June 6, 2013
…a career achievement award given to a man who described his blockbuster movies as merely the sources of money that pay for more exploration. Cameron lamented that the deep oceans represent an area the size of North America that remains unexplored, but too many people overlook this vast region as…
March 13, 2014
…positioned on the border, giving opportunity for increased engagement, collaboration and exchange with Mexican scholars and students. “Our Mexico Moving Forward symposium underscores our commitment to our binational border region,” said Khosla. “UC San Diego has a long history of partnership with Mexico, especially with our Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies,…
January 20, 2022
…Architects. “The renovation is giving the Library the opportunity to re-envision how we provide service; putting the user experience at the forefront,” said Dani Cook, associate university librarian, learning and user experience. “Our goal is to create a more positive user experience by delivering most of our services in a…
October 16, 2014
…San Diego Publications People give to the University of California, San Diego for many different reasons, but for local philanthropist Carol Vassiliadis, her reason is simple. “It’s the people,” she said. “The people at UC San Diego truly believe in what they are doing. And if, with the Jacobs Medical…
October 29, 2020
…mental disorder in a given year, according to the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine report. With the COVID-19 pandemic taking a toll on the mental health of young people, UC San Diego’s collaboration with UnitedHealth Group is well-timed and relevant. “Grants, such as that from UnitedHealth Group, help…
November 4, 2021
…used the restroom in the affected buildings at a given time to get tested, and isolate if diagnosed with COVID-19. Data is added daily to a publicly available digital dashboard at returntolearn.ucsd.edu/dashboard.
June 30, 2022
…use Skrewball’s success to give back to others. During the pandemic, they were able to help financially support bartending and restaurant communities, and they have also recently provided aid to Ukrainian refugees in Poland. “Each person faces unique challenges as an entrepreneur. I have heard comments that could have gotten…
June 5, 2012
…all their lives to give my siblings and me the opportunity to go to college.” Graduating senior Elizabeth Seckel has gone on many journeys while she was a student at UC San Diego, including a journey taken from an injury of her own to the inner-workings of the human brain…
March 12, 2020
…Initiative, which aims to give every engineering and computer science undergraduate student at UC San Diego a hands-on or experiential engineering course or lab each and every year. Global Ties partners interdisciplinary teams of UC San Diego students with nonprofits and NGOs to co-create solutions to socially urgent problems in…
July 23, 2020
…within residential housing, can give us an early indication that there are some infections occurring there, potentially earlier than our asymptomatic testing program. If we identify viral activity in the wastewater of a dorm, we can then go into the building to perform more extensive testing. This will allow us…
