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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.

UC San Diego Women’s Basketball Team Awarded No. 1 Seed in NCAA Division II West Regional Field

March 6, 2012

UC San Diego Women’s Basketball Team Awarded No. 1 Seed in NCAA Division II West Regional Field Campus to Host Eight-Team Matchup Beginning Friday The top-ranked Tritons will stay home for the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications After recording an overall record of…

Campus Conference Welcomes Undergraduate Women in Physics

January 21, 2016

…Campus Conference Welcomes Undergraduate Women in Physics At a time when women remain underrepresented in the sciences and a student can still complete a physics degree without taking a class in her major led by a female professor, UC San Diego welcomed nearly 200 students to a conference for undergraduate…

Diversifying the Ranks of Future Faculty

October 25, 2022

More than 40 graduate students from schools around the country recently gathered on UC San Diego’s campus for the NextProf Pathfinder workshop, meant to prepare and inspire the widest swath possible of engineering graduate students to seriously consider careers as professors.

Pandemic Lockdowns Had Severe Mental Health Consequences for Women in the Developing World

March 31, 2022

While potentially crucial to preventing the spread of COVID-19, lockdowns are associated with increased rates of depression and anxiety as well as food insecurity among women in India and other parts of the developing world, according to a new research. Credit: Travel Wild/iStock.

Randol Schoenberg, the Man Behind Woman in Gold Movie to Speak May 6

April 20, 2015

…experiences are the subject of a newly released movie, Woman in Gold, which he will discuss at the May 6 Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW) event, sponsored by Phyllis and Daniel Epstein. HLWH is a collaboration between the UC San Diego Library and the Jewish Studies program.

Cognitive Science Researcher Establishes UC San Diego’s First Fellowship in the Field

May 28, 2024

Susan Chipman, a pioneer in the field of cognitive science, has pledged a $1 million planned gift to the University of California San Diego’s Department of Cognitive Science. The Susan E.F. Chipman and Robert G. Fitzgerald Graduate Fellowship Fund in Cognitive Science is the first of its kind in the…

Engineering Alumna Becomes Newest NASA Astronaut

March 19, 2024

Deniz Burnham, who earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, became one of NASA’s newest astronauts on March 5.

Top-ranked Women’s Basketball Team Extends Winning Streak to 18 Games

January 24, 2012

Top-ranked Women’s Basketball Team Extends Winning Streak to 18 Games UCSD held Humboldt State to a season-low 49 points on Saturday night. Courtesy: Jimmy Gekas/Sideline Studios Daisy Feder scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures as the No. 1 UC San Diego women’s basketball team blew by…

Invasive Bladder Testing Before Incontinence Surgery May Be Unnecessary

May 2, 2012

…tests commonly performed on women before surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) may not be necessary, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine and the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. The study, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be released online May…

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