UCSD News

Zahn Prize Competition gives undergraduates the opportunity, mentoring to launch startups

2013-05-24T13:40:14+00:00

It was standing room only at the grand opening of the Moxie Center for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship as 10 undergraduate student teams waited to see who among them would win one of three Zahn prizes, for a total of $10,000 in cash to help them bring their products to market.

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SDSC’s CIPRES Science Gateway Receives $1.5 Million National Science Foundation Award

2013-05-23T09:21:31+00:00

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego has received a $1.5 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make access to supercomputing resources simpler and more flexible for phylogenetics researchers.

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UC San Diego’s Federal Research Funding Among Top 10 in Nation Despite Campus’s Relative Youth

2013-05-23T06:00:42+00:00

Sun God Festival Draws Sell-out Crowd

2013-05-23T06:00:42+00:00

Join Us for the Triton 5K on June 8

2013-05-23T06:00:32+00:00

The campus community and general public are invited to join Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla on June 8 for the Triton 5K, where participants will run/walk past campus icons and renowned art pieces in a 3.1 mile race.

Ten Hellman Faculty Fellows Named for 2013-2014

2013-05-23T06:00:27+00:00

UC San Diego Achieves ‘Gold’ STARS Sustainability Rating

2013-05-23T06:00:04+00:00

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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