August 9, 2018
More than $312 million was raised during fiscal year 2017-2018—a record-breaking amount for any San Diego institution of higher education in a single year. The funds go toward the university’s $2 billion goal as part of the Campaign for UC San Diego. Since the campaign was launched in 2012, $1.6…
November 30, 2017
…named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) professor in 2014, she launched the UC San Diego BioClock Studio to promote and educate students about circadian biology. Golden, a Chancellor’s Associates Chair of molecular biology and director of UC San Diego’s Center for Circadian Biology, was awarded a five-year, $1 million…
February 8, 2019
Walter Munk, who gave the Allies a strategic edge in World War II, helped nurture a university into existence, and became a living synonym for oceanography, died February 8 at his home in La Jolla, Calif. He was 101.
June 7, 2018
…live concert with the technical hurdle of crossing oceans and connecting continents at lightning-fast speeds. On June 8, the Conrad Prebys Music Center at UC San Diego will be home to “Interconnections for Peace: A Telematics Concert in San Diego, Seoul and NYC,” where top musicians in each of the…
December 22, 2022
For the first time, researchers at UC San Diego have shown that changes in gene expression happen almost entirely during the transcription stage while the cells are growing. The researchers have provided a simple quantitative formula linking regulatory control to mRNA and protein levels.
July 16, 2020
…Throughout the history of medicine and science, researchers like Stadnick and Rabin have discovered evidence of promising ways to improve health outcomes for patients and communities—only to have those findings languish in papers published in scientific journals. To help bridge this gap between research findings and their application in the…
February 17, 2022
…biology and artificial intelligence technology. His research focuses on using quantitative cell imaging techniques to identify metastasis—the leading cause of cancer-related deaths—early in the process. A Ph.D. student in biology, Nevarez has also been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellow, a National Academy of Sciences Ford Fellow and…
December 6, 2018
…to advancing science and technology in the United States. The organization provides financial awards to promising graduate students who are pursing degrees in science, engineering and medical research. The San Diego chapter has given more than $5.3 million to support UC San Diego graduate students since the chapter’s inception in…
October 1, 2020
…using a remote sensing technology (known as InSAR), in conjunction with climate and land cover data, to bridge gaps in the understanding of sustainable groundwater in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Their work could be revolutionary for managing groundwater use in agricultural regions around the world, as groundwater monitoring and management…
May 30, 2024
Menus often celebrate exotic flavors and far-flung cooking styles, but UC San Diego course Food Justice and Indigenous Food Sovereignty explores ingredients and recipes used by the people indigenous to our country.
