November 19, 2020
…continues to disrupt the lives of students across the country, much is uncertain. However, for the children at HFH, there is the certainty that a caring PAL tutor will be there to assist them along their academic journey and encourage them as individuals, no matter what this pandemic time brings.…
October 4, 2018
…an engineer; and experienced life as a college student. While they were helping build batteries, they were also building bridges between the United States and Mexico: Mendez attends high school in San Diego, while Martinez is a student in Tijuana. They were two of more than 100 high school and…
March 31, 2022
…gone before them. “Our campus is shaped by many remarkable women every day, at every level of our organization,” said Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Becky Petitt. “Many women leaders at UC San Diego serve as important mentors for the next generation of professionals, particularly other women who…
March 11, 2021
…some form of marine life. Revealed with the ebb and flow of the tides, these rocky coastal wonderlands are often teeming with creatures ranging from hermit crabs and octopus to small fishes and sea anemones. But beyond the scene-stealing marine critters—if you look a little closer—you will find seaweed, or…
October 19, 2017
…“smart” devices in our lives has made network cybersecurity an increasingly urgent priority. “We knew nothing about automobiles, but we knew a fair amount about computer security,” Savage said in a video provided by the MacArthur Foundation. “All of the automotive companies, to varying extents, now take the cybersecurity threat…
October 10, 2011
…be able to help campus researchers better understand typical driving behaviors. The objective is to develop “intelligent” technologies that will help reduce accidents on the road. The behavioral research study is underway in UC San Diego’s Laboratory for Intelligent and Safe Automobiles (LISA), a sprawling set of spaces replete with…
October 25, 2018
…“Someone made this their life’s work,” he says, maybe 700 or 1,000 years ago. The stone, a bedrock mortar, sits in what is now a parched corner of eastern San Diego County, and Bolger is sure that it holds stories—on the land and in its people. And in the summer…
March 20, 2014
…Space Park south of campus, so Hung hiked to the area and patiently stood over the flower for 20 minutes with net at the ready before he finally saw a bee. “I caught only two bees that day, but I was happy, because this was a very rare bee,” he…
October 18, 2018
…crustaceans to alter basic life functions such as growth, shell formation and so on. Lowder draws seawater for her experiments from a supply pumped in from the ocean via Scripps Pier. The pipes on the pier also send seawater to the tanks at Birch Aquarium, numerous labs, and those owned…
