Carrie Mae Weems, a celebrated American artist and University of California San Diego visual arts alumna, was presented the National Medal of Arts by President Joe Biden at a White House ceremony on Oct. 21. Artist Mark Bradford, whose work is included in the university’s public art collection, the Stuart Collection, was also recognized.
UC San Diego’s Engineers for Exploration program — housed at the Jacobs School of Engineering — provides the opportunity for students to tackle real-world problems that do not have predefined solutions.
UC San Diego campus photographer Erik Jepson captures the moment on Aug. 8, 2024 when the setting sun intersects with the piers of the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier.
There’s a big buzz on campus: UC San Diego has been named a Bee Campus USA member, part of a national program created to support all types of pollinators, including birds, bats, bees and multiple insect pollinators, such as butterflies and moths.
The transition to electric vehicles is coming, and researchers at UC San Diego are focused on how to best help the region, the state and the world make that transition in a sustainable, affordable way.
As part of an ongoing study of human behavior, approximately 900 UC San Diego drivers volunteered to participate in randomized experiments with control groups to see how different kinds of information and incentives convince people to charge their electric vehicles at different times of day.
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