October 9, 2014
October 9, 2014 —
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego bolsters reputation as top neuroscience research center with more than $10 million in new federal grants President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative, a federal research effort designed to help researchers answer fundamental questions about how the brain works, has in recent months awarded scientists…
March 9, 2017
March 9, 2017 —
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Regional Transportation Projects Impacting Campus Gear Up The construction is nearly impossible to miss. Whether you exit the I-5 freeway at Genesee Avenue, travel on Regents Road or pass through campus on Gilman Drive, there are plenty of regional transportation projects underway on and around…
November 9, 2017
November 9, 2017 —
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC Officials Begin Developing Plans to Achieve Carbon Neutrality Two years after University of California President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown met here with scientists and legislators to set the UC system on its path to become carbon neutral by 2025, many of the…
May 5, 2015
May 5, 2015 —
Dr. John Wooley, the long-time associate vice chancellor for research and professor of pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, passed away in April after a long battle with cancer.
October 17, 2024
October 17, 2024 —
Two UC San Diego philosophers in the School of Arts and Humanities are examining a centuries-old debate about the nature of free will from two angles—whether the universe’s makeup allows for the freedom of choice and the way free will functions in society as a method of cooperation.
June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019 —
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications At the University of California San Diego, “innovation” isn’t just a buzzword. Innovation is a living, breathing way of life. It reaches across campus and around the globe. And UC San Diego’s innovations are changing the region and the world. Educational Vision Technologies Scales Up…
April 14, 2016
April 14, 2016 —
…Alethea Go/UC San Diego Publications Overnight Programs Offer Glimpse of College Life for Diverse Admitted Students It was a drizzly Thursday afternoon when they began to arrive with pillows, sleeping bags and suitcases in hand. Yet the wet weather did little to temper the enthusiasm of the 244 high school…
March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015 —
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Meeting on ‘Green Revolution 2.0’ Draws Researchers and New Ideas When students ask Stephen Mayfield what to do when they graduate—what sort of career would provide them with a decent income, expanding professional opportunities and a chance to give back to society—the UC San Diego…
December 6, 2011
December 6, 2011 —
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Stem cells are tiny things, microscopic in fact. It’s the power of their pluripotency, their ability to become any kind of cell in the human body (and thus potentially fix almost any kind of human ailment) that makes them huge in the future of medicine.…
December 6, 2017
December 6, 2017 —
Thirty two faculty members at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, based on their publications over the past decade.