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Naming and Shaming Can be Effective to Get Countries to Act on Climate

September 25, 2023

Enforcement is one of the biggest challenges to international cooperation on mitigating climate change in the Paris Agreement. The agreement has no formal enforcement mechanism; instead, it designed to be transparent so that countries that fail to meet their obligations will be named and shamed.

UC San Diego Health Named National Leader in Delivering High-Quality Patient Care

September 22, 2023

UC San Diego Health is recognized by Vizient as 2023 Birnbaum Quality Leadership Top Performer for the fifth consecutive year.

Nanoparticles Made From Plant Viruses Could Be Farmers’ New Ally in Pest Control

September 21, 2023

UC San Diego engineers have devised a new solution to control a major agricultural menace, root-damaging nematodes. Using plant viruses, they created nanoparticles that can deliver pesticides to previously unreachable soil depths. This could potentially minimize environmental toxicity and costs.

Lupus Research and Patient Care Gets a Boost With $1.6M Gift to UC San Diego

September 20, 2023

To advance research and patient care for those suffering from lupus, William J. Wolfe and his family have donated $1.6 million to establish the Wolfe Lupus Research Fund at UC San Diego.

A $2 Million UC San Diego Materials Science Win

September 19, 2023

Materials science researchers at UC San Diego, University of Alabama, and Colorado State University are working together to solve a vexing materials-for-extreme-environments challenge.

TWOW Kicks Off New Academic Year with Lineup of 100+ Campus Events

September 19, 2023

Triton Weeks of Welcome is officially underway, starting the academic year off on a high note with an immersive campus-wide series of more than one hundred introductory activities, special programs and signature events.

Three UC San Diego Markets Introduce Amazon’s Just Walk Out Technology

September 19, 2023

Three on-campus markets—Roger’s Market, Sixth Market and Seventh Market—will feature Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, eliminating checkout lines and saving valuable time for students, faculty and staff.

Gaining Confidence and College Credits

September 19, 2023

This summer high school students gained access to college-level online courses that built their confidence and academic transcript through the new Discover UC San Diego program. Also, more than 700 incoming first year students took part in the 45th annual Summer Bridge to prepare for fall quarter.

Students Integrating Engineering in Medicine Honored as Siebel Scholars

September 19, 2023

Five UC San Diego graduate students working at the intersection of engineering and medicine have been selected as 2024 Siebel Scholars.

Celebrating 25 years as the Jacobs School of Engineering

September 19, 2023

The Jacobs School of Engineering is celebrating 25 years of being, well, the Jacobs School of Engineering. In 1998, a generous gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs put the relatively new school of engineering on a trajectory to become the powerhouse of engineering and computer science that it is today.
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