February 22, 2012
…with plans for a career in academic teaching and research. Corporate Partners Play an Integral Role at UC San Diego For five decades, private sector corporations and organizations like the Amgen Foundation have been instrumental to the rapid growth and upward trajectory of UC San Diego. From research to academic…
October 11, 2011
…the indigenous community,” said Carmen Linares, member of the California Native American Day committee. “This year’s theme was truly honored through celebratory songs and dances.” On display were authentic Native American materials used to make regalia, such as leathers, porcupine quills, elk teeth, otter skin hair wraps, cowrie shells, bone…
March 20, 2014
…undergraduate teaching; Leslie J. Carver, associate professor of psychology, for excellence in graduate teaching; Stephan M. Haggard, professor of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), for excellence in research in humanities and social sciences; Susan S. Taylor, professor of pharmacology and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, for excellence in research…
August 9, 2016
A team of 127 co-authors led by UC San Diego faculty from computer science and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy report in Nature Biotechnology on the successful rollout of Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking (GNPS) that lets scientists share mass spectrometry data worldwide to speed the search for potentially…
November 18, 2021
…Alec Calac, a public health MD/PhD student and member of the Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians, a local Tribe in San Diego County. “As the region’s only academic medical center, we have an affirmative obligation to educate Tribal members. I think UC San Diego has done a lot of honest…
September 26, 2024
From research labs to campus community centers, living-learning communities and beyond, students at UC San Diego are building professional networks and enhancing their educational journeys through on-campus employment.
April 9, 2020
…influenced by our environments, health, diet and habits, and how those microbes in turn influence our health. In order to now collect valuable research data on SARS-CoV-2, the team has tweaked the Microsetta kits in two key ways: How You Can Participate in the Microsetta Initiative Your help is needed…
August 4, 2022
…collaboration with UC Davis Health and Wayne State University in Detroit—to conduct a 12-year assessment of cognitive and brain aging and impairment among Latinos received continued funding of more than $6 million this year from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute on Aging. Among the federal funding…
January 21, 2016
…offers housing, rental assistance, healthcare, food, clothing, education, job training, mental health services, addiction treatment and more in a “one-stop shop” approach. In 2014, the nonprofit served nearly 15,000 homeless adults and children. Volunteers take a photo with Father Joe. “I applaud the students, staff, faculty and alumni of UC…
December 18, 2020
…the radar of public health experts across the country. In addition to the critical work surrounding COVID-19, our students, faculty and staff have continued to lend their talents toward an array of creative contributions on campus and around the world —from uncovering ancient fossils in an underwater cave to developing…
