February 11, 2021
…San Diego graduates pursue careers. Representation is even less in the industry’s highest leadership roles: 100% of artistic directors in the 18 theater companies surveyed were white, the report finds. “These students are consistently underrepresented in training programs across this country and that translates directly to underrepresentation in the entertainment…
December 18, 2020
…from environmental scientist Jennifer Burney showed that between 2005 and 2016, the shutdown of coal-fired units saved an estimated 26,610 lives. The transition away from coal also saved 570 million bushels of corn, soybeans and wheat in their immediate vicinities. The analyses add insight into the global health consequences of…
June 19, 2014
…with colleagues from the Sanford-Burnham Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. He is also a consistent supporter of The Preuss School UCSD,a charter middle and high school on the UC San Diego campus for motivated, low-income…
October 6, 2016
…their absorption of additional carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning and other human activities. Lynne Talley is one of several researchers from across the United States taking part in the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) project, a multiyear effort to understand the chemistry of the ocean…
October 10, 2013
…and in particular cancer care. It’s not yet clear, however, how quickly the coming revolution will take place, or who will pay for it. UC San Diego Speakers – The Atlantic Meets the Pacific Ralph J. Greenspan Director of the Center for Brain Activity Mapping at UC San Diego Jacopo…
April 24, 2012
…surgery suite and intensive care unit, two components of the project supported by the California Seismic Safety Commission, which investigates earthquakes and recommends to the governor and state legislature policies that will reduce earthquake risks. Likewise, the fire-related data will help engineers model the fire performance of buildings damaged in…
May 2, 2022
…hot. A traveling sun burned butterscotch through the towering eucalypti. A flock of ravens was wheeling high overhead in lazy circles, croaking warnings to me before settling into the branches to rule sentinel over the sprawling university campus. As I made my way from the Library, I glanced down at…
October 1, 2020
…been notoriously difficult to carry out due to lack of reliable data. The satellite-based InSAR (interferometric synthetic aperture radar) is used to make high-resolution maps of land surface motion in space and time, including measurement of subsidence (or sinking). Subsidence can occur when large amounts of groundwater are removed from…
May 12, 2016
…coral bleaching, and Jennifer Burney of the School of Global Policy and Strategy is developing methods to assess ecosystems in semi-arid regions. These projects are the perfect lab for students to learn how to conduct research, Goldblatt said. The initiative was launched in 2015 by unique, two-year access to DigitalGlobe…
October 6, 2016
…force behind Kapono’s academic career is a desire to reconcile traditional ecological knowledge with western science. Infused with a body of ancestral wisdom passed down for generations about the Earth and environment, his goal is to build a complementary foundation of scientific expertise from a different perspective. Kopano works jointly…
