May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 —
On April 18, UC San Diego community members were recognized at the 8th Annual Integrity Awards Ceremony for their contributions to academic, research and professional integrity on campus. The awards honor our university’s commitment to uphold the six pillars of integrity—responsibility, honesty, fairness, respect, trustworthiness and courage.
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 —
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California San Diego mixed together unlikely materials to create a new hybrid form of crystalline matter that could change the practice of materials science. The findings, published in "Nature," present potential benefits to medicine and the pharmaceutical industry.
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 —
University of California San Diego professor Natalia Molina has been awarded the 2018 China Residency at Wuhan University by the Organization of American Historians. Given in partnership with the American History Research Association of China, the residency will see Molina present a summer seminar on race and politics in the context of the United States.
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 —
In April, the graduating actors performed on both coasts for this year’s Graduate Actor Student Showcase, where casting agents, artistic directors, and television and film executives attended as an introduction to the students and their work. With two shows in each city, nerves ran high.
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 —
Located on UC San Diego’s La Jolla campus, the 156,000-square-foot building represents the most recent addition to the university’s world-class medical campus. Opened to patients in March 2018, the new facility offers the best clinical care and translational medicine in one location, with an array of integrated outpatient services that include multi-specialty clinics for breast, urology, sports medicine and spine care. There are eight surgery suites, basic and advanced imaging, physical therapy and pain management plus infusion and apheresis services.
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 —
While high school students across the nation held walkouts on April 20 in honor of the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, student changemakers at The Preuss School channeled their efforts into a day dedicated to “A Call for Change.” Organizers created a slate of activities to encourage their fellow students to get involved in driving change for a better future.
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 —
“The Wagner New Play Festival gives our MFA playwriting students an incredible opportunity to not only showcase their stories, but to work closely with an entire team of collaborators who are committed to producing a groundbreaking festival for San Diego and the region,” said department chair Charles Means.
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 —
“There are more mental health professionals in New York City than the whole continent of Africa.” That wasn’t the start of a bad joke at the Big Apple’s expense. Rather, it was a troubling statistic delivered by internationally renowned psychiatrist Vikram Patel in an inspiring, solutions-oriented keynote address at UC Global Health Day on April 22.
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 —
Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Bradford Young was at UC San Diego April 27, sharing insight into his craft and career as a black artist. Young—the first speaker in the Adam D. Kamil Guest Lecture series—first met privately with students from the Department of Visual Arts and then held a public discussion at the Price Center Theater.
May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018 —
The All of Us Research Program officially opens for enrollment Sunday, May 6. Led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), All of Us is an unprecedented effort to gather genetic, biological, environmental, health and lifestyle data from 1 million or more volunteer participants living in the United States. A major component of the federal Precision Medicine Initiative, the program’s ultimate goal is to accelerate research and improve health.
