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UC San Diego Undergraduates Forge New Area of Bioinformatics

July 2, 2008

UC San Diego Undergraduates Forge New Area of Bioinformatics

Undergraduate students from the University of California San Diego have forged a new area of bioinformatics that may improve genomic and proteomic annotations and unlock a collection of stubborn biological mysteries. Their work will be published in the July 2008 issue of the journal Genome Research. Full Story


Finding a Single Mechanism for Hypertension, Insulin Resistance, and Immune Suppression

June 30, 2008

Finding a Single Mechanism for Hypertension, Insulin Resistance, and Immune Suppression

Many of the 75 million Americans with essential hypertension also develop diabetes and other complications in addition to their high blood pressure, and researchers have discovered a common molecular mechanism in a strain of rat that explains why such metabolic disorders arise together in mammals. Full Story


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June 20, 2008

Jacobs School Ring Ceremony 2008

  More than 350 graduating seniors from the Jacobs School participated in the annual Ring Ceremony on Saturday, June 14. Full Story


University of California San Diego Students Take First, Second and Fourth Place at Prestigious Business Plan Competition

June 4, 2008

University of California San Diego Students Take First, Second and Fourth Place at Prestigious Business Plan Competition

Jacobs School students took first and second place in a prestigious business plan competition organized at the University of Southern California. Full Story


UC San Diego Entrepreneurship, May Madness and the Final Five

May 30, 2008

UC San Diego Entrepreneurship, May Madness and the Final Five

On Saturday May 31, 2008, five UC San Diego teams – including two from the Jacobs School of Engineering – will compete for $50,000 in cash prizes in a completely-student-run business plan competition called the UCSD $50K Entrepreneurship Competition. Full Story


UC San Diego Unveils Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics

May 29, 2008

UC San Diego Unveils Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics

Cymer Inc. has provided major sponsorship of a novel educational and research program at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering designed to train engineers to improve the performance of wide variety of industrial products and processes. The new Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics (CCSD), which will educate many of the finest students in the country in the field of controls, is designed to put UC San Diego’s Jacobs School on the fast track to industry partnerships in numerous high tech arenas. Full Story


Mad Dash for Trash, Then Junkyard Derby Bash

May 20, 2008

Mad Dash for Trash, Then Junkyard Derby Bash

 It's Junkyard Derby week at UC San Diego. The junkyard opens on Wednesday night, May 21 at 7:30 pm, and the races start on Friday at 11:30 AM. Full Story


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April 29, 2008

Hypersaline Hyperviscous Fluids Better Treatment for Severe Blood Loss

UC San Diego bioengineering researchers report in the journal Resuscitation that treatment of severe blood loss, which for decades has included large volumes of isotonic fluids that thin the blood, may be improved significantly with smaller volumes of highly salty water and viscosity enhancers that thicken blood. Full Story


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April 2, 2008

Joint Symposium: UC San Diego and National Yang Ming University

The Second Joint Symposium between the National Yang Ming University (NYMU) of Taiwan and UC San Diego will be held at UCSD on April 9-11 at UCSD’s Department of Bioengineering. Full Story


US News Ups Ranking of Jacobs School

March 27, 2008

US News Ups Ranking of Jacobs School

UC San Diego again was one of only a handful of universities to have both an engineering school and a medical school both ranked in the top 15 by US News annual ranking of graduate programs at colleges and universities. Full Story