A new Triton Compassionate Response team known as Triton CORE has been created to provide interdisciplinary, holistic support to students experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis. The team is dedicated to supporting individuals in an equitable way by validating what they are going through, empowering them to be involved in their health care decisions and offering a pathway to wellness that aims to reduce the number of emergency department visits. Read More»
A 10-story building made of cross-laminated timber will be tested on one of the world’s two largest earthquake simulators at UC San Diego this spring. Known as the Tallwood project, it is the tallest full-scale building ever to be constructed and tested on an earthquake simulator, or shake table. The shake table was recently upgraded thanks to $17 million in National Science Foundation funding. Read More»
UC San Diego’s vibrant research community wouldn’t be the same without the valuable contributions made by our postdoctoral researchers. Postdocs are scholars who have received their doctoral degree and are hired to help complete research and mentor current graduate students. Three postdoc researchers discuss their background, goals and more. Read More»
Sydney Brown ‘22 suffered the devastating loss of her mother during her junior year, but still managed to achieve major accomplishments on and off the basketball court, including a nomination for 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year. As an active leader in UC San Diego’s Triton Athletes' Council, Brown has helped to organize community events and fundraisers to support a range of causes. Read More»
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a five-year, $15.45 million grant to the San Diego Center for AIDS Research at UC San Diego, renewing support that extends back to an original establishing grant in 1994 at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Read More»
More than five decades ago in 1968, Dr. Darrell Fanestil founded what has become the Division of Nephrology-Hypertension at UC San Diego Health. To help ensure the excellence of the division and fuel new groundbreaking research, Fanestil and his wife, Dorthy Ann, have given $2 million to UC San Diego to establish the Darrell and Dorthy Ann Fanestil Family Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Nephrology-Hypertension. Read More»
UC San Diego’s only student-run musical production returns this year with “Into the Woods,” a tale that weaves together classic childhood fairytales. Each character meets harrowing consequences as they pursue their deepest desires. Six shows will be held between April 8-16 at Mandeville Auditorium. Read More»
UC San Diego first baseman Bobbi Aguirre was featured on ESPN SportsCenter's "Top Ten Plays" segment for a terrific diving catch she made on March 27 in a Big West game vs. UC Santa Barbara. Aguirre's spectacular grab behind the pitcher's circle came in the top of the third inning in the series finale. Read More»
