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UC San Diego Scholar of Eastern Europe Amelia Glaser Selected as Harvard Radcliffe Fellow

July 20, 2021

Associate professor Amelia Glaser has been named a 2021–2022 fellow at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, where she will investigate contemporary literature and art in Ukraine to better understand how a collective identity can be publicly reimagined during, and immediately following, political upheaval.

Bluetooth Signals Can be Used to Identify and Track Smartphones

June 8, 2022

 A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has demonstrated for the first time that the Bluetooth signals emitted constantly by our mobile phones have a unique fingerprint that can be used to track individuals’ movements.

Take 10 With a Triton: Meet Angela Song, a Lover of Dogs, Data Analytics and Disneyland

August 25, 2022

…in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Return to Learn is everything I love about UC San Diego; we collaborated, partnered, shared expertise and put aside our egos and titles to step up—and step back, when necessary—so that our campus could do more than just survive,” Song said. “We were able…

UC San Diego Marks Final Stretch of Record-Breaking Fundraising Campaign

August 5, 2021

As the University of California San Diego heads into the last year of its ambitious 10-year Campaign for UC San Diego, the university completed its fourth consecutive year of record-breaking philanthropy with an all-time annual high of $376.4 million raised for the fiscal year 2020-2021.

Gut Microbes Influence How Rat Brains React to Opioids

April 27, 2020

Antibiotic treatment — which depletes gut microbes — drastically changes the parts of a rat’s brain that are activated during opioid addiction and withdrawal.

Philanthropists Leo and Emma Zuckerman Support Revitalization of UC San Diego Emergency Department

August 18, 2022

…particularly in response to COVID-19, we saw opportunities to refine emergency room environments to better lead to shorter waits, improved safety and more supportive and welcome atmospheres. We are so thankful to the Zuckermans for partnering with us in these important endeavors,” said UC San Diego Health CEO Patty Maysent.…

Awash in Potential: Wastewater Provides Early Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus

July 7, 2022

Scientists and physicians at UC San Diego and Scripps Research describe how wastewater sequencing provided dramatic new insights into levels and variants of SARS-CoV-2 on campus and in the broader community — a key step to public health interventions in advance of COVID-19 case surges.

UC San Diego Rises Five Spots to No. 29 in Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings

November 22, 2022

The University of California San Diego has been named the No. 29 university in the world, climbing five spots globally in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2022. UC San Diego also rose four places nationally to No. 17 in the United States.

Coronavirus Response Barely Slows Rising Carbon Dioxide

June 7, 2021

Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2021 in May at a monthly average of 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced today.

Asymptomatic Testing Central to UC San Diego’s Return to Learn for Fall Quarter

June 25, 2020

The University of California San Diego today announced the next step in its Return to Learn program, which will guide an incremental repopulation of the campus while offering broad, asymptomatic testing for faculty, staff and students on a recurring basis to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the no

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