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Designing Better Materials for the 21st Century
August 7, 2014

The U.S. Defense Department recently named Jian Luo, professor of nanoengineering and materials s...

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A taste of engineering for incoming freshmen
August 6, 2014

The four-day Summer PrEP program is organized by the IDEA Student Center at the Jacobs School of ...

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Learn to code while playing Minecraft
August 5, 2014

A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a softwar...

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UC San Diego Professor Awarded $300K for Mobile Health Lab-on-Chip Technology
August 4, 2014

University of California, San Diego Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Shaya Fainma...

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Tumor Suppressor Mutations Alone Don't Explain Deadly Cancer
August 1, 2014

Although mutations in a gene dubbed “the guardian of the genome” are widely recognized a...

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UC San Diego Engineering Graduates Aim For Game-Changing Green Chemistry
July 29, 2014

San Diego-based company Genomatica, co-founded by UC San Diego bioengineering alumnus Christophe ...

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Computer Science Ph.D. Student's 'Unconventional Odyssey' to SMART Fellowship
July 29, 2014

Natalie Larson has three years to finish her Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Calif...

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Jacobs School Faculty Among the World's Most Influential Scientists
July 28, 2014

Several Jacobs School professors have been named among the most influential scientists in the wor...

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Liangfang Zhang Receives Allan P. Colburn Award from AIChE
July 24, 2014

University of California, San Diego nanoengineering professor Liangfang Zhang has received the AIChE...

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Researchers discover cool-burning flames in space that could lead to better engines here on earth
July 24, 2014

A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of cool burning flames that could l...

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Qualcomm Institute Announces Seed Grants to Build Clusters in Brain, Medical and Robotics Research
July 18, 2014

The Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego has given the green light to 35 ne...

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A GEM of a Prize
July 17, 2014

Two physician-engineer teams from UC San Diego have been selected as the 2014 recipients of the G...

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Outstanding students, professor recognized at 2014 Ring Ceremony
July 3, 2014

More than 340 of this year’s 700 graduating seniors attended this year’s Ring Ceremon...

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SDSC's kc claffy Receives Annual IEEE Internet Award
July 3, 2014

kc claffy, the principal investigator and co-founder of the Center for Applied Internet Data Anal...

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Anouchka Mihaylova Bioengineering Award
June 27, 2014

An award for bioengineering students at UC San Diego has been created to honor Anouchka Mihaylova...

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