August 23, 2012
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Tucked behind the Campus Services Complex next to a large canyon at UC San Diego is the James Nieh Bee Lab. Honeycombs dripping with honey fill about a dozen artificial colonies. They are built with cement walls and stand on two rows of tables. Bees…
November 19, 2020
…in Louisiana prisons, contributed art work to a neighborhood project, worked with families through a local non-profit and worked directly with parents to help engage their kids in academic activities. New partnerships were also started with Akanksha Schools in India and a refugee camp in Uganda as well as local…
February 23, 2017
…held Wednesday afternoon to publicize the achievement. Physics professor Adam Burgasser and his team at UC San Diego’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences played a contributing role in the discovery, which was detailed in a scientific paper published today in the journal Nature. The UC San Diego team has…
October 17, 2019
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego bioengineering professor Shu Chien made many foundational scientific discoveries over the course of his 62-year academic career, ranging from uncovering a key reason why sedentary lifestyles can be unhealthy to how to more efficiently screen for adverse effects of small molecule drugs…
February 23, 2017
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications To say that UC San Diego archaeologist Geoffrey Braswell was surprised to discover a precious jewel in Nim Li Punit in southern Belize is something of an understatement. “It was like finding the Hope Diamond in Peoria instead of New York,” said Braswell, who led…
November 18, 2021
…Lab faculty from the arts, humanities, engineering and the sciences join forces to solve complex issues related to education, health, mobility, communication and urban planning. Mai Thi Nguyen, faculty director of the Design Lab, said, “The Design Lab’s research has been guided by the goal of making a societal impact…
May 7, 2020
…learn. Worries about the public health crisis are coupled with deepening concerns about unprecedented job and financial losses. Thus, it is more important now than ever to be mindful of our emotional health and prioritize self-care. How Are You Doing? A new research study from UC San Diego Health invites…
April 30, 2020
…a cold.” A certified public accountant who owns his own business, Joe went back to work from the safety of his Kearny Mesa office, but his symptoms worsened. That’s when he called his UC San Diego Health primary care physician Dr. Dustin Lillie. Joe and Helen are both in their…
December 5, 2019
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications By the time Christian Cazares was applying to grad school, he had participated in at least three diversity initiatives at the University of California Berkeley aimed at supporting underrepresented students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). “And still,” he said, “I didn’t really feel…
February 5, 2015
…Jepsen, UC San Diego Publications Carol Padden, Dean of Social Sciences, Sanford I. Berman Chair in Language and Human Communication A longtime member of the UC San Diego community – first as a graduate student, then as a faculty member and, most recently, as an administrator too – Carol Padden…
