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Martin Luther King III Shares the Power of Gratitude with Preuss Students

March 2, 2023

Martin Luther King III recently spoke to students from The Preuss School UC San Diego at an event organized as part of Say It Now. Over a thousand K-12 students, faculty and staff united at La Jolla Country Day for the event, which was centered on the power of gratitude.

UC San Diego Alumni Announces 2017 Honorees

February 2, 2017

…premiered Off-Broadway at the Woman’s Project Theatre where it received critical praise. Axler has also written for several popular television shows, including “How I Met Your Mother,” “New Girl” and “Parks and Recreation.” Gary Darmstadt Gary Darmstadt, MD ’89, School of Medicine Leading scholar in global public health Associate Dean…

All-Female Science Party Aboard R/V Sally Ride Continues 71-year CalCOFI Measurement Series

August 27, 2020

…iconic science program Many women of our generation entering careers in marine science take for granted that we will be given the same opportunities and respect as men receive. Less than a decade before most of us were born, astronaut Sally Ride made history as the first American woman ever…

Salary Transparencies Spur Universities to Pay Females More Equitably

January 17, 2023

Publicly available salary information prompts organizations to reduce the gender pay gap, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.

UC San Diego Computer Scientist Honored for Excellence in Semiconductor Design Research

November 17, 2022

UC San Diego professor Tajana Šimunić Rosing will receive the 2022 University Research Award from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) for excellence in semiconductor design research, becoming the first woman recipient in the category.

Iranian Master Vocalist ‘Parissa’ to Fill New UC San Diego Visiting Professorship

March 13, 2017

The University of California San Diego’s Division of Arts and Humanities is welcoming its first visiting artist under the newly established Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. “Parissa,” Iran’s most distinguished female vocalist, will visit UC San Diego during the first part of spring quarter to share her deep knowledge of the…

Maintaining Stable Weight Increases Longevity Among Older Women

August 29, 2023

UC San Diego researchers investigated the associations of weight changes later in life with exceptional longevity and found that women who maintained their body weight after age 60 were more likely to reach longevity.

Detecting Fetal Chromosomal Defects Without Risk

May 6, 2014

A team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and in China describe a new benchtop semiconductor sequencing procedure and newly developed bioinformatics software tools that are fast, accurate, portable, less expensive and can be completed without harm to mother or fetus.

Celebrating 25 Years of the Women’s Center

March 3, 2022

…25 Years of the Women’s Center The Women’s Center is one of six campus community centers where students, staff, faculty and alumni are invited to explore their identities and learn about the complex ways we experience gender. Photo by Erik Jepsen/University Communications. The first unofficial Women’s Resource Center was small…

FAK Protein Linked to Chemotherapy Resistance in Ovarian Cancer

September 3, 2019

A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study links changes in the gene for the protein focal adhesion kinase, or FAK, to ovarian cancer’s ability to survive chemotherapy.

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