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How to Double Voter Turnout and Increase Representation during Local Elections

Low and uneven turnout is a serious problem for local democracy. However, simply moving off-cycle, local elections to be held on the same day as statewide and national contests doubles voter turnout and leads to an electorate that is considerably more representative.

UC San Diego Professor Renee Bowen Selected as White House Economic Advisor

Renee Bowen, the Pastor Faculty Fellow at the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Department of Economics, has been selected to serve in the Biden administration as the senior economist for Trade with the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).

CO2 Emissions Are Rebounding, but Clean Energy Revolutions are Emerging

At the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November, ample discussion is likely to focus on how the world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement’s goals of stopping warming at well below 2°C.

If Countries Implement Paris Pledges with Cuts to Aerosols, Millions of Lives can be Saved

Aerosol reductions that would take place as countries meet climate goals could contribute to global cooling and prevent more than one million annual premature deaths over a decade, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego.

Joan and Irwin Jacobs Gift $14 Million to the School of Global Policy and Strategy

Joan K. and Irwin M. Jacobs have committed to provide a $14 million endowed gift to the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy. The gift will support its Center on Global Transformation (CGT).

Scientists Map “Pulse” of Groundwater Flow through California’s Central Valley

For the first time, scientists at the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and School of Global Policy and Strategy, as well as the U.S. Geological Survey are using advanced satellite data to map the “pulse” of groundwater flow through the San Joaquin Valley.

UC San Diego’s Graduate Programs and Schools Shine in U.S. News and World Report Rankings

Released today, the 2022 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings gave high marks to UC San Diegos’s graduate education in political science and the Jacobs School of Engineering, among other professional schools and programs on campus.

Caroline Freund Appointed Dean of UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy

Caroline Freund has been appointed the next dean of the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS), effective July 1, 2021.

Why Commercialization of Carbon Capture and Sequestration has Failed and How it Can Work

There are 12 essential attributes that explain why commercial carbon capture and sequestration projects succeed or fail in the U.S., University of California San Diego researchers say in a recent study published in Environmental Research Letters.

UC San Diego’s U.S.-Mexico Forum 2025 Taps into Potential of Cross-Border Collaboration

Recent world events, including the election of President Joe Biden, the global COVID-19 pandemic and more, have many wondering, “What’s next on the world stage?”