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Physicists Go Out on a Limb to Advance AI Computing

May 7, 2020

UC San Diego research team uses quantum materials to create “neural trees” that mimic brain synapses

Anthony Davis Wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘The Central Park Five’ Opera

May 7, 2020

When composer Anthony Davis began creating an opera based on the 1989 case of five black and Latino men falsely convicted of a horrific crime in New York City—famously dubbed the Central Park Five—winning a Pulitzer Prize was the furthest thing from his mind.

Making Mental Health Priority No. 1 in the Month of May

May 7, 2020

Let’s face it: we’re stressed. The current COVID-19 pandemic has plunged us into a period of unparalleled change in the way we live, work, and learn. Worries about the public health crisis are coupled with deepening concerns about unprecedented job and financial losses.

The Show Must Go On(line)

May 7, 2020

Higher education institutions around the world are racing to transform their classes, meetings and events into effective virtual gatherings in light of the current coronavirus crisis. For UC San Diego, units across campus are turning this unexpected undertaking into a meaningful learning opportunity.

Health Care Heroes: UC San Diego Nurses Pour Hearts into Caring for Patients with COVID-19

May 7, 2020

It’s 7 p.m. when Stephanie Lichtwardt, R.N., receives a call from her 10-year-old son. She’s nearing the end of a 12-hour shift in the intensive monitoring unit at UC San Diego Medical Center. She worries. He doesn’t normally call at this time. She picks up.

Introducing the UC San Diego Return to Learn Program

May 5, 2020

Program makes COVID-19 testing available to thousands of students in effort to track the novel coronavirus and better position the campus to resume in-person activities in the fall.

How are You Doing? Researchers Hope to Measure Well-Being at Global Scale

May 5, 2020

With website, UC San Diego School of Medicine scientists will monitor health and well-being during and after pandemic.

$55M NIH Grant Advances Clinical and Translational Research at UC San Diego

May 4, 2020

The Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute at University of California San Diego has received a five-year, $54.7 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health.

UC San Diego Health Offers Virtual Appointments to Patients with COVID-19

May 4, 2020

UC San Diego Health now offers a telemedicine clinic to help patients with COVID-19 recover at home.

Exercise Boosts Motor Skill Learning Via Changes in Brain’s Transmitters

May 4, 2020

Comparing the brains of mice that exercised with those that did not, UC San Diego researchers found that specific neurons switched their chemical signals, called neurotransmitters, following exercise, leading to improved learning for motor-skill acquisition.
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