On the evening of Friday, May 17, 400 guests from UC San Diego and the local community gathered at the Jeannie Auditorium on the UC San Diego campus to hear Dr. Bernice A. King ponder society's yearning for change as she reflected on the legacy of her parents, Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
A UC San Diego team wants to create a company to give first responders and emergency room personnel a new, portable and cost-effective tool to rapidly diagnose stroke patients and speed treatment. The group's pitch was awarded first place in the 2024 National Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge.
UC San Diego Assistant Professor of Physics Mattia Serra and colleagues at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) have developed a new method that can manipulate the movement of embryonic cells using short-time attractors — a concept Serra had previously developed and adopted to help search and rescue operations at sea.
UC San Diego School of Medicine study shows that an adanced, surgical technique to treat a benign brain tumor improves hearing, balance, and quality of life.
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that can offer continuous, non-invasive monitoring of blood flow in the brain. The soft and stretchy patch can be comfortably worn on the temple to provide three-dimensional data on cerebral blood flow—a first in wearable technology.
CNBC, May 24
The New York Times, May 24
The Guardian, May 20
The Wall Street Journal, May 17
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With finals week on the horizon, consider breaking away from your usual routine to find a “new-to-you” study spot on campus. Here are 10 of UC San Diego Today’s most inviting picks.
The Hidden Opponent at UC San Diego is a student organization focused on breaking the stigma surrounding mental health in sports. Three members share their mental health stories to encourage others to join the conversation and advocate for the well-being of scholar-athletes.
Junior John Paculdo Koenigshofer is one of 20 students selected from 700 applicants across the nation to become a Key into Public Service Scholar by The Phi Beta Kappa Society, a national academic honor society that advocates for the value of a liberal arts and sciences education.
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