March 9, 2017
…society’s ability to monitor environmental changes through technological advancement, and improving the public’s ability to adapt to climate change consequences such as increasingly frequent heat waves and the spread of vector-borne illnesses. “These appointments represent UC San Diego’s nontraditional approach to solving the most pressing problems facing our world. We…
October 9, 2014
…gather, analyze and interpret health data generated by mobile and wearable sensors. The Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K) team, led by University of Memphis computer scientist Santosh Kumar, will receive $10.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop novel big-data solutions for reliably quantifying physical, biological, behavioral, social,…
April 8, 2020
Scientists studying bacteria have identified the roots of a behavior that is regulated by the circadian clock. The research provides a striking example of the importance of keeping the internal biological clock aligned with the external environment so that processes occur at the right time of day.
November 15, 2011
…a programmer analyst in Environmental Health & Safety, was recognized Nov. 7 for her 40 years of service to the university. Fey was one of 507 employees recognized. Together, they’ve put in 7,960 years—or more than 16.6 million hours—of service at UC San Diego, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox pointed out.…
April 1, 2016
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…
October 13, 2017
…The work sheds light on how cells adapt under environmental stress and has applications in precision medicine, where adaptive cell modeling could provide patient-specific treatments for bacterial infections.
October 10, 2014
…Lifeguards, the popular surf spot has its first ever environmentally-friendly restroom facility.
January 25, 2012
The University of California, San Diego ranks 11th among all large universities in the nation, up from 14th last year, on the Peace Corps’ annual list of “Top Colleges and Universities,” released today.
February 25, 2015
A Scripps Institution of Oceanography-led study on how natural and man-made sources of nitrogen are recycled through the Lake Tahoe ecosystem provides new information on how global change may affect the iconic blue lake.
November 6, 2024
People experiencing homelessness are significantly more susceptible to the health impacts of wildfire smoke compared to those with homes, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
