SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Challenges have emerged in the Isla Vista rental market, surrounding the University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) prompting some students to live in cars and hotels. In 2019, UCSB undergraduate enrollment reached an all-time high, with 23,349 students enrolled for the fall term. Undergraduate enrollment remained steady for the 2020-2021 school year with over…
University Housing Crisis Looms, Some UCSB Students Live in Cars and Hotels
UCSD Finds Technique That Could Boost Mapping of Cell Interiors
SAN DIEGO—Using a new artificial intelligence identifying method, researchers at the University of California–San Diego (UCSD) and their collaborators have taken a potentially significant leap forward in understanding human cells, according to a report published in the Nov. 24 issue of “Nature.” The pilot study—which combines microscopy, biochemistry techniques, and artificial intelligence in a technique known as…
UCSD and UCLA Host Clinical Study of Herbs, Mushrooms In Treating COVID-19
SAN DIEGO—University of California researchers announced on Nov. 12 that they, together with colleagues from other institutions, are assessing whether medicinal mushrooms and Chinese herbs can provide therapeutic benefit in treating acute COVID-19 infection. This research study, “Mushrooms and Chinese Herbs for COVID-19” (MACH-19), is a multi-center effort led by the University of California–San Diego (UCSD) and…
Bees Change Risky Behavior Depending on Colony Size: UCSD Study
SAN DIEGO—The size of a honey bee colony will impact how the colony makes potentially risky life-or-death decisions in the face of changing conditions, according to findings published Nov. 10 by researchers from the University of California–San Diego’s (UCSD) Division of Biological Sciences and Institute for Neural Computation. Working at a UCSD apiary, the researchers—including one from the Westphalian…
UCSD Student Who Died at Campus Dorm Identified
LA JOLLA, Calif.—A student at University of California–San Diego’s (UCSD) John Muir College who died in a fall at a campus dorm was identified today as Aaron Fan, 18, the San Diego County Medical Examiner said. Fan died at 3:31 a.m. Saturday at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla after being injured in a fall at…
UCSD Researchers Granted Nearly $30 Million To Expand Developing Brain Study
SAN DIEGO—The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $30 million over five years to researchers at the University of California–San Diego (UCSD) to expand and deepen longitudinal studies of the developing brain in children, it was announced on Oct. 14. Specifically, the funding will accelerate a larger effort to better understand how young brains and…
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