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Say Hello to TritonGPT

March 19, 2024

There's a new bot on campus. Meet TritonGPT—UC San Diego's specialized artificial intelligence-powered information and resource assistant.

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.

$1 Million Endowment Gift Supports Annual Human Milk Institute Symposium

March 18, 2024

A new $1 million gift will create an endowment to support the annual Human Milk Symposium symposium, which brings together some of the world’s leading breastfeeding and human milk experts for knowledge exchange and visioning.

Students Meet Their Match

March 15, 2024

On Friday, fourth-year medical school students nationwide learned where they matched for residency training. At UC San Diego, 141 medical students matched, with 77% of them remaining in California for their graduate medical training.

New Imaging Tool Advances Study of Lipid Biology

March 14, 2024

From flies to humans, there are many types lipids operating at once. Now, a team led by UC San Diego bioengineers presents what they believe is the first method for distinguishing multiple lipid subtypes in cells and tissue samples by using nondestructive label-free optical imaging methods.

How Fear Unfolds inside Our Brains

March 14, 2024

The stress-induced mechanisms that cause our brain to produce feelings of fear in the absence of threats — such as in PTSD — mostly have been a mystery. Now, neurobiologists have identified the changes in brain biochemistry and mapped the neural circuitry that cause generalized fear experiences.

AI Fire-Detection Tool Awarded for “Innovations in Networking” by CENIC

March 14, 2024

The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) named the AI fire -detection tool created by UC San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia program, CAL FIRE, and industry partner DigitalPath the winner of the 2024 Innovations in Networking Award for Innovation in Public Safety.

Broadening Access to Bridge the Gap between Data Innovation and Computing Infrastructure

March 14, 2024

The San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego and the University of Utah have announced a national-scale pilot project, called the National Data Platform, aimed at a service ecosystem to make access to and use of scientific data open and equitable across a broad range of communities.

From Idea to Impact: Meet the Recipients of the Inaugural Chancellor’s Innovation Awards

March 14, 2024

The forward-thinking innovators behind Vektor Medical and FjordPhyto took home the top prizes during UC San Diego's inaugural Chancellor's Innovation Awards celebration, highlighting the university's diverse entrepreneurial campus culture.

Nierenberg Prize Awarded to Biochemist Katalin Karikó for Pioneering Research on COVID-19 Vaccines

March 14, 2024

Hungarian-American biochemist and researcher Katalin Karikó has been selected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2023 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.
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