July 21, 2014
A University of California, San Diego School of Medicine-led study suggests that parents of obese children often do not recognize the potentially serious health consequences of childhood weight gain or the importance of daily physical activity in helping their child reach a healthy weight.
February 7, 2012
Kim E. Barrett, PhD, professor of medicine and dean of graduate studies at the University of California, San Diego, will become president-elect of the American Physiological Society (APS).
October 31, 2024
…driving innovative research and education in business, finance and biotechnology, to ensuring library resources for generations to come, UC San Diego’s 2025 Chancellor’s Medal and Lifetime Legacy Award honorees are making a remarkable impact on the world around us. The campus has announced the recipients of the campus’s most prestigious…
September 25, 2018
…of Representatives, Lynn Schenk; co-founders of one of the nation’s most generous foundations supporting science research, Marilyn and Jim Simons; and chairman of the Tata Trusts, which are among the largest philanthropic trusts in India, Ratan N. Tata.
April 24, 2013
The University of California, San Diego has been named one of the most environmentally responsible “green colleges” in the U.S. and Canada by the Princeton Review.
May 9, 2022
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at UC San Diego, report that a gene therapy that inhibits targeted nerve cell signaling effectively reduced neuropathic pain with no detectable side effects in mice with spinal cord or peripheral nerve injuries.
February 2, 2017
…question that prompted a national conference held at UC San Diego Jan. 20-22. Funded with a $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the conference was the first to be held as part of NSF INCLUDES, a new initiative focused on building cross-sector partnerships to improve STEM (science, technology,…
September 23, 2021
Five graduate students working at the interface of engineering and medicine have been honored as 2022 Siebel Scholars. They are pursuing graduate degrees in bioengineering, electrical engineering, nanoengineering, and bioinformatics, all with a focus on advancing human health. Five graduate student
June 17, 2017
“You have the opportunity to create a better world, a happier world,” said His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, who delivered the keynote address to 25,000 University of California San Diego graduates and their families today during the university’s All Campus Commencement. His message to graduates centered on the power…
June 22, 2017
…with an emphasis on education, scientific inquiry and global responsibility—all values that deeply align with UC San Diego’s academic mission. At Commencement, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla spoke of his first meeting with His Holiness, who describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. “Peace and positivity radiate from him,” Khosla said.…
