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.
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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.
Novel Treatment Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease Uses Vitamin B1 Derivative
July 19, 2022
With a $45 million grant from the NIH, UC San Diego researchers and collaborators will launch a nationwide clinical trial to further investigate the therapeutic potential of benfotiamine, a synthetic version of thiamine (B1), as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
Global Supply Chains Remain Resilient in the Wake of Natural Disasters
July 19, 2022
While many U.S. policy makers are calling for reshoring and nearshoring to combat trade disruptions caused by COVID-19, new University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy research suggests retrenchment of global supply chains is unlikely to happen.
Russ Davis: 1941-2022
July 18, 2022
Russ Davis, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego who invented some of the most transformational ocean-observing instrumentation in history, died June 9, 2022, at the age of 81.
Did Gonorrhea Give Us Grandparents?
July 18, 2022
UC San Diego researchers tracked the evolution of a gene variant that supports cognitive health in older humans, but may have first emerged to protect against bacteria.
