizer that developed the Paxlovid COVID-19 antiviral pill, the first oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19 to receive FDA emergency use authorization. Boras shared…
November 15, 2018
…international scientists led by UC San Diego is working to devise computing hardware capable of functioning as effectively as the human brain Graphic depicting the goal of Q-MEEN-C: to discover a new energy-efficient platform for neurocomputing based on quantum materials. Image courtesy of Ivan Schuller and Alex Frano A toddler’s…
October 29, 2015
…Features TED-style Talks Campus community invited to hear six faculty members discuss interesting and inspiring work Innovation. Exploration. Impact. All aptly describe the work of this year’s Founders Symposium speakers. The research and scholarly activities of our award-winning faculty advance the frontiers of knowledge, shape new fields, and disseminate solutions…
August 25, 2022
…Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego who made climate models become reliable as predictive tools, died Aug. 12 at his home in San Diego, Calif. He was 83. Barnett was already established as a pioneer who incorporated mathematics and statistical methodology into seasonal forecasts when in 2008, a prophetic…
May 24, 2023
Applying imaging technology to plant roots, researchers have developed a new understanding of chemicals that are responsible for plant growth. The chemical “roadmap” identifies where key molecules are distributed along corn roots and how their placement factors into the plant’s maturation.
August 6, 2024
Computer science Ph.D. student Naba Rizvi investigates the stereotypes about neurodiversity perpetuated by computer science research in a new study.
March 18, 2021
…aggressive, ongoing treatments at UC San Diego Health, he is being recognized as a recipient of the American Dental Education Association Foundation 2021 William J. Gies Awards for Vision, Innovation and Achievement in the Dental Educator category. L to R: Donna Silverstein (wife), Sharona Silverstein (daughter), Irvin Silverstein, Sarah Silverstein…
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 20, 2021
…Campus and Flexible Workforce UC San Diego is making plans for a safe and gradual return to full campus operations this fall. To ensure the ongoing safety and well-being of everyone in our campus community, decisions will continue to be guided by the science, data and modeling that made the…
October 26, 2011
…forces last week with UC San Diego Extension and acclaimed innovators on the West Coast for an inaugural forum that drew CEOs, venture capitalists, philanthropists and journalists to premiere venues in La Jolla, including the University of California, San Diego. The first in what is planned to be a series…
