We’re wrapping up 2025 and tying it with a blue-and-gold bow. Enjoy a photo collection of the campus milestones and moments that defined the year. Read More»
The newly established Soil Health Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography brings together an interdisciplinary team that’s digging — often literally — into research on how to build and maintain healthy soils. Read More»
Oxford’s choice of “rage bait” as the 2025 Word of the Year reflects just how much of our culture now unfolds online — and how strongly anger, anxiety and moral judgment drive engagement. Read More»
As you prepare to gather with family and friends this holiday season, Gail Heyman, a developmental psychologist, offers tips on how to keep talking — even when the conversations are hard. Read More»
With a $10 million lead grant from Price Philanthropies, UC San Diego Health will establish the East Campus Behavioral Health Hub, expanding much-needed mental health services in the region. Read More»
A new cross-border alliance brings together 17 universities and partners from California and Baja California to strengthen education, research and innovation. Read More»
A $4 million gift from alumnus Robert J. Glushko, Ph.D. ’79 and Pamela Samuelson will establish four endowed chairs in the Department of Cognitive Science in honor of Glushko’s UC San Diego mentors. Read More»
UC LEADS, a two-year University of California program to prepare educationally or economically disadvantaged undergraduates for success within STEM doctoral programs, celebrates a quarter century of work building a community where scholars can feel seen, supported and inspired to thrive. Read More»
The annual Chancellor’s Innovation Awards honor exceptional faculty, students and recent alumni for success in launching new spinouts, establishing mission-driven organizations or developing technologies, platforms or other social innovations. Awardees receive $25,000 to $50,000 in funding. Apply by Jan. 16. Learn More»
During the 2025 Illustrious Alumni Awards celebration in Los Angeles, Christopher Siok '96, a battalion chief with the Los Angeles County Fire Department who coordinated crews on the front lines during the area’s wildfires earlier this year, was recognized as a Triton Hero. Read More»
