14 New Latinx Studies Faculty to be Hired at UC San Diego
HumanitiesUC San Diego is steadily becoming known as “mi universidad,” the university of choice among many Latinx and Chicanx students.
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UC San Diego Engineers Receive 2 out of 10 Prestigious National Young Investigators Awards
Science & EnvironmentUC San Diego faculty members brought home two of the 10 Beckman Young Investigator awards bestowed nationwide this year by the Beckman Foundation. What’s more, both faculty members, Lisa Poulikakos and Tania Morimoto, are part of the UC San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
World’s Smallest Penguins Waddle into Birch Aquarium
Science & EnvironmentThe world’s smallest penguins have officially made their big debut in San Diego. On July 12, the new Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins habitat opened to the public, marking the biggest addition to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in 30 years.
Jane Teranes: 1969-2022
Science & EnvironmentJane Teranes, a teaching professor and paleoclimatologist who provided a bridge for UC San Diego undergraduates to engage with Scripps Institution of Oceanography science, died July 2, 2022 after a brief illness. She was 52.
Post-COVID Lung Disease Shares Origins with Other Scarring Lung Disorders
Health & BehaviorUC San Diego researchers provide first insights into the fundamental cellular pathologies that drive interstitial lung disease in patients post-COVID.
Novel Treatment Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease Uses Vitamin B1 Derivative
Health & BehaviorWith a $45 million grant from the NIH, UC San Diego researchers and collaborators will launch a nationwide clinical trial to further investigate the therapeutic potential of benfotiamine, a synthetic version of thiamine (B1), as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
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