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UC San Diego Forges a Sustainable Future

May 1, 2012

Being green is part of UC San Diego’s institutional DNA. From the campus’s commute solutions, to its emphasis on sustainable operations, energy efficiency and recycling¬¬––UC San Diego practices, teaches and supports environmentally responsible choices.

Distracted Driving is New DUI for College Students in San Diego

May 1, 2012

Fifty percent of San Diego area college students admitted to sending text messages while driving on the freeway, according to a study released Tuesday from UC San Diego's Trauma Epidemiology and Injury Prevention Research Center.

Rady School of Management Students Win Operations Simulation Competition

May 1, 2012

MBA students from the Rady School of Management won the Operations Simulation Competition (OpsSimCom) sponsored by the MIT Sloan School of Management Operations Club and Amazon.

Seniors Get Ready for Graduation at Grad Nite

May 1, 2012

UC San Diego kicked off Senior Spring Tuesday with Grad Nite at the UC San Diego Bookstore. For one night only, the bookstore was transformed into a party with lively festivities including a DJ, dancing and refreshments.

Campus Awarded First LEED Platinum Certification for Charles David Keeling Apartments

May 1, 2012

New housing at UC San Diego has students seeing green. The newly completed Charles David Keeling apartments at Revelle College have been Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum certified––a first for any structure on campus, and a first for any residential housing building in the entire University of California system.

Q&A with Angela Fang

April 30, 2012

Angela Fang says just thinking about starting college makes her positively giddy, especially because she’s about to become a UC San Diego Triton. She is currently a high school senior at The Preuss School, so she is very familiar with campus.

UC San Diego Leads Researchers to Demonstrate First Single-Photon Generation from a Silicon Chip

April 30, 2012

An international consortium of researchers has overcome an important barrier to the generation of single photons using a tiny, chip-scale device constructed from the most widely used material underpinning modern electronics: silicon.

National Awards to UC San Diego School of Medicine Faculty Members

April 30, 2012

William G. Bradley, Jr., MD, PhD, FACR, chairman of the Department of Radiology, was awarded the ACR Gold Medal and Honorary Fellowship, the highest honor of the American College of Radiology on April 22, during the ACR annual meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference held in Washington, D.C. The ACR said of Bradley, “(He) is renowned for his endless dedication…to advance the science and cause of radiology locally, nationally and internationally.”

Big Girls Don’t Cry

April 27, 2012

A study to be published in the June 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health looking at the relationships between body satisfaction and healthy psychological functioning in overweight adolescents has found that young women who are happy with the size and shape of their bodies report higher levels of self-esteem.

UCSD Researchers: Where International Climate Policy Has Failed, Grassroots Efforts Can Succeed

April 26, 2012

The world can significantly slow the pace of climate change with practical efforts to control so-called “short-lived climate pollutants” and by bringing successful Western technologies to the developing world, according to three UC San Diego scientists in the journal Foreign Affairs.
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