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2026 Arcades Music Festival Spotlights Hundreds of Student Musicians

May 5, 2026

On Sunday, May 17, more than 300 student musicians will perform at the second annual Arcades Music Festival. The free public event will be a feast for the ears, with over 10 hours of live performances ranging from jazz and chamber music to rock and opera.

Live Performance Breaks the Digital Blur — and Reconnects You

May 4, 2026

What is it about live performance that draws people together? Professor of Practice and Broadway director Des McAnuff says our increasingly digital world has widened a gap in human connection—making theatre and dance especially powerful ways to foster shared experience.

‘I Have So Much Pride to Be Filipino American’

May 4, 2026

Deeply rooted in her Filipino heritage and driven by a belief in the power of representation, Pacific Islander and Asian American Staff Association (PASA) Co-Chair Chelsea Largoza brings that same passion for inclusivity to her work.

Cannabis Microdosing More Common Than Psychedelics Among US Adults, National Survey Finds

May 4, 2026

Researchers from UC San Diego have found that microdosing — taking very small amounts of psychoactive substances — is more common among U.S. adults than previously recognized, with cannabis leading by a wide margin.

National Foundations Advance Research at UC San Diego with Philanthropic Support

May 4, 2026

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the W. M. Keck Foundation each made separate awards with the goal of enabling UC San Diego researchers to continue their research in the face of today's uncertain funding landscape.

New Grant Targets Viral Toxins that Exacerbate Viral Diseases

May 1, 2026

Coefficient Giving has awarded a grant for a study on how viruses may have evolved a process that enables them to disseminate, promoting disease development and spread. The grant will support research on viral toxins that are used to compromise integrity of cellular barriers, promoting virus spread.

UC San Diego Professor Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

April 30, 2026

UC San Diego professor Alan R. Saltiel was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, honoring his groundbreaking research, leadership and contributions to metabolic health and medicine.

Researchers Uncover Strategy to Help Exhausted Immune Cells Fight Tumors

April 30, 2026

UC San Diego biologists have identified a way to reinvigorate immune system cells, which can become exhausted after fighting disease. They found that protein recycling malfunctions after a cell burns out. Restoring a proper recycling system allows T cells to regain their cancer-fighting functions.

When Silence Speaks Volumes: UC San Diego’s ASL Club

April 30, 2026

Introducing the ASL Club, a community of American Sign Language users that range from learners to experts.

4 Ways UC San Diego Research Is Changing the Future of Health

April 30, 2026

What if a cancer diagnosis didn’t come with weeks of waiting? Or a mosquito bite couldn’t spread disease? Our researchers are rethinking how health works — long before illness begins.
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