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David Victor of UC San Diego to Co-Chair Climate Action Commission

SAN DIEGO, CA – David G. Victor of the University of California San Diego will bring his years of leadership experience to a new initiative from The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the Commission on Accelerating Climate Action.

Research Center Awards Travel Grants to Two Graduate Students in Computer Science

Computer science graduate students Ariana Mirian and Stephanie Chen will attend the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Orlando, FL, thanks to travel grants awarded by UC San Diego’s Center for Networked Systems (CNS).

Shutdown of Coal-Fired Plants in U.S. Saves Lives and Improves Crop Yields

The decommissioning of coal-fired power plants in the continental United States has reduced nearby pollution and its negative impacts on human health and crop yields, according to a new University of California San Diego study.

UC San Diego Receives National Designation as a Bee Campus

There’s a big buzz on campus: UC San Diego has been named a Bee Campus USA member, part of a national program created to support all types of pollinators, including birds, bats, bees and multiple insect pollinators, such as butterflies and moths.

Global Study Finds Neighborhood Design Helps Put Best Foot Forward for Health

More walkable neighborhoods, parks and public transit could all reduce your chance of becoming one of the 600 million adults who battle obesity worldwide, according to researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The study, recently published online in The Lancet, found a neighborhood’s design plays a…

Extreme Heat in South Asia Challenges Worker Performances

UC San Diego’s Teevrat Garg explores how extreme heat affects workforces in low- and middle-income countries.

Disease Without Borders

…United States-Mexico border as way to improve human and environmental health.

Workshop to Highlight Growing Role of Innovation and IP as Drivers of the Global Economy

…force of the global economy and the intellectual property (IP) which results drives wealth creation in companies, economic sectors, and countries. So what can universities and other public institutions do to turn innovations into IP and to protect that IP so that it generates future jobs for the U.S. economy?

UC San Diego Engineering Professor Olivia Graeve Named One of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Mexico

UC San Diego Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Olivia Graeve has been named one of the “100 mujeres más poderosas de México” – one of the 100 most powerful women in Mexico, according to a Forbes 2017 ranking.

Rethink, Rewrite, Redefine—How Biodegradable Plastics Are Reshaping Sustainability

Researchers at UC San Diego have spent many years developing a biodegradable plastic alternative made from algae. A new book, published by Elsevier, details the basic science of creating bio-based polymers, lifecycle assessments and a techno-economic analysis.