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Three UC San Diego Professors Inducted Into the National Academy of Inventors for 2025

Three professors at the University of California San Diego have been elected to the 2025 Class of Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI): Ping Liu, Bernhard Palsson and Alan Saltiel. They are recognized for their innovations in sustainable manufacturing, batteries and metabolic research.

Twenty-Five Years of Fostering Changemakers

For a quarter of a century, the University of California Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS) has empowered students systemwide with the experiences, skills and support necessary to meet California's continuing scientific, economic and social challenges.

How ‘Rage Bait’ Surged to Word of the Year in 2025

Oxford’s choice of “rage bait” as the 2025 Word of the Year reflects just how much of our culture now unfolds online — and how strongly anger, anxiety and moral judgment drive engagement. Two experts in the School of Social Sciences weigh in on how the term caught on and what it reveals about us.

‘Why Ecosystems Matter’ Authored by Biological Sciences Professor Wins Book of the Year

School of Biological Sciences Professor Christopher Wills’ book describing ecosystem insights from across the globe, “Why Ecosystems Matter, Preserving the Key to Our Survival,” has been honored with the 2025 Marsh Book of the Year Award from the British Ecological Society.

CaliBaja Higher Education Consortium Officially Launches

The University of California San Diego is joining a new alliance uniting higher education institutions from California and Baja California, the CaliBaja Higher Education Consortium (CHEC).

Triton to Triton: Honoring Bravery, Creativity and the Power of Community

During UC San Diego’s recent 2025 Illustrious Alumni Awards celebration in Los Angeles, Christopher Siok '96 was recognized with Triton Hero Award, designed by fellow alumnus and glass artist Tim Carey '96.

Three-Hit Model Describes the Causes of Autism

A new UC San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic predispositions and environmental exposures converge to cause autism spectrum disorder.

How the Immune System Stalls Weight Loss

UC San Diego researchers have discovered that immune cells in the blood play a key role in preventing excess weight loss; results could help yield new approaches to obesity and other metabolic disorders.

The Shock of a Lifetime: A Conversation with UC San Diego’s Newest Nobel Laureate Alumnus

Ahead of the Nobel Prize Award ceremony on Dec. 10, biochemistry and cell biology graduate Fred Ramsdell discusses his time at UC San Diego, his Nobel Prize-winning research in immunology and the consequences of federal funding threats to American science.

From Pong to PlayStation: This Class Uses Gaming to Teach Computer Science

A class titled “A Technical History of Video Games," taught and created by Niema Moshiri, a computer science teaching faculty member, brought to campus speakers from high-profile game companies, including Sony PlayStation and Blizzard Entertainment.

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