UC San Diego Health has once again secured the No. 1 ranking in San Diego, according to the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” survey, and has also received “Honor Roll” designation—a distinction awarded to only 20 hospitals in the nation for exceptional patient care. Read More»
Solar panels, electric vehicle chargers and a dozen buildings at UC San Diego are among the assets that DERConnect—an NSF-funded testbed for the power grid—will now be able to control on campus. Supported by a $42 million grant, DERConnect will help researchers better understand how to integrate more distributed energy sources into the grid. Read More»
The Stuart Collection’s new Emerging Artists Program is commissioning a diverse group of contemporary creatives to expand the storied collection of public art on campus. Artist collective RojoNegro; sculptor Max Hooper Schneider; and poet, artist and chef Precious Okoyomon have been selected as the program’s inaugural artists. Read More»
New research by Judson Boomhower of UC San Diego and a team of environmental economists delves into how insurance companies are responding to increased climate risks— particularly wildfires, which have become the fastest-growing source of catastrophe-related damages in the United States. Read More»
The entrepreneurial spirit of UC San Diego shines in its new Design and Innovation Building, a modern, 74,000-square-foot space that integrates rigorous education and industry collaboration across its four distinct floors, each uniquely designed and positioned to propel thinkers, dreamers and doers upward as they progress through each level. Read More»
With the goal of broadening access to a top-tier business education, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla has established an inspiration challenge through which new gifts or commitments of $10,000 or more to the Rady School Graduate Fellowships Fund will be matched through June 2027. Read More»
Students from any academic department can apply to help shape the university’s climate action programs and support sustainable food systems. The application deadline is July 19. Learn More»
