November 19, 2015
…ecology. During the peak months of January and February, Krause and a team of scientists selected, sedated, and then carefully mounted a Crittercam unit onto each animal’s fur, later retrieving each video unit after 3-5 days. The resulting footage was nothing short of spectacular, riddled with surprises, drama, and an…
March 13, 2012
…over the past few months. My original ideas have been greatly enriched as a result of this collaboration with students, faculty and staff. How are you prioritizing your fundraising for diversity initiatives? Blackwell: I took the first 90 days to meet and collaborate with students, staff, faculty and alumni to…
October 6, 2016
…sets off on a nine-month expedition, called the Surfer Biome Project, to collect hundreds of chemical samples from surfers across five continents. He begins his trip in England, where he will partner with researchers from the Center for Environment and Human Health at the University of Exeter School of Medicine.…
November 5, 2020
…networking technology used in earthquake detection systems, the ALERTTahoe network expanded rapidly. When UC San Diego and the University of Oregon became partners, the network became ALERTWildfire. The efficacy of the network to confirm and monitor wildfires was readily apparent and interagency investment created a surge in camera numbers as…
October 22, 2024
UC San Diego based faculty are leading the Future of Democracy initiative, which brings together multiple disciplines and perspectives from across the University of California to better understand why illiberal regimes—governing systems that hide their nondemocratic practices behind formally democratic institutions and procedures—are increasingly on the rise and what the…
May 19, 2016
…projects such as the Earth Microbiome Project, American Gut, Global Natural Products, and a collaborative network spanning thousands of investigators at other institutions. Participation in the National Microbiome Initiative will allow these researchers to further these efforts, building new bridges between technology developers and end-users in fields ranging from pharmaceuticals…
May 19, 2016
…and Ralph Greenspan Two months before the historic climate agreement in Paris, where representatives from nearly 200 countries pledged to reduce greenhouse emissions, a smaller group of climate experts and politicians gathered at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Their mission: To come up with recommendations to slow the…
May 17, 2018
…a subset of the Earth Microbiome Project to discover the kinds of microbes and microbiomes “in the wild.” As of the middle of last year, the project included microbial sequence data from 15,096 samples from 11,336 human participants representing primarily the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, along with 42…
February 27, 2012
Marine scientists and a commercial telecommunications company are exploring partnerships that could dramatically advance scientists’ ability to observe and study ocean processes, provide early alerts for potential disasters and study deep Earth geodynamics.
September 26, 2011
…over the past several months has been devoted to strategic planning with the Academics Deans and the faculty. We, as a campus, need to plan now to position ourselves for the next decade and the next 50 years, in a financial environment that relies less on the state. In doing…
