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A Trusted Prostate Cancer Resource For Patients
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among men in the U.S., with more than 330,000 cases expected to be diagnosed in 2026, according to urologic cancer specialist Matthew R. Cooperberg, M.D. UCTV has distributed more than 125 programs about prostate cancer for patients and their loved ones as part of UCSF’s annual…
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How Stem Cell Aging Can Lead to Precancer and Leukemia
Stem cell aging can contribute to precancer and cancer when inflammation and other forms of stress disrupt the controls that keep blood-forming stem cells stable. In this program, Catriona Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D., of UC San Diego explains how these changes can drive myeloproliferative neoplasms toward acute myeloid leukemia and why spaceflight helps researchers study the…
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Building Beautifully and Wisely in Fire Country
In this program, San Diego architect Drew Hubbell approaches sustainable design from lived experience. He grew up on a property near Julian, California, where his parents, including his late father, noted artist and architectural designer James Hubbell, built experimental structures with adobe, stone, mosaic, reclaimed cedar, and other local materials. In 2003, the Cedar Fire…
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Sexual Health, Satisfaction, and Healthy Aging
In this program, healthy aging is considered beyond preserving physical function, maintaining cognitive ability, and supporting independence for as long as possible. Annie L. Nguyen, Ph.D., M.P.H., at UC San Diego, looks at aging through a different lens: sexual health and sexual well-being. Her central question is not whether change happens, but whether change automatically…
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Bill McKibben on Facing Climate Change Without Giving Up
In this program, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben does not soften the reality of climate change. “Look, the things that we warned about in the 1980s, they’ve all pretty much happened now. We’ve watched the climate crisis play out more or less as we thought it would, in fact, a little faster and a little…
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From Tool to Teammate: How AI Is Changing Business
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how businesses use data, make decisions, and organize work. In this program, UC San Diego Rady School of Management’s Thomas Beyer traces that shift through several stages of business analytics, from the early push to digitize and collect as much data as possible to today’s growing interest in more proactive AI…
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How Genetics Is Changing Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Alzheimer’s disease research is changing how scientists understand the long path from early brain changes to memory loss. In this program, John Hardy, Ph.D., University College London Institute of Neurology, explains how genetics helps reveal where neurodegenerative disease begins, not only where it ends. Hardy traces how studies of inherited Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid, presenilin, tau,…
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Kyoto Prize: Three Laureates, Three Ways of Expanding Human Knowledge
The Kyoto Prize Symposium features three laureates whose work spans ethics, life sciences, and information technology. Across very different fields, the laureates highlight research that reshapes how we understand human behavior, biological development, and intelligent systems. As Dr. Kazuo Inamori, founder of the Kyoto Prize, puts it: “A human being has no higher calling than…
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What Responsible Healthcare AI Requires
Artificial intelligence is changing how healthcare research and clinical care are delivered, but the most important questions are not only technical. They are also ethical, legal, and social. As AI tools move from research settings into healthcare environments, clinicians, researchers, and administrators need better ways to evaluate how these systems affect access, fairness, transparency, trustworthiness,…
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Mi Camino: A Look at the Paths of Latinx/Chicanx Scholars
College-going looks different for everyone. For young Latinx/Chicanx scholars, there has long been a need to see people and hear stories that resonate with their lived experiences. Through the stories found in Mi Universidad, these students can connect with the paths of those who came before them like never before. Mi Universidad, a platform within…
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