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UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Center on Neurobiology in Changing Environments

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography to receive a four-year, $10 million grant to establish the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments. The center’s goal will be to understand how climate change may impact the nervous systems and behavior of marine animals.

Neurodiverse Interns Showcase Their Talent in Tech

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 Atkinson Hall.

Brain Scans Reveal that Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Is Not a Placebo

Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditation engages different neural pathways compared to placebo, demonstrating that pain relief from mindfulness meditation is not the result of the placebo effect.

Translating Light Across the Sciences

“My interest lies in building better tools,” said Zhaowei Liu, a faculty member in the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and affiliate of the university’s Qualcomm Institute. “I think I can have a bigger impact that way.”

Finger Wrap Uses Sweat To Provide Health Monitoring at Your Fingertips—Literally

A sweat-powered wearable has the potential to make continuous, personalized health monitoring as effortless as wearing a Band-Aid. UC San Diego engineers have developed an electronic finger wrap that monitors vital chemical levels—such as glucose, vitamins, and even drugs—present in the same fingertip sweat from which it derives its energy.

UC San Diego Maintains No. 3 Spot Among Top Public Colleges in Forbes Ranking

UC San Diego continues to stand out as one of the nation's leading institutions, securing its position as the No. 3 top public university in the country, according to Forbes’ 2025 America’s Top Colleges list. 

Dangerous Airborne Fungus Boosted by California Droughts

Researchers from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley have identified the seasonal and climate-based cycles of Valley fever, an emerging but dangerous fungal disease spread through dust in the air.

Integrating AI into Language Learning: UC San Diego Extended Studies Offers First Class Experience with RIA Robot

Students and professionals from all over the world travel to San Diego to take English as a Second Language courses offered by the English Language Institute within UC San Diego Extended Studies International Programs. For many of them, mastering English is not only a professional necessity and a gateway to greater opportunities but also a way to better serve their communities. Now, Extended Studies is leveraging cutting-edge research, cognitive science and robotics to help these constituents improve their English language skills.

Heat Waves Amplify Existing Inequities. Meet the Researchers Working to Change That.

With record-breaking heat becoming the new norm, the consequences are far from evenly distributed, with communities of color, low-income neighborhoods and medically vulnerable individuals bearing the brunt of extreme heat exposure. At UC San Diego, researchers are not just examining the disparities, but are actively searching for solutions.

Farfy Foundation Gift Spurs Student-Led Music Festival

Thanks to a gift from Marco Londei and Liquin Wang—founders of the Farfy Foundation—undergraduate students will have the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of creating a musical production through a new course in UC San Diego’s Department of Music that will culminate in a student-produced music festival on campus in May 2025.

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