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Violence is Common and Increasing in Pandemic-Era California

Health & Behavior

A new report finds physical and sexual violence are an increasing ‘epidemic’ in California; UC San Diego researchers call for health equity-based reform.

Violence is Common and Increasing in Pandemic-Era California

Father’s Life is Saved after Receiving Heart, Kidney and Liver Transplant

Health & Behavior

After a rare disease caused organ failure, UC San Diego Heath transplant teams performed a heart, liver and kidney transplant on a patient. The surgery is a first for UC San Diego Health and a first in the nation to use three organs from a donor after circulatory death.

$150 Million Gift Takes Stem Cell Research to New Heights

Science & Environment

Noted businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford has committed $150 million in new funding to expand and, in some ways, quite literally launch stem cell research and regenerative medicine at University of California San Diego into new spaces and endeavors.

T. Denny Sanford, Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, and Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla celebrate the establishment of the UC San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute.

The Physics of Walking is Simpler Than We Thought

Technology & Engineering

The physics of walking for multi-legged animals and robots is simpler than previously thought. That is the finding described by a team of roboticists, physicists and biologists in the Sept. 5 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Photo of an experimental set up used to observe ants walking

How Changes in Length of Day Change the Brain and Subsequent Behavior

Health & Behavior

Using a mouse model, UC San Diego researchers describe a process in which affected neurons switch expression of neurotransmitters in response to day length stimuli, triggering related behavioral changes.

A schematic showing sunlight cues neuronal signals in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the brain.

Monitors and Meddlers

Politics & Society

Lauren Prather’s new book “Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections” has been a long time in the making—a full decade, in fact.