UC San Diego Health Ranks #1 Regionally by U.S. News & World Report
July 25, 2022
UC San Diego Health top ranked in 10 medical and surgical specialties, among the nation’s best.
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Colleen Kollar Smith to Lead UC San Diego’s New Campus Performance and Events Office
July 25, 2022
UC San Diego has named Colleen Kollar Smith as the inaugural Executive Director of the newly created Campus Performance and Events Office, led by the Division of Student Affairs.
A Novel COVID-19 Vaccine Using Modified Bacterial DNA
July 21, 2022
UC San Diego researchers describe a different way to build a COVID-19 vaccine, one that would, in theory, remain effective against new and emerging variants and could be taken as a pill, by inhalation or other delivery methods.
The Outer Limits: Future Economic Growth in the Face of Diminishing Resources
July 21, 2022
In the face of diminishing finite resources, UC San Diego Professor of Physics Thomas Murphy believes our current trajectory of economic growth is unable to continue much longer.
14 New Latinx Studies Faculty to be Hired at UC San Diego
July 21, 2022
UC San Diego is steadily becoming known as “mi universidad,” the university of choice among many Latinx and Chicanx students.
UC San Diego Engineers Receive 2 out of 10 Prestigious National Young Investigators Awards
July 21, 2022
UC San Diego faculty members brought home two of the 10 Beckman Young Investigator awards bestowed nationwide this year by the Beckman Foundation. What’s more, both faculty members, Lisa Poulikakos and Tania Morimoto, are part of the UC San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
World’s Smallest Penguins Waddle into Birch Aquarium
July 21, 2022
The world’s smallest penguins have officially made their big debut in San Diego. On July 12, the new Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins habitat opened to the public, marking the biggest addition to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in 30 years.
Take 10 With a Triton: From the Circus to Construction, Kathy Whelan Makes Connections
July 21, 2022
As project specialist for the Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood, Whelan manages a wide variety of tasks. This includes coordinating site tours for university leadership and also for students who would like to know more about the project.
Jane Teranes: 1969-2022
July 20, 2022
Jane Teranes, a teaching professor and paleoclimatologist who provided a bridge for UC San Diego undergraduates to engage with Scripps Institution of Oceanography science, died July 2, 2022 after a brief illness. She was 52.
Post-COVID Lung Disease Shares Origins with Other Scarring Lung Disorders
July 20, 2022
UC San Diego researchers provide first insights into the fundamental cellular pathologies that drive interstitial lung disease in patients post-COVID.
