October 23, 2014
Kristin Olsen, California Assembly Minority Leader, discussed the role of social media in ethics. From left to right: Steve Erie, Kristin Olsen, Stephen Ferruolo, Robert Price, Scott Peters. Photo by Melissa JacobsInspiring Political Engagement Among Students and SocietyUC San Diego hosts Conference on Ethics, Transparency and CivilityLike any other successful…
April 23, 2015
…directs UC San Diego’s California Center for Algae Biotechnology, or “Cal-CAB,” called on Solazyme, Inc. The California-based biotech, which produces renewable, sustainable oils and ingredients, supplied a gallon of algae oil to make the world’s first algae-based surfboard blank. After some clever chemistry at UC San Diego, Arctic Foam successfully…
February 4, 2016
…subsurface oxygen levels off California, which are known to have dropped some 20-30 percent over the last 25 years. She is looking to deploy oxygen-measuring devices in Southern California’s deep-sea environments in an effort to evaluate how frequently nearshore deep-sea areas are exposed to low-oxygen conditions and how fish respond…
February 9, 2017
…and their impact on coastal ecosystems. “This is a pretty big experiment to run,” said Hamann, noting the unusual position of being a graduate student in charge of a research cruise. She chose to attend the graduate program at Scripps for this very reason—the possibility of going out to sea…
September 12, 2017
…at the University of California San Diego tasked with understanding impacts and facilitating adaptation to projected changes in climate. A Scripps alumnus, Merrifield returns to campus from a 20-year stint as director of the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center. He will be the inaugural holder of the UC San…
October 5, 2017
…student studying estuarine and coastal dynamics in the lab of Sarah Giddings. “When I decided to come to Scripps, I knew that the breadth of research done here would be beneficial to my personal and professional growth and that the rigor of the coursework and program expectations would make me…
October 12, 2017
…as part of the Californian Shaman program. Photos by Kyle Dykes/UC San Diego Health “Californian Shaman” High School Students Explore Plants, Medicine and More As the high school students hiked along the nature trail at Scripps Coastal Reserve, José Waterton, a doctoral student in plant ecology at UC San Diego,…
May 24, 2018
…planet, starting with Southern California. UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Kholsa welcomes attendees at the UP Summit. This research was showcased May 17 at the inaugural UP Summit, to inspire a dialogue about how UC San Diego researchers are contributing to find solutions to environmental challenges. This research to…
June 14, 2018
…become the University of California’s third-most engaged news source on social media, after UCLA’s Daily Bruin and UC Berkeley’s Daily Californian. In addition, the media outlet’s coverage has been cited by The New York Times, Quartz, and others. Schneider never dreamed he’d become a journalist, as he didn’t have any…
December 5, 2019
…into the San Diego-Scripps Coastal Marine Conservation Area, located just steps from the aquarium. This will allow aquarium visitors to experience life in one of California’s verdant Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). “I am particularly excited for this because it breaks a barrier that we haven’t been able to break prior,…
