April 29, 2021
…office and transferred to UC San Diego where she is now studying cognitive science with a specialization in design and interaction. A painting by Danielle Villa-Agustin, which represents the internal war between the warm strength of ambition and the cold weight of anxiety. Ultimately, it is ambition that wins. “I…
October 7, 2021
…count, though the World Health Organization estimates 2.5 million deaths are prevented each year due to vaccinations. In the time of COVID, the importance of vaccines has never been more obvious or pressing. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has killed more than 4.5 million people worldwide in less than two years, more…
August 6, 2020
…Housing and Fall Move-In UC San Diego’s fall plan is continually evolving, informed by the university’s Return to Learn program. We invited students, faculty and staff to submit their questions, including inquiries about what services are available during isolation housing, what move-in will look like this fall, as well as…
November 12, 2021
…by University of California San Diego and UCLA. Photo by Erik Jepsen/University Communications Can Ancient Botanical Therapies Help Treat COVID-19? A novel study is assessing whether medicinal mushrooms and Chinese herbs provide therapeutic benefit in treating acute COVID-19 infection. MACH-19 (Mushrooms and Chinese Herbs for COVID-19—a multi-center study led by…
March 18, 2021
…the University of California San Diego. Ye utilizes computational techniques to help during research with a goal to better understand medicine and biology. Nineteen-year-old Gordon Ye is a second-year pre-med student at the University of California San Diego, with studies focused on computer science and biomedical computation; however, that last…
September 8, 2021
SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, influenza, measles, and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold can all spread via aerosols that can build up in indoor air and linger for hours, an international, interdisciplinary team of researchers has reported in a review published in the journal Science.
April 21, 2016
…Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health. “Vice President Joe Biden’s commitment to allocate new resources to cancer research and his call to action that has brought experts, like our own María Elena Martínez, together is an opportunity to transform scientific discoveries and change how we prevent and treat…
April 30, 2020
…in the Corner: One-of-a-Kind Clinic Provides Hope for Treatment of Hoarding Disorder Climbing the steep gravel path to Ri Parrish’s house, a serene, empty silence hovers above the stark vistas surrounding the property, dotted and perfumed by occasional pine trees. More than 20 years ago, Parrish, a 66-year-old electronics engineer,…
September 30, 2021
…have not yet experienced UC San Diego’s vibrant student life. For sophomore Mae Riley, a history major at Revelle College, the energy at UnOlympics was exciting. “This is the first time I’m participating, and it was a little scary dancing in front of a big audience,” she said. “But it…
April 9, 2020
…Calls for U.S.-China Cooperation UC San Diego’s world-renowned scholars in U.S.-China studies explain what’s at stake The novel coronavirus has put the world in the midst of a once-in-a-century global health pandemic. In our increasingly globalized society, SARS-CoV-2 has crossed borders at a rapid pace, endangering the lives and livelihoods…
