November 19, 2024
A group of distinguished community leaders, university administrators, faculty and alumni representatives is working diligently on behalf of the university to further the campus’s forward trajectory. The UC San Diego Foundation Board of Trustees welcomed six new and returning trustees to the board for 2024-25, four of whom are UC…
May 16, 2024
What broad and pressing societal problems, challenges or questions do you think UC San Diego is uniquely, well-positioned to help solve.
February 7, 2022
An international team of scientists, led by UC San Diego researchers, has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci. The findings illuminate how genes impact the brain and diseases.
October 24, 2023
This smartphone attachment could enable people to screen for a variety of neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury, at low cost—and do so accurately regardless of their skin tone.
October 8, 2019
In the largest and most diverse genetic study of PTSD to date, scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine and more than 130 institutions in the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium found that genetics accounts for five to 20 percent of the variability in PTSD risk following a traumatic event.
April 6, 2023
A new Triton Compassionate Response team has been created to support students in an equitable way by validating what they are going through, empowering them to be involved in their healthcare decisions and offering a pathway to wellness.
November 12, 2020
…of Medicine. “Achieving health equity requires access to care, decent housing, running water, healthy food, green outdoor spaces and economic and educational equality.” Research and service conducted by UC San Diego faculty, students and staff are pinpointing where these inequities are most prevalent in San Diego. Interventions have been developed…
June 7, 2022
…in the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, receives her celebratory certificate upon completion of her degrees in communication and international studies. Photos by Erik Jepsen, University Communications. Celebrations of Pride Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla speaking at Rainbow Graduation. Brightly colored streamers marked the way to the Stage Room on…
March 11, 2021
…the flaws of our healthcare system but has also exposed the inequities that women of color face, especially low-income Indigenous, Latinx and Black women,” she said. In addition to access to quality health care, securing basic needs such as food during the pandemic is equally crucial. Lizzy Cooper, program manager…
October 3, 2019
…that address: issues of equity and diversity; the climate crisis; and human health and changing demographics. In almost every case, the degrees serve not only to fulfill ideals but also present a career pathway. New UC San Diego Majors and Minors in 2019-20 New Majors: B.S. in Biological Anthropology (Anthropology),…
