May 11, 2017
…take courses in software programming for virtual and augmented reality. Interest in Campus Virtual Reality Club Reaches All-Time High As president of the student-run Virtual Reality Club at UC San Diego, Connor Smith says VR interest is at an all-time high among undergraduate students at UC San Diego. “We were…
March 14, 2019
…When she was first transitioning from postdoctoral trainee to assistant professor in the UC San Diego School of Medicine, María Marquine, originally from Uruguay, found the many types of faculty—tenure-track, adjunct, in-residence, clinical and so on—confusing. So too were the “rules” for promotion from one level to the next within…
June 9, 2016
…a career as a program manager in Cisco System's customer advocacy department. For Sahota, graduating and starting a full-time job is the culmination of many years of hard work and perseverance. At age 10, he lost his mother to leukemia. Paying for college and graduate school would prove to be…
June 23, 2022
…of the startBlue Accelerator Program, an eight-month incubator for blue-tech startups. Adding to its long list of awards, Algeon also recently won first prize in the annual Triton Innovation Challenge competition for environmentally focused startups, which recognized the company’s strength for its mission to reduce plastic pollution and fight climate…
March 30, 2015
Working closely with other campus entities to translate ideas from the lab into products and companies in the marketplace, the Qualcomm Institute has launched an Innovation Space where qualified faculty startups, industry partners or national laboratories can lease office or lab space inside the research institute’s headquarters building on the…
November 18, 2021
…the community, as they transitioned from students to student-doctors. This ceremony is the latest in a series of recent initiatives by the School of Medicine to promote Native American recruitment, retention and educational programming. A sense of community pride was shared amongst the Native students, staff, faculty and local representatives…
December 11, 2013
The next phase in the evolution of high-tech displays is here, and this time, the term ‘leading edge’ isn’t just a catchy slogan, but an evocative description of the technology’s look and feel.
October 31, 2019
…“circadian hygiene,” they installed programmable black-out shades as a barrier against any stray light disrupting their nighttime slumber and to prevent premature morning awakenings. Golden also wears orange-tinted glasses before going to bed to block certain wavelengths of light and help ease the transition to sleep. In hotels, she and…
February 8, 2019
Walter Munk, who gave the Allies a strategic edge in World War II, helped nurture a university into existence, and became a living synonym for oceanography, died February 8 at his home in La Jolla, Calif. He was 101.
