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Cognitive Deficits from Meth and PCP Use Are Generated By a Common Neurotransmitter Switch

September 26, 2024

The effects of sustained drug abuse can manifest in many ways. Loss of memory and reduced cognitive functions are some of the effects that can persist for years. Scientists in Neurobiology have now identified a mechanism in the brain that generates drug-induced cognitive impairments.

UC San Diego Launches New Graduation Requirement, Bolstering Climate Change Education

September 26, 2024

Beginning this fall, UC San Diego is implementing the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement (JTCCER), an initiative designed to ensure that undergraduates across all majors on campus are equipped to understand and address climate change. The new graduation requirement is named in honor of the late Jane Teranes, a beloved teaching professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and advocate for climate education at UC San Diego.

UC San Diego Launches Innovative Wellness App to Support Student Well-Being

September 26, 2024

A pioneering and comprehensive wellness app, Willo is the first of its kind on a university campus. Developed for UC San Diego students by UC San Diego students, it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to integrate the university's extensive wellness services into a highly personalized, user-friendly platform that guides users toward on-campus services – all free of charge.

Stepping Up to Support our Scholars

September 26, 2024

In an effort to support outstanding students – and tomorrow’s leaders – Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla established the Chancellor’s Alumni Council Scholarships Match to raise new funds for scholarships endorsed by UC San Diego alumni councils including the Asian Pacific Islander Alumni Council, Black Alumni Council, Chicanx Latinx Alumni Council and the Pilipino/a/x Alumni Council.

Breaking Barriers, Shattering Glass: Women in Medicine Month

September 25, 2024

September is designated as Women in Medicine Month, and UC San Diego Health celebrates three inspiring women physicians and accomplishments.

A Dose of Pharmacreations

September 25, 2024

How would you treat pain in an alien, monster or superhero patient? For the young students enrolled in A Dose Of Pharmacreations, a course offered by the Sally Ride Science Academy within University of California San Diego Division of Extended Studies, the answer was multi-fold.

The Enablers of Discovery

September 25, 2024

Curiosity — and a love of cooking — fueled Yuhwa Lo’s decades-long career in electrical engineering, which has ranged from commercialization to nanotechnology and biotechnology to photodetection.

UC San Diego Health and San Diego County Partner on Behavioral Health Care Hub

September 24, 2024

UC San Diego Health and San Diego County partner on behavioral health care hub at East Campus Medical Center.

UC San Diego Named Nation’s 6th Best Public University by U.S. News & World Report

September 24, 2024

UC San Diego has once again been named the sixth best public university in the country, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released today. Overall, UC San Diego ranked No. 29 on the complete list of over 400 of the nation’s colleges.

Cross-campus Exhibit Bridges Art and Science

September 24, 2024

This fall UC San Diego is among 70 institutions taking part in a five-month-long regional exploration of the intersections between art and science, led by Getty. The sprawling art event—called “PST ART: Art & Science Collide”—extends from Los Angeles to San Diego and Palm Springs.
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