May 4, 2017
…Build Better Birth Control,” engineering graduate student Geoff Hollett took first place at the UC San Diego Grad Slam competition held April 5. Now in its fourth year, the event challenges graduate students across campus to break down their research into bite-sized, jargon-free presentations that can be enjoyed by a…
December 12, 2022
Using models, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, describe using RNA-targeting CRISPR/Cas13d technology to develop a new therapeutic strategy that specifically eliminates toxic RNA that causes Huntington’s Disease.
May 5, 2016
At the outset of the 2015-2016 El Niño season, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego recognized that all the ingredients of a major event were in place.
May 28, 2020
…like their bedrooms and living rooms. Left to their own devices and ingenuity, these student employees share what it’s like to work from home. Annie Chen Fourth-year human biology major and First Gen Senior Peer Success Coach Annie Chen, a First Gen Senior Peer Success Coach with the Student Success…
January 8, 2015
…But Almutairi’s large bioresponsive materials lab in the UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is probably best known for designing and developing smart polymers, nanoparticles and hydrogels for many innovative medical and research applications. In one hot project she highlighted at Falling Walls, Almutairi’s team is…
August 25, 2022
…summer in science and engineering labs on the UC San Diego campus, getting hands-on experience conducting research, while also learning skills to apply to college and graduate school, immersing themselves in a new culture, and making friendships to last a lifetime. Estefanía Azcanio Muro, foreground, and Sofia Gandarilla look at…
April 13, 2017
…we breathe and provides materials for shelter, making life possible. Adam Engler Associate Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering Because government-sponsored science is all around us: in our phones, GPS devices, medicines. Yet the benefits of our science and engineering research go only as far as the public appreciates it. I…
April 4, 2019
…of Computer Science and Engineering and Chandler Puritty of Biological Sciences. “These five outstanding UC San Diego graduate scholars were selected from a dynamic group of nominees, all of whom demonstrate a commitment to the tenets of the Bouchet Society. I congratulate them each for their continued contribution to not…
September 14, 2023
The Mandeville Art Gallery, located on the campus of UC San Diego, presents “How We Gather,” a group exhibition that explores how contemporary artists approached the multifaceted meaning of solidarity in the context of the pandemic.
March 27, 2012
…Baker, a fifth-year electrical engineering Ph.D. student and vice president of internal affairs for UC San Diego’s Graduate Student Association. “Their research contributes to the amazing breakthroughs, technology and innovations that the university is known for.” Baker’s own research involves finding ways to make solar panels a more cost-effective energy…
