March 26, 2020
…of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, urges the public to consider social-distancing and stay-at-home measures as an act of love, of solidarity and science. iStock.com/damircudic Fielding-Miller, who describes herself as a “public health social scientist,” wrote in a recent San Diego…
January 17, 2023
More than half a dozen scientists from Scripps Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center will be venturing to Antarctica for the 2022-23 field season.
March 18, 2021
…of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health. To learn more about the panelists’ professional backgrounds, please visit the Evenings of Nonconventional Wisdom news story here. Now, a little over a year after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the virus, the vaccine and its related effects remain…
April 25, 2016
University of California San Diego’s Luis Martin-Cabrera has been named a 2016 Whiting Public Engagement (WPE) Fellow by the Whiting Foundation for his proposal to investigate the lives of indigenous groups living in a region known as the “Saudi Arabia of Lithium.” A key component in rechargeable batteries for laptops…
October 31, 2024
From supporting the health of our youngest patients, to driving innovative research and education in business, finance and biotechnology, to ensuring library resources for generations to come, UC San Diego’s 2025 Chancellor’s Medal and Lifetime Legacy Award honorees are making a remarkable impact on the world around us. The campus…
October 31, 2013
…technological solutions to improve global access to learning opportunities, especially within disadvantaged and isolated communities. Through my work with an inspiring team at the Foundation for Learning Equality, I hope to help bring the online learning revolution to the 65 percent of the world that is still offline. What will…
June 12, 2014
…have enriched the student experience at UC San Diego as leaders and role models and dedicated their time to those in need in the community and around the world. Discover more about Outstanding Senior Damini Tandon, Outstanding Graduate Michael Porter and our other standout grads and where their journey will…
March 29, 2017
From film screenings and folk art to a forum on animal rights, UC San Diego’s 2017 César E. Chávez Celebration promises to uphold a vibrant tradition of activism, cultural heritage and social justice. The annual campus celebration, which takes place from March to May, commemorates the life and legacy of…
May 2, 2023
Researchers across a range of fields are working together to develop and implement AI-assisted tools and machine learning methods that will enable scientific discoveries at an unprecedented pace. And when it comes to global challenges like climate change, time is of the essence.
July 9, 2024
Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s NSF-funded Southern California Extreme Heat Research Hub brings together an interdisciplinary team of UC San Diego scientists—from climatologists to epidemiologists—to study extreme heat impacts and mitigation strategies.
