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July 16, 2026
Bioengineering Alumnus Launches Venture Capital Fund Focused on San Diego MedTech Startups
Alumnus Garrett Smith is bringing his decades of experience across the innovation ecosystem back to San Diego, as founding managing partner of recently launched ReefHaven Ventures. The San Diego-focused venture capital fund is dedicated to early-stage medical technology startups, and, crucially, reinvesting back into the local innovation ecosystem. Full Story
July 15, 2026
Drug Candidate Could Help L-Dopa Work Better for Patients with Parkinson’s
For Parkinson's patients, the drug that restores movement can stop working reliably and cause involuntary movements of its own. A new candidate from UC San Diego-born biotech Sinopia Biosciences may fix both — boosting L-dopa's benefits while easing dyskinesia. Full Story
July 13, 2026
Open-Access Genetic Map Provides Reference for What Almost Every Stem Cell Gene Does
Bioengineers have developed a genome-scale reference map that details how individual genes control the functions and identities of human stem cells. This open-access resource could help researchers build virtual cell models for complex diseases, as well as design patient-specific treatments for these diseases. Full Story
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June 9, 2026
Outstanding engineering, computer science undergraduates honored with Awards of Excellence
These six students were selected from the more than 1,300 graduating undergraduates in the Jacobs School of Engineering class of 2026 to receive Awards of Excellence from their academic department. Full Story
April 23, 2026
Six New Projects Are Empowering Early-Career Engineering and Computer Science Faculty
Six teams from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been awarded funding to accelerate interdisciplinary research collaborations that include an early-career faculty member. The big idea is to empower early-career faculty to build interdisciplinary research collaborations to the point that they are competitive for multi-year external funding. The effort is funded by Irwin Jacobs and his late wife, Joan. Full Story
April 21, 2026
MRI and Augmented Reality for Better Back Pain Surgery Wins at Research Expo 2026
Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Songyuan Lu won the grand prize at this year’s Research Expo, where more than 150 students presented their research posters across the six departments at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. Lu’s work focuses on computer-assisted surgery using MRI and augmented reality. Full Story
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April 16, 2026
Bioengineering Alumni are Running for ALS
From bioengineering graduate students at UC San Diego, to the streets of Washington D.C. for the Marine Corps Marathon, UC San Diego bioengineering alumni Scott Dorfman and Tatsuya (Tats) Arai have forged a life-long friendship. And now, they’re running together again, this time in the Boston Marathon on April 20, to support a cause that hits close to home: ALS organizations. Full Story
April 13, 2026
Two UC San Diego Bioengineers Named AIMBE Fellows
Two bioengineering faculty at UC San Diego were inducted into the 2026 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Full Story
April 7, 2026
On the Rise: Jacobs School Ranks #9 Best Engineering School in the Nation
The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is ranked the #9 engineering school in the nation in the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Rankings of Best Engineering Schools. This is up from #10 last year. Full Story
March 26, 2026
Eight UC San Diego Researchers Elected 2025 AAAS Fellows
Eight researchers at the University of California San Diego have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Andrew D. Chisholm, Farinaz Koushanfar, Albert P. Pisano, Ravi Ramamoorthi, JoAnn Trejo, Emily Troemel, Meenakshi Wadhwa and Sheng Zhong. Full Story