February 14, 2023
Since its creation in 2015, The Commons has served a unique purpose at UC San Diego—to help students master the best ways to learn, and to assist faculty and graduate students in enhancing learning outcomes and student experiences in the classroom.
August 8, 2023
The start of wine grape growing season in California’s Napa Valley now comes nearly a month earlier than it used to because of the region’s warming climate, according to a new study from a team led by UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher Dan Cayan.
June 10, 2019
For the first time oceanographers monitored a polynya – or gap – in Antarctic winter sea ice. It was an opportunity that came about as a result of uncanny timing and a seasoned Scripps oceanographer’s knowledge of the sea.
August 29, 2023
A new study led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Jacobs School of Engineering has pinpointed how a dinoflagellate plankton species created the major red tide event off Southern California in 2020.
April 18, 2019
…specimens serve as important historical and taxonomic records for marine scientists. These recently pressed seaweed samples are stored in the herbarium, a dried plant archive, housed in the Smith Lab. The UC Davis study was prompted, in part, by the passing of a recent California law requiring dairy farmers and…
October 25, 2013
Students from the University of California, San Diego who are part of a National Science Foundation graduate training program in cultural heritage diagnostics spent part of October in the cradle of Western civilization – ancient Greece.
March 10, 2022
…well as Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Tribal Colleges and Universities. The program includes two summer paid research experiences; graduate school preparation and advising; faculty mentorship; travel funding to attend conferences; and more. Scholars also had the chance to present their work on March 5 at the…
October 7, 2016
The 2016-2017 season of the Qualcomm Institute’s primary performance series gets underway on October 20. The performances and artist residencies were awarded by the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) following a peer-review competition open to faculty and graduate students in Music, Theatre and Dance and Visual…
June 7, 2022
…year in the engineering department. Frankly, we’ve been attached at the hip ever since!” Luu shared. “We’ve supported each other through our journeys of academics, research and community service and I feel so lucky to have found such a pure, true love—thank you UC San Diego for introducing us!” Luu…
March 1, 2021
In a new study, Scripps Institution of Oceanography climate scientists Amato Evan and Ian Eisenman identify regional variations in snowpack melt as temperatures increase, and they present a theory that explains which mountain snowpacks worldwide are most “at-risk” from climate change.
