October 24, 2013
…the oceans and human health. Our oceanographic challenges today are very complex and multifaceted. It is really important that Scripps Oceanography is part of one of the foremost universities in the world, UC San Diego. That means that all of us at Scripps Oceanography have as partners phenomenal faculty—in engineering,…
May 28, 2020
…with his family in Carson, Calif., Aderounmu has been facing difficulty in coming up with ways to ensure sessions are interactive. “I can’t see my students’ feedback in real time, so I have to anticipate them in advance,” he said. “But with the help of my supervisors and tools like…
June 20, 2013
…to helping ensure their health and well-being. As provost, I have had the opportunity to work with students and staff in all aspects of undergraduate life, including housing and dining, core curricula, creating new student organizations, working with student leaders, and helping individuals navigate personal and intellectual challenges. Our colleges…
April 30, 2012
…step in her academic career – becoming a UC San Diego Triton. In this interview, Angela talks about why she chose to attend UC San Diego and what she likes best about being a Preuss student. How did you end up attending The Preuss School on the UC San Diego…
December 6, 2011
…to societal problems in health, energy, food and the environment. That deeper understanding will not be possible without interdisciplinary work with mathematics, computer science, engineering, and the physical and chemical sciences. One of the discoveries made by Thiemens, Kay’s partner in this part of the symposium, serendipitously illustrated the point.…
June 10, 2021
…Medicine, who studies the health of astronauts. I sought out Professor Bewley because he has many connections with JPL and NASA. Q. What would you advise Ph.D. students to study and specialize in? A. The world is changing and requires more skilled people. Your Ph.D. is an investment. It’s different…
April 12, 2018
…advocated around issues of health, student rights, anti-racism and violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people of color. She currently serves as special projects director in the Oakland office of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, which represents 20,000 caregivers and housekeepers and lobbies for labor legislation on their behalf. “I…
June 19, 2014
…“Our alumni educators will carry on the university’s mission of public service and make a difference in the lives of our nation’s youth.” Sierra Turner The number of UC San Diego graduates admitted to the Teach For America program has doubled since 2009. On average, only 12 to15 percent of…
November 12, 2020
…and less damaging to healthy cells. In addition to kinases and phosphatases, UC San Diego School of Medicine is home to many experts on G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), molecules that span cell membranes, where they transmit messages between cells and their environments. Like kinases, many therapeutic drugs work by influencing…
March 31, 2022
…(HIRE) Alliance, which is carefully structured to help increase the number of teaching professors in STEM from Latinx backgrounds. The team was awarded a $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program to implement a new model for equitable hiring of…
