August 6, 2020
…they align theory and practice to produce algae-based, commercial-quality polyurethane materials that give society a fighting chance at knocking out the perils of plastic pollution. “In many ways, there is no future other than this,” said Biological Sciences Professor Stephen Mayfield. “The actual science behind this is not going to…
August 5, 2022
Brookie Best, PharmD, has been named the next dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego, succeeding James McKerrow, PhD, MD, who stepped down June 30, 2022.
November 22, 2022
…occasion of her recent receipt of the Impact in Education award from the San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce, we had the chance to learn more about Vice Chancellor Becky R. Petitt and what drives her.
May 4, 2023
A collaboration between UC San Diego Health and 211 San Diego will help patients with transportation barriers get to follow up appointments.
February 2, 2015
Officials of the University of California, San Diego and Perdana University in Malaysia have announced a plan to collaborate on further development of the Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine (PUGSOM). UC San Diego was chosen from among the top schools of medicine in the United States to lead this…
September 16, 2022
Since 2016, the Science Gateways Community Institute has brought together software developers to improve access to essential resources and services with a “community center” approach.
October 11, 2011
For University of California, San Diego graduate student Chas Culverwell, the only thing that made his summer internship with the U.S. State Department at the American Institute in Taiwan even more extraordinary was the fact that he was able to take his wife, 2-year-old son and 4-month-old daughter with him.
April 21, 2017
The first “Militarism & Migration” academic conference will be presented in the City Heights neighborhood — historically serving as the home for the majority of resettled refugees in the city — April 21-23 at the East African Community and Cultural Center.
March 29, 2017
UC San Diego Health has again been named a “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization.
March 31, 2016
…of events seeks to educate our campus and community about his values and his contributions to our society.” The theme for this year’s celebration is “¡Huelga! Celebrating the Delano Grape Strike-50 Years of Activism.” Chávez’s birthday on March 31 is a statewide holiday that is observed by UC San Diego…
