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Homeless and Hunger Awareness Week at UC San Diego Empowers Students to Help Needy

November 9, 2017

…senior majoring in public health with a minor in ethnic studies, is now manager of the Triton Food Pantry, where she oversees other volunteers with similar stories. These students and thousands more at UC San Diego will participate in Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, an annual program where people across…

Study Finds New Evidence that Autism Begins During Pregnancy

April 3, 2014

…the National Institute of Mental Health. It allowed scientists to identify specific genes in the developing human brain that could be used as biomarkers for the different layer cell types. Researching the origins of autism is challenging because it typically relies upon studying adult brains and attempting to extrapolate backwards.…

Students Get Crash Course in Responding to Life’s Unexpected Turns

February 11, 2016

…include “College Success and Mental Health” from 5-7 p.m. on May 12 at the Cross-Cultural Center. Future Real World Career Series workshops to be offered include “Resume Building and Art Portfolio Workshop” from 3-5 p.m. on February 10 at the Cross-Cultural Center and “Start Smart: Salary Negotiation for Students” from…

Does Remote Instruction Make Cheating Easier?

July 9, 2020

…the evolving COVID-19 public health crisis. Tricia Bertram Gallant, director of UC San Diego’s Office of Academic Integrity. Photo by Marcy Zimmerman. Today, colleges across the nation are making critical decisions for the coming academic year. UC San Diego recently announced that the campus will offer more than 4,750 undergraduate…

New UC San Diego Chapter Sends LGBT+ Delegates to oSTEM Conference

December 14, 2017

For the first time, a delegation of faculty and students from the University of California San Diego attended the annual Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM) National Conference to promote greater involvement of LGBT+ community in STEM fields.

Variants in Non-Coding DNA Contribute to Inherited Autism Risk

April 19, 2018

In recent years, researchers have firmly established that gene mutations appearing for the first time, called de novo mutations, contribute to approximately one-third of cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In a new study, an international team led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have…

Gone, But Not Forgotten

April 22, 2013

An international team of neuroscientists has described for the first time in exhaustive detail the underlying neurobiology of an amnesiac who suffered from profound memory loss after damage to key portions of his brain.

Stacks in the Corner: One-of-a-Kind Clinic Provides Hope for Treatment of Hoarding Disorder

April 30, 2020

…from UC San Diego Health’s Cognitive Rehabilitation Exposure and Sorting Therapy (CREST) program is visiting Parrish on this sunny December day. Parrish has been diagnosed with hoarding disorder, and she is in the process of learning how to physically and emotionally let go of those stacks in the corner, which…

Spring Break: Stay and Play to Keep Covid-19 Outbreaks Away

March 18, 2021

…low at 0.1%, campus health officials have found that students who go home during breaks are at a higher risk of contracting COVID and spreading the virus to others. Please note, those students who plan to leave campus for 18 hours or longer are required to complete the Returning Home…

Enhancing the Experience of Diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander Students

February 21, 2023

To continue strengthening the student experience for Asian American and Pacific Islander students, UC San Diego has become designated as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving-Institution (AANAPISI). This means that UC San Diego is now eligible to apply for federal grants.

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