November 1, 2018
…observatories are culturally and environmentally invasive. Yet, a recent poll showed that most Hawaiians favored building TMT on Mauna Kea. The telescope, named for the diameter of its main light-collecting mirror (30 meters), has been in the planning stages for 15 years. With an estimated cost of $1.4 billion, TMT…
May 9, 2019
…breakthrough has become an environmentally friendly solution. “Since this technology can dramatically increase seed yield, farmers can get the same yield on less land, meaning fewer chemical pesticides, fertilizers and less water,” said Yanofsky, who looks with satisfaction on the achievement as an excellent example of scientific delayed gratification. “Many…
April 7, 2022
…climate, clean energy, engagement, environmentally friendly purchasing, food and dining, green buildings, sustainable landscapes, transportation and fleet services, water conservation and zero waste. While the report focuses on innovative and leading sustainable practices for campus operations, it also recognizes solutions that help to address significant global challenges as diverse as…
May 12, 2022
…Grantham. Celebrate a Healthy, Environmentally Friendly, Cost-Saving Commute Jeff Grantham Ask Jeff Grantham what his favorite day of the week is and he’ll tell you it’s the day he bikes to his job as senior director of marketing for University Communications. “It gets your heart rate up, gets you going…
July 7, 2022
…solutions that are socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable,” said Jon Wade, a professor of practice in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering, and the team’s faculty advisor. “Their work could have a significant positive impact on the housing shortage crisis here in San…
October 6, 2011
Combining recently launched green technology for navigating the oceans with the need to address gaps in critical earthquake information across the globe, scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been granted $1.02 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a cutting-edge deep-ocean seismic system. With…
April 11, 2013
The University of California, San Diego has received a SANDAG iCommute Diamond Award in recognition of the university’s contributions to alleviating the region’s traffic congestion and greenhouse gases with alternative transportation options.
September 6, 2013
The Southern California Clean Energy Technology Acceleration Program (SoCal TAP) selected four revolutionary research teams from the University of California, San Diego and University of Southern California to receive $180,000 each in commercialization awards as part of a program overseen by the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego…
January 28, 2014
The University of California, San Diego is one of the nation’s “best value” colleges and universities, according to The Princeton Review’s book, “The Best Value Colleges: 2014 Edition.” The education services company has included UC San Diego in its “Best Value Colleges” publication for more than a decade.
June 30, 2014
A biology professor at UC San Diego who heads a research institute that brings together scientists across the campus studying circadian rhythms, the internal “biological clock” that governs the daily activities in humans and other organisms, has been named by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute an HHMI professor.
