March 31, 2022
…instruction for undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses, the numbers are much less diverse. Only 6 percent of teaching faculty are from racial and ethnic minority groups, according to recently published information. A bold effort led by UC San Diego’s Stanley Lo and several co-principal investigators from across…
December 9, 2021
…summer, the School of Medicine also launched Project 2VIDA!, a vaccine hesitancy program funded by the National Institutes of Health, that sought to increase outreach, access and use of COVID-19 vaccines among Latino and Black communities. And because no virus recognizes borders, we expanded our outreach to benefit the binational…
July 21, 2023
Researchers have created a resource for analyzing how viruses infect human cells. The fruit fly-based toolkit provides a shortcut for assessing SARS-CoV-2 genes and understanding how they interact with human proteins, offering researchers a resource for new COVID-related drug therapies.
April 25, 2019
…to develop and implement smart-technology solutions for long-standing trans-border issues such as urban resilience and water management. They will hold a series of workshops this summer in San Diego and Tijuana. The binational symposium addressed issues of health care facing both countries. Featuring experts from UC San Diego and Mexico,…
May 22, 2014
…and the Institute of Medicine, the Mexican Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering, and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. He has served on the U.S. President’s Committee of Advisors in Science and Technology for Presidents Obama and Clinton, the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, National Research Council Board on…
October 24, 2012
When members of UC San Diego’s Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3) participated in a program for over 100 graduate and undergraduate students and alumni from various disciplines under the aegis of the university’s International Affairs Group (IAG), both sides came away pledging to continue the…
March 6, 2012
…had just driven the Medici family from power. “In 1503, the hall was allotted to him by Piero Soderini, the Gonfaloniere of Justice.” Da Vinci notes rather ominously in his own journal that he began to paint on June 6, 1505, just as a storm broke over the city and…
December 4, 2023
UC San Diego has the highest number of influential voices in the University of California system and ranks 7th highest among universities worldwide, according to Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list.
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…
September 16, 2022
Since 2016, the Science Gateways Community Institute has brought together software developers to improve access to essential resources and services with a “community center” approach.
