October 15, 2018
October 15, 2018 —
Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at UC San Diego Health, professor of medicine and associate dean for informatics and technology at the School of Medicine, and a founding faculty member of UC San Diego Halicioğlu Data Science Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
October 12, 2018
October 12, 2018 —
Tamara Strauss has been living with high-grade, stage IV pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer for more than three years. Current treatments, although effective for her, are highly toxic. Tamara enrolled in a first-of-its-kind, pilot study at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health to test a personalized vaccine using her unique cancer mutations to boost an anti-tumor immune response.
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018 —
The UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts welcomes the return of celebrated artist Carrie Mae Weems, a distinguished alum who received her MFA from the department in 1984. Weems’ visit anchors a dynamic fall lineup of guests meant to engage and inspire an active student population and artistic community on campus.
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018 —
The American Physical Society (APS) recently announced its 2018 fellowship class with a 77 percent increase in the number of women compared to last year’s class. According to the APS, this is the most women elected as fellows since tracking the number of females nominated and elected began in 2015, when just 13 percent of fellows were women.
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018 —
Samsung and the University of California San Diego recently signed a major license agreement for the telecommunications industry, for a standard-essential error-correction technology developed by engineers from the Jacobs School of Engineering. This new technology plays a key role in the 5G wireless communications standard, where it is used to encode and decode polar codes. Polar codes have been recently ratified as part of the 5G New Radio enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) standard, with commercial deployments expected in 2019 to eventually penetrate hundreds of millions of wireless devices.
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018 —
It’s one thing to learn about computer vision, machine learning, control systems, neural networks and tools like Python and TensorFlow in lectures, books or videos. It’s another to learn these skills by actually using them to build and test small autonomous vehicles. That’s what students are doing in a hands-on engineering class at the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California San Diego.
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018 —
This fall, ArtPower enters its 15th anniversary season at UC San Diego. The dynamic music, dance and theater series, launched in 2003, has continued to energize the cultural and artistic experiences of the university community.
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018 —
Hector Enriquez first visited UC San Diego when he was 12 years old as part of a summer program. During his free time, he would explore the campus and envision himself as a student. A year later, he learned that if he succeeded in his classes and was admitted to UC San Diego, he could be awarded a Chancellor’s Associates Scholarship, which would cover his full tuition and housing costs. This fall, his dream came true. Enriquez is the first in his family to attend college, and he is already inspiring his siblings to follow in the same path.
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018 —
These four remarkable individuals all have two things in common: they played significant roles in making UC San Diego the top-ranked university it is today and they will be honored as recipients of the 2018 Revelle Medal. This year’s Revelle Medalists are Marye Anne Fox; John B. West, M.D.; Robert Conn; and Sanford (Sandy) Lakoff.
October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018 —
For those on the autism spectrum, getting hired for a job can be a daunting step, especially the interview process. Often, social anxiety and a preference for routine make it difficult for autistic people to communicate their skills and make big life transitions. UC San Diego neuroscientist Leanne Chukoskie recognized an opportunity to help local autistic young adults—an underrepresented population in the STEM field—build their social skills and professional resume.
