February 18, 2021
…full of complexities. The UC San Diego student’s eyes gaze back at the camera, her smile hidden by a mask and the iconic Geisel Library stands behind her without a soul in sight. But there’s hope in her work, too. As a first-year student, Nguyen has yet to experience a…
January 23, 2020
…But some researchers at UC San Diego are using technological advances to develop new ways to help patients retain not just their privacy, but also their autonomy and control over their own medical treatment. For Dr. Sara Browne, that is the most critical aspect of her research. As a professor…
May 1, 2012
…Two members of the UC San Diego faculty have won a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2012: Writer-performer Eileen Myles and economist James E. Rauch. Myles and Rauch join four others from the University of California, among 181 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada, who have been named Guggenheim…
October 7, 2021
…Global Public Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine and editor-in-chief of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. “The first is the perception among some members of the public that vaccines cause more harm than the diseases they are intended to prevent, both individually and collectively. This misconception is closely…
August 15, 2023
The Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) was one of the most innovative oceanographic research tools ever invented, but on Aug. 3, FLIP’s distinguished career finished its final chapter when it was towed to a dismantling and recycling facility, the costs to renovate it deemed too expensive.
November 14, 2019
…sleep medicine specialist at UC San Diego Health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been more than 1,800 cases of vaping-related lung injury and 37 deaths reported nationwide as of October 29, 2019. “The average age of these patients is 19,” said Malhotra. “They…
November 3, 2022
This season there are three prevalent respiratory viruses to be aware of—influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), all of which are transmitted via aerosols.
June 25, 2020
…the University of California San Diego. UC San Diego Ph.D. Candidate in Physics Sean Bearden. Photo courtesy of Sean Bearden Mentorship is nothing new for Bearden, who now works with Department of Physics Professor Massimiliano Di Ventra researching the application and development of memcomputing systems—a novel computing paradigm considered by…
August 11, 2022
…its rocky edges, in San Mateo County, California. Photo credit: yhelfman / iStock. The first study to analyze California’s coastal cliff retreat statewide using high-resolution data has found that cliffs receded faster in the north than elsewhere in the state during the study period. But the study, which covered 866…
April 28, 2016
…Wong. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Tom K. Wong almost didn’t graduate from high school. Wong was 16 when his parents first told him that he was an undocumented immigrant, and the news shattered him. “The rest of high school was just a joke,” he said. The honors…
