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Public Health Students Graduate and Enter the Workforce During Unprecedented Times

June 25, 2020

The first graduating class of the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science listened, on June 12, 2020, to the school’s founding dean and the university’s first Black, female dean Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, during a commencement ceremony conducted by video conference.

How Race Shapes Who Wins and Who loses in U.S. Democracy

June 25, 2020

Hajnal is author of the new book “Dangerously Divided How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics” which shows how race more than class or any other demographic factor shapes not only how Americans vote but also who wins and who loses when the votes are counted and policies are enacted.

Skewing the Vote

June 25, 2020

Voter ID laws are becoming more common and more strict, and the stakes for American democracy are high and growing higher by the year. New research from the University of California San Diego provides evidence that voter ID laws disproportionately reduce voter turnout in more racially diverse areas.

From Prison to Physics: ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’

June 25, 2020

Ph.D. candidate goes from inmate to President’s Dissertation Year Fellow with accountability, community and a Dr. Seuss book.

UC San Diego Once Again Rated World’s No. 1 “Golden Age” University

June 24, 2020

For the fourth year in a row, the University of California San Diego has been ranked by Times Higher Education the world’s number one university founded during the “Golden Age” of higher education.

One-Time Treatment Generates New Neurons, Eliminates Parkinson’s Disease in Mice

June 24, 2020

UC San Diego researchers have discovered that a single treatment to inhibit a gene called PTB in mice converts native astrocytes, brain support cells, into neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. As a result, the mice’s Parkinson’s disease symptoms disappear.

UC San Diego Named Among Top 10 Public Universities for LGBTQ+ Students

June 23, 2020

The University of California San Diego has been named the 9th best public university in the nation for LGBTQ+ students according to a new ranking by Campus Pride in partnership with BestColleges.

SDSC’s Sherlock Cloud Announces Skylab

June 23, 2020

The Sherlock Division of SDSC has broadened its secure Cloud solutions portfolio to offer Skylab, an innovative customer-owned Cloud platform solution that provides a self-standing, compliant environment for secure workloads in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.

Researchers Develop Low-cost, Easy-to-use Emergency Ventilator for COVID-19 Patients

June 23, 2020

A team of engineers and physicians at the University of California San Diego has developed a low-cost, easy-to-use emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients that is built around a ventilator bag usually found in ambulances.

UC San Diego Receives $12 Million Endowment from the Hellman Foundation

June 23, 2020

The Hellman Fellows Program and the University of California announced today (June 23) a plan to permanently support the Hellman Fellows Program on all 10 campuses in the UC system.
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