News and Notes from Triton Athletics
November 21, 2025
A new athletic director, a new conference and new coaches — check out the latest from Triton Athletics at UC San Diego.
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Five Tips on How to Have a Civil Conversation
November 21, 2025
Gail Heyman, a developmental psychologist at UC San Diego, offers tips on how to keep talking — even when the conversations are hard.
Outdoor UC San Diego Shake Table Shakes Again
November 21, 2025
The Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table at UC San Diego is the only place in the world where buildings more than 90 feet tall can be built and tested with simulated earthquakes. And that is only the beginning.
Meet the New Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
November 21, 2025
Planetary scientist and academic leader Meenakshi Wadhwa brings expertise that spans Earth and beyond to her new UC San Diego role as vice chancellor for Marine Sciences and director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
The Difference an Unrestricted Gift Can Make
November 21, 2025
Rik and Flo Henrikson created an unrestricted endowment that continues to foster change at UC San Diego after a quarter of a century.
UC San Diego Researchers Develop New Tool to Predict How Bacteria Influence Health
November 21, 2025
UC San Diego researchers have developed a new computational tool to predict how bacteria influence health by creating fast and powerful models of complex genetic and metabolic interactions. The tool could pave the way to personalized therapies for diseases that affect the microbiome.
Your Feed is Full of Nutrition Trends. Are Any of Them Legit?
November 20, 2025
TikTok is overflowing with “healthy” hacks — protein everything, fibermaxxing, sea moss gel and more. UC San Diego experts separate science from hype in seven of the year’s biggest nutrition and supplement trends.
Grants to UC San Diego Will Boost Roadway Safety for Native American Youth and Pedestrians
November 20, 2025
The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego is expanding its roadway safety education efforts to reach more Californians, with a focus on Native American youth, pedestrian safety and Spanish-speaking communities.
$5 Million Gift to UC San Diego Strengthens Research on Retirement Security and Global Investing
November 20, 2025
A $5 million endowed gift from University of California San Diego alumnus Robert Koenigsberger ’87 and his wife Dilek will advance academic research and education in financial markets and investing at UC San Diego.
Cancer Uses Cell Death Proteins to Survive Treatment and Regrow
November 19, 2025
Researchers at UC San Diego have found a paradoxical new way in which cancer cells survive and regrow after targeted therapy: by hijacking a protein involved in cell death.
