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UC Announces Flu Vaccine Mandate for all Students and Faculty Amid Rise of Influenza and COVID-19 Cases Across San Diego County

November 13, 2022November 13, 2022Niloufar Shahbandi 1

The University of California issued a Flu Vaccine Mandate for students, faculty, other academic appointees, and staff who are living, learning, or working ...

Pneumonia-Fighting Microbots Developed by UC San Diego Researchers

October 23, 2022October 25, 2022Abby Lee 4

Researchers at UC San Diego have developed microscopic robots, otherwise known as microbots, to deliver antibiotics to treat potentially life-threatening pneumonia. These swimming ...

Why is the Military funding Science?

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021Katherine Getchell 2

Government entities are investing into research at UC San Diego. With the military entering the fray, scientists face the ethical ramifications of their ...

UCSD ITS Attempts to Address Exceptionally Poor Wi-Fi Quality

November 11, 2019January 12, 2020Shungo Najima

The UC San Diego Information Technology Services team has worked to improve Wi-Fi access in response to student complaints about poor Wi-Fi quality ...

UC San Diego Health’s Moores Cancer Center Launches first Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Cancer Treatment Worldwide

May 12, 2019May 13, 2019Rebeca Camacho 3

Derek Ruff, a San Diegan who was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic colon cancer, will be the first patient to participate in a ...

TritonEd to be Completely Phased Out by Spring of 2020

April 14, 2019Troy Tuquero

TritonEd, the learning management system currently used by UC San Diego students and faculty alike, is expected to be fully phased out and ...

UCSD Research Links Gut Bacteria to Brain Function

March 31, 2019Rebeca Camacho 4

The increasing attention directed at the study of the human microbiome is proving a widely responsive landscape to new discoveries in cognitive science. ...

UCSD Project to Repurpose Car Batteries, Receives Federal Funding

December 2, 2018December 2, 2018Madeline Leon

Under the U.S. Department of Energy, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy awarded the UC San Diego Center for Energy Research $2 million in ...

UCSD Researchers Receive Department of Defense Grant to Improve Binge Eating Treatment for Veterans

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018Andrew Ha 2

The Department of Defense awarded more than $3 million to a UC San Diego research team to treat military veterans who have a ...

SEDS UCSD Hosts National Conference in Fashion Valley

November 4, 2018Tyler Faurot

From Nov. 1 to Nov. 3, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space at UC San Diego hosted this year’s SpaceVision networking ...