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3 weeks ago | 
today.ucsd.edu | Phoebe Skok |Mika Ono
Published Date May 14, 2025 Article Content Professor Emeritus Peter Asbeck doesn’t often step into the spotlight.
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2 months ago | 
today.ucsd.edu | Phoebe Skok |Mika Ono
Published Date March 19, 2025 Article Content Shaya Fainman, a distinguished professor in the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and member of the Qualcomm Institute’s (QI) Executive Council, has been a driving force in photonics research for over four decades. During his time at UC San Diego, Fainman has helped establish the QI’s Nano3 Nanofabrication Cleanroom Facility and the Chip-scale Photonics Testing...
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2 months ago | 
today.ucsd.edu | Phoebe Skok |Mika Ono
Through California DREAMS, the first part of this process — developing a new technology — can happen in a mere two years. But making the transition to industry readiness can take at least another two years, often more. “For the five-year project, we continue to evaluate each new technology, as well as new opportunities,” Lo said. The evaluation process includes testing and fine-tuning every project and working with partners to further develop capabilities.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
today.ucsd.edu | Phoebe Skok |Mika Ono
Published Date January 15, 2025 Article Content Distinguished Professor Thomas E.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
today.ucsd.edu | Mika Ono
Article Content A new study from scientists at the University of California San Diego introduces a powerful new approach to understanding the operation of crisis pregnancy centers, non-profit organizations dedicated to an anti-abortion agenda. The study published in JAMA Internal Medicine provides the first account of the practices of crisis pregnancy centers (CPC) operating in the United States.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
today.ucsd.edu | Mika Ono
Published Date November 12, 2024 Article Content A recent event opened “Three Lives,” an exhibit at Gallery QI that is part of the larger EMBODIED PACIFIC exhibition across UC San Diego and beyond. “Three Lives” focuses on Easter Ellen Cupp, June Grace Pattullo and Anita Smith Hall, who contributed to oceanography before women were accepted in the field. In the Gallery QI exhibit in Atkinson Hall, works by artists Amy Adler, Nicolas G. Miller, Johnnie Chatman and Jeffrey Stuker shed light on...
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
today.ucsd.edu | Mika Ono
Published Date November 01, 2024 Article Content On October 10, the Qualcomm Institute (QI) at UC San Diego hosted the CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research Innovations, bringing together leading professionals, researchers, and academics to explore the latest advances in healthcare, mental health and medical research. “[This workshop] is an opportunity to get stimulated in the ways in which we can address the challenges that await us,” said QI Director Ramesh Rao, who is also interim...
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
today.ucsd.edu | Mika Ono
Published Date September 06, 2024 Article Content Enthusiasm, hard work and talent were on display at the end-of-summer Neurodiversity in Tech internship showcase at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute’s (QI) Atkinson Hall. The 18 interns presented their summer’s work creating educational video games to a crowd of enthusiastic supporters, clients, family members and funders. “You might ask, ‘Why are we doing this?’” said Pamela Cosman, the program’s director and professor in the Department of...
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
today.ucsd.edu | Xochitl Rojas-Rocha |Mika Ono
Article Content As a boy, Zhaowei Liu entertained himself by stargazing, curious about how light could cross mind-boggling distances to reach Earth. Today, Liu’s interest in light remains, albeit traveling at smaller intervals. In his laboratory at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Liu manipulates the physics of light to create new optical materials for more powerful microscopes.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
today.ucsd.edu | Mika Ono
Article Content Within the last generation, life-changing technologies such as the internet, smart phones, genetic engineering and artificial intelligence have become commonplace. But many questions about these developments remain unanswered: What are their effects, positive and negative? How can we maximize benefits while minimizing dangers? What values should we draw on when faced with balancing these choices?
