July 12, 2018
July 12, 2018 —
The University of California San Diego has earned a STARS Gold rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System, measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.
July 11, 2018
July 11, 2018 —
The University of California San Diego has admitted 29,601 freshman and 9,353 transfer students out of a record 116,452 applicants. The number of freshman admits is down slightly (two percent) compared to last year’s record of 39,802 students; yet the university increased its offers of admission to first-generation students (up nearly five percent among freshman and transfers), with nearly one-third of the admitted class being the first in their family to attend a four-year college. In addition, the campus saw a 55 percent jump in admitted local, San Diego students, and admitted more underrepresented students compared to last year.
July 2, 2018
July 2, 2018 —
Could nuclear power make a significant contribution to decarbonizing the U.S. energy system over the next three or four decades? The answer: probably not and that’s cause for major concern, according to a recently published paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS).
June 21, 2018
June 21, 2018 —
Messages of hope, perseverance and giving back were delivered to thousands of members of UC San Diego’s graduating class of 2018 who gathered Saturday morning for All Campus Commencement. The campus’ next generation of groundbreakers heard from Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla, graduating student Lucero Camarena and alumna Kimberley Phillips Boehm,’82.
June 20, 2018
June 20, 2018 —
The University of California San Diego has been honored with the 2018 Grid Edge Innovation Award for serving as an epicenter for research, development and commercialization on smart electric vehicle (EV) charging. UC San Diego has collaborations with over 18 companies and organizations in providing 135 EV charging stations on campus. In May alone, more than 700 different EVs were charged by UC San Diego’s world-renowned microgrid.
June 7, 2018
June 7, 2018 —
As a member of many international communities, Gaurav Khanna, professor of economics at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS), seeks answers to many of the pressing policy-relevant questions around immigration, high-tech workers, education programs and more.
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 —
New research shows the UC San Diego continues to performing significantly better than other four-year colleges and universities in the country when it comes to enrolling low-income students and seeing them across the graduation finish line.
May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 —
A new world ranking names the University of California San Diego among the globe’s top 20 best universities; the campus netted the 16th spot on among U.S. universities. The annual rankings from the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), released today, measure universities’ quality of research, faculty, influence, enterprise and successful alumni.
April 30, 2018
April 30, 2018 —
Hafner-Burton’s passion and dedication to protecting human rights carries through her teaching and research. As such, she was selected to be one of six UC San Diego faculty members honored at the 44th annual Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards for going above and beyond to make a positive difference in their teaching, research and service.
April 18, 2018
April 18, 2018 —
What are the traits of an innovator? Is it an inherent or learned quality? Existing theories and empirical research on how innovation occurs largely assume that it is an ingrained quality of the individual and that only people with this innate ability seek and attain jobs that require it; however new research from the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy shows this isn’t the case.
