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June 24, 2020
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Recent News
June 2020
Graduate Students Help Shape New Research Ethics Project - June 25th, 2020
2020 SURF Program Offers New Virtual Research Experiences - June 24th, 2020
UC San Diego Named Among Top 10 Public Universities for LGBTQ+ Students - June 23rd, 2020
Scripps Grad Student Recognized With a 2020 Sustainability Award - June 18th, 2020
Grad Student Researchers Help Develop Test Using LEGO to Assess Children's Ability to Visualize and Rotate 3D Shapes in Space - June 18th, 2020
Grad Student Researcher Finds that Blue Whales Are Arriving in Southern California Earlier and Earlier - June 17th, 2020
Two Scripps Oceanography Grad Students Honored for Exceptional Research - June 12th, 2020
Grad Student Researchers Help Create Natural Killer Cells - June 11th, 2020
Grad Students Poised to Tackle Environmental Challenges in ‘Hacking for the Oceans’ Course - June 4th, 2020
Grad Students Helped Develop a Nanosensor That Allows Unprecedented Access to Explore Mechanisms Related to Drought - June 1st, 2020
Grad Student Roboticist Designs Flexible Feet to Help Robots Walk Faster - June 1st, 2020
News Archive
2020
May 2020
A Day in the Life of a Remote Grad Student - May 29th, 2020
Grad Student Researchers Discover New Iridescent 'Elvis Worms' - May 28th, 2020
Geophysics Grad Student Fascinated by Ice-shelf Mass Change Pursues Research in Glaciology - May 27th, 2020
Grad Student Selected for Mentored Research Experience at Argonne National Laboratory - May 26th, 2020
Grad Student Recognized as 'MBA to Watch' - May 23rd, 2020
Grad Students Honored for Computer Science Paper that Impacted Auto Industry - May 18th, 2020
Grad Students Develop GPS-like System for Flexible Medical Robots - May 18th, 2020
Three PhD Students named Inaugural Arts & Humanities Interns - May 14th, 2020
Grad Student Researchers Discover Four New Species of Deep-Sea Dwellers - May 12th, 2020
Grad Student Researchers Help Turn Algae Leftovers into Renewable Products with Flare - May 11th, 2020
Chemistry Grad Students Develop 'Molecular Distancing' Method - May 7th, 2020
Scripps Grad Student Finds Connection Between Hatchery and Fish Microbiome - May 6th, 2020
Grad Student Develops Green Method for Hospitals - May 1st, 2020
April
Grad Student Discovers that Gut Microbes Influence How Rat Brains React to Opioids - April 27th, 2020
Grad Student Finds That Communities of Microbes Found to Have Working Memory - April 27th, 2020
UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Best in New Rankings - April 22, 2020
Grad Student Alum Recognized for Sucessful Chem Lab - April 17th, 2020
First Gen Grad Student Awarded Paul & Daisy Soro's Fellowship for New Americans - April 16th, 2020
Former Grad Student Researcher Uncovers Importance of Aligning Biological Clock - April 08, 2020
Grad Student Researchers Help Answer How Hawkfish Species Thrive on Remote Reefs - April 08, 2020
Deep Sea Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered by Scripps Grad Student Researchers - April 08, 2020
Grad Student Develops WiFi-Boosting ‘Smart Surface’ to Help Remote Learning - April 02, 2020
March
Biomedical Engineering Program Ranked 4th Best in America - March 31, 2020
Grad Student Pairs Up with 11th Grader for Science Fair - March 31, 2020
Grad Students Aid in COVID-19 Response by 3D-Printing Ventilators - March 26, 2020
Doctoral Programs Lauded by U.S. News and World Report - March 18, 2020
Grad Student Finds Way to Keep Lithium Batteries From Catching Fire - March 12, 2020
Grad Student Helps Develop Novel Method to Identify Cancer - March 11, 2020
Grad Student Astronomers Catch Rare Eclipse - March 9, 2020
A Better Connection for Graduate Student Housing Residents - March 5, 2020
UC-HBCU Initiative Increases Access to Grad School for Underrepresented Students - March 2, 2020
February
Grad Student Researchers Develop Framework that Improves Firefox Security - February 25, 2020
Joint Doctoral Student Named First SDSU Tribal Liaison - February 18, 2020
Collaborative Research Studies Abundance and Impact of Microplastics - February 13, 2020
Grad Students Travel Abroad to Empower Amputees - February 6, 2020
January
Ph.D. Alum and NASA Astronaut Calls Campus from Space Station - January 30, 2020
Grad Alum Named "True Triton" in Recognition of Sustained Service - January 30, 2020
Grad Student Startup Selected as Finalist in UC Pitch Contest - January 30, 2020
Grad Student Honored at 2020 Inclusive Excellence Awards - January 29, 2020
Ph.D. Student Develops New App to Detect Card Skimmers at Gas Pumps - January 27, 2020
Grad Student Engineers Mosquitoes to Repel Dengue Virus - January 16, 2020
M.F.A. Alum Jefferson Mays Wins "Best Actor" at 2020 Ovation Awards - January 14, 2020
Ph.D. Student Finds That Strained Crystals Could Improve Electronics - January 9, 2020
Rady School Launches FlexWeekend Master of Science in Business Analytics - January 7, 2020