September 28, 2018
September 28, 2018 —
The University of California San Diego is one of three universities to earn the highest-ranking score in a new report card that measures how well public universities across the nation are serving black students. The inaugural survey, conducted by the University of Southern California Center on Race and Equity, graded institutions on four criteria—representation equity, gender equity, completion equity and black students-to-black faculty ratio.
September 28, 2018
September 28, 2018 —
UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts artist Heejung Shin is awarded the inaugural David Antin Prize. Named after poet, artist and founding member of the department, the prize is given to a graduating MFA student who shows originality and creativity in art practice or criticism.
September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018 —
The National Institute on Aging has awarded scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and San Diego State University with a five-year, $4 million grant to boost the number of Latino and other underrepresented minority researchers studying Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias afflicting seniors of Latino origins, a demographic historically overlooked.
September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018 —
A coalition of students, grassroots organizations, human trafficking survivors and local and global leaders will gather at the University of California San Diego for the Third Annual Global Empowerment Summit on October 6, 2018.
September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018 —
A team led by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has uncovered the genetic basis for the production of domoic acid, a potent neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms.
September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018 —
Scientists have known that bacteria produce small spherical versions of themselves. Lacking basic materials to reproduce or function like normal cells, the natural role of minicells—which protrude like budding balloons off the ends of bacteria—has remained a mystery. Now, researchers at UC San Diego have demonstrated for the first time that minicells play a key function in the survival of bacteria.
September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018 —
Grammy Award-winning soprano and UC San Diego Department of Music faculty member Susan Narucki presents the world-premiere chamber opera “Inheritance” on campus Oct. 24, 26 and 27, using the legendary story of Sarah Winchester to address gun violence in the United States.
September 26, 2018
September 26, 2018 —
In the wake of media and public reports about increased mortality linked to a new drug for treating Parkinson’s disease psychosis, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine conducted a retrospective study of qualifying patients in the UC San Diego Health system concluding that the new drug, pimavanserin (marketed as Nuplazid), did not pose a statistically significant greater risk of death.
September 26, 2018
September 26, 2018 —
In a study publishing September 26 in Science Advances, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences report that tweaking factors in a cystic fibrosis lung model, such as pH balance and oxygen, helped eradicate pathogenic bacteria while minimizing risks of antibiotic resistance and overgrowth of other microorganisms.
September 25, 2018
September 25, 2018 —
The University of California San Diego has been named the 30th best university in the world, out of the top 1,000 public and private universities spanning the globe. The 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings also place the campus 20th best in the U.S. based on teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The campus moved up one spot, compared to last year.
