New statewide report led by UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy researchers examines climate change’s economic impacts; a second report from Scripps Institution of Oceanography takes a closer look at San Diego’s future.
To mark 75 years of leadership in scientific diving, Scripps Institution of Oceanography hosted the annual American Academy of Underwater Sciences Diving for Science Symposium from Oct. 5-10, 2026. Held on the Scripps campus, the program covered the past, present and future of sci-diving.
What happens when a researcher crosses continents to explore a new collection? For Yutong Li, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, four weeks at UC San Diego Library brought unexpected archival discoveries, fresh perspectives on her research, and new questions about China's history.
A new gift of $1 million from Sanjay and Charlene Srivastava to UC San Diego will support research on emerging artificial intelligence technologies to create more effective, accessible and personalized educational experiences.
Tannistha Sarkar, a PhD candidate in sociology at UC San Diego, studies what pain scores really communicate. Her research explores how patients interpret and describe pain, how doctors understand those accounts, and why the same number can mean very different things to different people.
Smithsonian Magazine, October 28
Marketplace, October 27
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Los Angeles Times, October 26
The Wall Street Journal, October 23
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It's fall, and the arts are calling. Explore world-premiere theatre and dance performances, film screenings, chamber music concerts, fused-glass workshops and more through ArtsConnect, the university's hub for creative experiences.
Over the past decade, the dining scene at UC San Diego has exploded, with a variety of new restaurants opening each year. That trend continues as several new restaurants debut this fall and in the months to come.
The Revive & Survive San Diego initiative reached its goal of training 1 million people in hands-only CPR, turning bystanders into lifesavers. Tim Winter’s collapse near Mission Beach and rescue by a bandmate shows why seconds matter — and how one CPR-trained person can change everything.
“Young adults are disproportionately choosing high-nicotine products, including within the same brands used by older adults, and that use is associated with substantially greater nicotine dependence. ”
“We are at a Copernican moment where we are questioning the very notion of whether general intelligence is uniquely human.”
“For researchers, the search for life beyond Earth is a serious scientific question with profound implications.”
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