November 16, 2017
…many firsts during his career at the University of California San Diego. He was one of the first faculty members hired at the School of Medicine, in 1969. He was the first to take physiological measurements at the summit of Mt. Everest—a dataset that has yet to be replicated. Read…
June 9, 2022
…44% increase in inpatient care capacity (from 554 to 799 patient beds) $7B invested in teaching space, labs, medical facilities, student housing 1,800 Chancellor’s Associates Scholars 307 new undergraduate scholarship funds created since 2012 180 new graduate fellowship funds created since 2012 123 new endowed chairs created since 2012 1…
September 6, 2024
Enthusiasm, hard work and talent were on display at the end-of-summer Neurodiversity in Tech internship showcase at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute’s Atkinson Hall.
September 10, 2024
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography to receive a four-year, $10 million grant to establish the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments. The center’s goal will be to understand how climate change may impact the nervous systems and behavior…
April 24, 2012
…a specialist in Environmental Health & Safety, was among the crowd of people who packed RIMAC to listen to the Dalai Lama. Here she recounts the impact the Dalai Lama had on her as he answered her submitted question from the audience. When he took the stage, he joyfully watched…
February 14, 2013
…normal homeostasis, compromising physical health and wellbeing. Glickman has identified ways in which different lighting characteristics can impact circadian response in mammals, findings that have implications for further understanding alertness and performance, sleep disturbances and hormone sensitive cancers in humans. In addition to the financial support, Glickman said that fellowships…
April 13, 2017
…of who does and cares about science,” Cooper said. “If the organizing volunteers are any indicator, it’s quite possible most of the attendees will be general enthusiasts who are not trained scientists, and who will be eager to talk with researchers and simply see and hear who they are and…
May 13, 2021
…hands-on research and explore career possibilities in his area of study. Scholarships embolden students to think big about their future. They provide an avenue to higher education and enhance experiential learning opportunities for those who may be facing financial constraints. To expand support for undergraduate and graduate students, Chancellor Pradeep…
April 4, 2023
To honor the many ways that UC San Diego’s graduate and professional students enhance the scholarly vitality of the university, a series of events will be held April 3-7 in recognition of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, a nationwide celebration.
January 16, 2020
…spent most of his career focused on very small objects. As a professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, his research has included studying transporter structures in cell membranes that are so small, they are most easily studied using X-ray crystallography, the same technique used to unravel…
