UCSD News

UC San Diego Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant For Cutting-edge Research in Global Health

2013-05-21T12:46:43+00:00

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Greg G. Goldgof, a graduate student in UC San Diego’s Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and the Medical Science Training Program will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled “Outsmarting Malaria: Developing next generation anti-malarials that prevent the evolution of drug resistance.”

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New Center Targets Ocean Contaminants and Human Health

2013-05-21T10:25:48+00:00

Capitalizing on UC San Diego’s unique ability to address environmental threats to public health, a new center based at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will target emerging contaminants found naturally in common seafood dishes as well as man-made chemicals that accumulate in human breast milk.

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Entrepreneurial Undergrads Competing for Moxie Center’s Zahn Prize

2013-05-17T15:51:23+00:00

The Moxie Center for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship will host its grand opening May 20 at the University of California, San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering.

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Mathematicians Analyze Social Divisions Using Cell Phone Data

2013-05-16T13:31:39+00:00

Differences divide us. Human society fractures along lines defined by politics, religion, ethnicity, and perhaps most fundamentally, language. Although these differences contribute to the great variety of human lives, the partitions they create can lead to conflict and strife, impeding efforts toward social justice and economic development.

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Socrates Fellow Brings Coral Research to Local High School

2013-05-16T06:00:50+00:00

UC San Diego Energy Leader to Help Develop Sustainable Resources on the Island of Lāna’i

2013-05-16T06:00:37+00:00

The University of California, San Diego and Lānaʻi Resorts, LLC, announced today that Byron Washom, director of Strategic Energy Initiatives at UC San Diego, will lead a new initiative to transform the Hawaiian island of Lānaʻi into a model for sustainable energy.

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Cuatro Corridos: New Chamber Opera Takes Look at Issue of Sex Trafficking Along Border

2013-05-16T06:00:22+00:00

UC San Diego Alumni to Re-connect with Campus During 5th Annual Alumni Weekend June 6-9

2013-05-16T05:59:59+00:00

th Annual Alumni Weekend, June 6-9, where thousands of graduates will enjoy signature events designed to engage and inspire.]]>

Staff Members Lauded for Compassion, Dedication at Annual Exemplary Employee of Year Awards

2013-05-16T05:59:32+00:00

UC San Diego Creates Center for Brain Activity Mapping

2013-05-16T05:59:20+00:00

UC San Diego Student-Run Free Clinic Project Receives Boost as Part of May 16 Gala

2013-05-15T13:47:36+00:00

The UC San Diego Student-Run Free Clinic Project will host its 15th annual fundraiser gala, “Light up the Night” on Thursday, May 16.

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Market Assessment Developed by UC San Diego Students Positions Region to Boost Exports

2013-05-15T09:42:51+00:00

A recently released analysis, conducted and designed by students at the University of California, San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), reveals San Diego’s competitive strengths and opportunities to increase global competitiveness through exports of goods and services.

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Lights, Action, Camera, Roll-em: the Silent Films of the La Jolla Cinema League

2013-05-15T08:43:45+00:00

San Diego—with its spectacular coastal vistas, wide sandy beaches, and perpetually balmy weather—has long been a draw as a filming location for Hollywood motion picture studios.

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James Cameron to be Publicly Honored with Scripps Nierenberg Prize

2013-05-15T08:09:14+00:00

Ocean frontier explorer and world-renowned filmmaker James Cameron has been named by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2013 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.

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Top Origami Artist to Shed Light on Modern Science of Origami at May 22 Talk

2013-05-14T09:31:41+00:00

To many of us, origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding, is an artistic novelty, resulting in a cute miniature crane, frog, elephant or even a boat or a box. But, according to origami master Robert Lang, the algorithms and theorems of origami design have illuminated long-standing mathematical questions and have even solved practical engineering problems.

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Alexander Vardy Named First Jack Keil Wolf Chair in Electrical Engineering

2013-05-14T07:39:52+00:00

Electrical engineering Professor Alexander Vardy, a renowned researcher in information and coding theory, has been appointed as the first Jack Keil Wolf Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, San Diego.

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Survivor Beach to ‘SUP-port’ Quest to Conquer Cancer June 2

2013-05-13T14:39:04+00:00

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center will host the 7th annual Survivor Beach on Sunday, June 2. The event, which has become a La Jolla tradition, will feature a stand-up paddleboard (SUP) competition, beach festival with food trucks and more.

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Tumor-Activated Protein Promotes Cancer Spread

2013-05-13T13:51:17+00:00

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center report that cancers physically alter cells in the lymphatic system – a network of vessels that transports and stores immune cells throughout the body – to promote the spread of disease, a process called metastasis.

Higher Child Marriage Rates Associated with Higher Maternal and Infant Mortality

2013-05-13T12:16:30+00:00

Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, report researchers in the current online issue of the journal Violence Against Women.

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Three UC San Diego Undergraduates Awarded National Competitive Scholarships

2013-05-13T11:10:41+00:00

Kaylan Agnew, Neil Sapra and Chiara Ricci-Tam are the University of California, San Diego’s latest undergraduates to be recognized with national competitive scholarship awards.

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