April 3, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 2
By Jessica Hilt. The Geisel Library is one of the busiest places on the UC San Diego campus, especially during finals week. Students pack the tables, group study rooms, and couches. But the space isn’t the only reason. It’s also…
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The application deadline for UC’s 2019 Sautter Awards for Innovation in Information Technology is on May 3, just one month from today! To apply, read the program description, listen to a recording about how to write a winning Sautter application,…
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March 6, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Jeané Blunt. The University of California is the world’s leading public research university system. Our students, faculty, staff and alumni exchange ideas, make advancements and unlock the secrets and mysteries of the universe every day. It’s no wonder that…
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A consortium consisting of UC Riverside, UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, together with Los Alamos National Laboratory, was awarded $3.6 million for a three-year project, “Securing smart campuses: a holistic multi-layer approach,” through the 2018 UC Laboratory…
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February 27, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
by Leslie Yuan and Anirvan Chatterjee UCSF launched its new Clinical Trials website in late 2016 (see blog article). Developed by the Research Technology team in the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), the site makes it easy for UCSF patients, doctors, and researchers to find, learn about, and engage with…
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February 20, 2019 All Articles 0
Engineers have developed printable metal tags that could be attached to everyday objects and turn them into “smart” Internet of Things devices. The metal tags are made from patterns of copper foil printed onto thin, flexible, paper-like substrates and are…
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February 20, 2019 All Articles 0
The 2019 Population Health Bootcamp will be held at UC San Diego on March 15 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Register before March 10 to attend this annual conference! Come learn from speakers from across the University of…
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December 19, 2018 All Articles 0
By Susan Rambo. CENIC — the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California — wants to connect the state of California into one giant wireless mesh network. With 20 million users, non-profit network operator CENIC (pronounced “scenic”) may be in a good position…
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December 12, 2018 All Articles 0
By Marissa Ventura. They came from across the country to dream up ideas, using technology, to improve patient engagement and their experience in today’s health-care system. Whether it involved crowd-sourcing, blockchain technology, or Alexa skills, more than 200 undergraduate and…
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November 28, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Amy Sitapati, Brian Clay, and Marlene Millen. Thanks in no small part to digitization, medicine today is much different than the medicine of yesterday. Plenty has already been written about how electronic health record (EHR) systems amplify the time,…
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