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Future NASA Rovers Could be Sporting New Gears, Thanks to Work by UC San Diego Alumni

Science & Environment

Researchers at JPL, Caltech and UC San Diego collaborate to develop wear resistant gears for spacecraft.

VA San Diego, UC San Diego Promote Entrepreneurial Veterans

Business & Economics

Sponsored by the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System and UC San Diego, “So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur” will be held from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5, at Fuse Integration, 1425 E Street in downtown San Diego.

Biologists Watch Speciation in a Laboratory Flask

Health & Behavior

Biologists have discovered that the evolution of a new species can occur rapidly enough for them to observe the process in a simple laboratory flask.

UC San Diego Commemorates World AIDS Day Dec. 1 with Memorial Quilt Display and Events

Health & Behavior

The University of California San Diego will honor World AIDS Day on Thursday, Dec. 1 to raise awareness of the impact that HIV/AIDS has had and continues to have on the San Diego community, the nation and world. In recognition of the international event day, which was established in 1988, the campus will sponsor a number of free activities open to the public including a display of three sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a presentation on the HIV prevention pill, talks for specific communities and populations impacted by HIV, artistic performances and more.

Community Leader and UC San Diego Supporter Anne Otterson Dies

Business & Economics

Anne Otterson, an active community member and philanthropist who supported the University of California San Diego for more than three decades, died on Wednesday, Nov. 23.

Study: Diminishing Sea Ice is Increasing the Size of Arctic Ocean Food Web Base

Science & Environment

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and colleagues analyzed Arctic Ocean satellite data from a 19-year period and found that the amount of biomass production at the base of the food web has increased 47 percent since 1997.