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UC San Diego Integrity Awards Recognizes Pillars of the Campus Community

May 28, 2019

Outstanding members of the UC San Diego community were recently recognized at the 9th Annual Integrity Awards for their contributions to academic, research and professional integrity.

Study Uncovers Surprising Melting Patterns Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

May 27, 2019

In a study published today in Nature Geoscience a team of scientists, including glaciologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, detail how they discovered an ancient geologic structure under Antarctica’s largest ice shelf and describe how the ice she

Report Finds California Above National Average for Sexual Harassment Rates

May 23, 2019

A new study shows California sexual harassment rates above national average.

Live Performance Brings Music of the Sea to UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute

May 23, 2019

Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer and UC San Diego music professor Lei Liang had worked with poets, painters and dancers, but never with beluga whales before he came to the university’s Qualcomm Institute as its Research Artist in Residence.

Power Prof

May 23, 2019

When New York and the Northeastern United States experienced a massive power blackout in August 2003, Nicholas Abi-Samra became the lead investigator trying to determine the disaster’s cause. He was then a senior technical director at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the not-for-profit think tank for the power industry.

Passion Projects

May 23, 2019

Will Tanaka, a sophomore at UC San Diego, is growing mushrooms from food waste. He first discovered what is called “environmental farming” from a pair of UC Berkeley graduates who founded a startup for sustainable planters that allow people to grow mushrooms, herbs and more right on their windows.

Researchers Locate Source of Banned Chemical Emissions

May 23, 2019

A research group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is part of an international team of scientists that has located the geographic origin of emissions of a chemical banned by the Montreal Protocol.

Neither Myth Nor Legend, Seadragon Mysteries Are Still to be Solved

May 23, 2019

The opening of Seahorses & Seadragons, the newest exhibition at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography celebrates more than a family friendly attraction; it also marks the opening of a state-of-the-art research laboratory for scientists and husbandry teams to gain a better understanding of some very unusual fish.

Alumni Awards to Honor Exceptional Tritons

May 23, 2019

UC San Diego has a history of disrupting the status quo, of looking deeper—beyond the surface. That's the Triton spirit. The 2019 Alumni Awards Celebration will mark the 41st year the university will recognize distinguished alumni who, through their distinguished work and outstanding achievements, have brought honor to the university.

Hypertension Found in Children Exposed to Flower Pesticides

May 22, 2019

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found higher blood pressure and pesticide exposures in children associated with a heightened pesticide spraying period around the Mother’s Day flower harvest. This study involved boys and girls living near flower crops in Ecuador.
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