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August 16, 2005
UCSD Named 'Hottest for Science' by Newsweek Guide
August 16, 2005--The University of California, San Diego, long regarded as one of the nation’s premier research universities, has been named the “hottest” institution in the country for students to study science by Newsweek and the 2006 Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide. Full Story
August 9, 2005
COSMOS Experience Ends on a High Note for High School Students at UCSD
The 83 students participating in the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) program left the UCSD campus over the weekend, after showcasing their work for industry and family members at a Student Research Expo. In 2005 UCSD became the fourth UC campus after Irvine, Davis and Santa Cruz to host the COSMOS program. Full Story
August 8, 2005
Von Liebig Center Funds Five New Projects
The von Liebig Center awards more than $200,000 to five projects led by five professors at the Jacobs School of Engineering. Full Story
August 1, 2005
Researchers in Australia Perform Microsurgery in California over the Internet
Scientists from UC Irvine, UC San Diego and the University of Queensland have performed laser surgery and “optical trapping” via the Internet, producing surgical holes in a distinct pattern of less than one micron in diameter in single cells. Full Story
July 12, 2005
San Diego Startup Company To Commercialize UCSD Technology to Treat Shock and Inflammatory Diseases
UCSD has signed an agreement with a San Diego startup company to license technologies developed in the Jacobs School of Engineering that hold promise for the treatment of shock and acute inflammatory diseases Full Story
June 21, 2005
Starting Salaries Offered to UCSD Engineering Graduates Rise to $51,000-to-$55,000 Range
UCSD engineering students graduating this spring with baccalaureate degrees are receiving significantly higher starting salaries than their peers garnered last year. An annual survey by the Jacobs School of Engineering of its seniors found that the median starting salary this year for those joining the workforce will be in the $51,000-to-$55,000 range. Full Story
June 17, 2005
UCSD Undergraduates Selected to Research Cyberinfrastructure at Pacific Rim Universities
Thirteen students from the Jacobs School will leave next week for research institutions in Japan, Taiwan, China and Australia as part of the PRIME program to give the undergraduates summer-long research experiences in global cyber infrastructure-related fields. Full Story
May 27, 2005
Six Jacobs School Undergraduates Represent UCSD at Statewide Research Symposium
Six Jacobs School of Engineering students were among the nine UCSD undergraduates who presented their research at the annual California Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (CAMP) Symposium. Full Story
May 23, 2005
Entrepreurial Engineering Students Stage Sell-Out Biotechnology Conference
Engineering students played a leading role in a biotech conference staged on May 21 by the UCSD student organization VentureForth, which brought together top academic and industry speakers to talk about biotechnology entrepreneurship. Full Story
May 6, 2005
Researchers Map Circuitry of Yeast Genes Using Technique That Could Be Applied to Humans
Researchers at UCSD have invented a technique that organizes the genetic information contained in the 16 chromosomes of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae into a wiring diagram resembling an electronic circuit board. In a paper published in the May issue of Nature Biotechnology, professor Trey Ideker and graduate student Ryan Kelley reported that their new approach allowed them to predict new functions for 343 yeast proteins based on their positions in the new wiring diagram. Full Story