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Commonly Used Pesticide Turns Honey Bees into ‘Picky Eaters’

May 23, 2012

Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that a small dose of a commonly used crop pesticide turns honey bees into “picky eaters” and affects their ability to recruit their nestmates to otherwise good sources of food.

Gaining Confidence and College Credits

September 19, 2023

This summer high school students gained access to college-level online courses that built their confidence and academic transcript through the new Discover UC San Diego program. Also, more than 700 incoming first year students took part in the 45th annual Summer Bridge to prepare for fall quarter.

Two UC San Diego Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 17, 2012

Susan Ferro-Novick, PhD, professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and Herbert Levine, PhD, professor in the UC San Diego Department of Physics, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Hypnotic Art Installation Celebrates Black Movement and Liberation

August 13, 2024

This summer, Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego presents a new video commission called “The Portal’s Keeper,” which explores liberated Black realities by artist LaJuné McMillian.

New Fault Discovered in Earthquake-Prone Southern California Region

October 4, 2016

A swarm of nearly 200 small earthquakes that shook Southern California residents in the Salton Sea area last week raised concerns they might trigger a larger earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault. At the same time, scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego…

No Barriers Too Big

November 12, 2020

…commitment to service that extends far beyond cities, counties or states,” said Morgan Appel, assistant dean of the department. He noted that Extension is serving educators and students in Mexico and is developing programs as far away as China and Indonesia. Children in need The orphanage in Ghana had its…

Potency Of Statins Linked To Muscle Side Effects

August 22, 2012

A study from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, published August 22 online by PLoS ONE, reports that muscle problems reported by patients taking statins were related to the strength or potency of the given cholesterol-lowering drugs.

UC San Diego Health Begins Treating Multiple Myeloma with CAR T-cell Therapy

June 3, 2021

As the first designated medical center in San Diego certified to offer this type of immunotherapy, UC San Diego Health will begin treating patients this month.

Five UC San Diego Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences

April 28, 2020

UC San Diego faculty members Dmitri Basov, Lawrence Goldstein, Terence Hwa, Clifford Kubiak, and Kimberly Prather were elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences Monday “in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

How to Write Better: Inside Investigative Journalist Will Carless’ Award-Winning Career

February 15, 2024

A featured instructor with the UC San Diego Extended Studies Creative Writing program, where he teaches Writer’s Art of Interviewing and News and Feature Writing, Will Carless feels a civic obligation to uncover the truth to ensure fairness, accuracy, transparency, and accountability.

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