September 5, 2012
Enzo Ocio, a premature baby born 1 pound, 10 ounces at only 25 weeks, spent four and a half months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the University of California, San Diego Health System in Hillcrest. He was put on life support, suffered from multiple infections and struggled…
May 5, 2016
…Limit Chancellor’s Associates Scholarship Program helps students reach their dreams Huy Nguyen. Photo by Erika Johnson/University Communications As a child in Vietnam, Huy Nguyen gazed up at the sky with wonder. Space travel and rockets captivated him. A career focused on our universe, however, seemed unlikely, if not impossible. Yet…
March 17, 2016
…and Latino/a students and families learn about how to prepare for college at UC San Diego conference Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla The information they learned about university admission requirements was useful, but what Adriana and Raul Ojeda valued most was the hope inspired that their daughter Alysa could attend a…
June 16, 2022
A UC San Diego clinical trial finds new Guided Self-Help program is effective in treating pediatric obesity and improving family attendance rates.
January 24, 2019
…part of physics outreach program YPP student participants launch their egg parachute. Photo by Michelle Fredricks A flurry of egg parachutes carefully crafted from orange-tinted bubble wrap, duct tape, cardboard and trash bags rained down on the grounds outside UC San Diego’s Mayer Hall recently. The squall seemed appropriate outside…
May 26, 2016
…its three-week college prep program, to 21 students throughout Imperial Valley. Growing the Next Generation of Imperial Valley Scholars In 2014, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla traveled to Imperial County, promising that UC San Diego was committed to ensuring the university played a critical role in the region’s revival. Ed Abeyta,…
May 26, 2015
The Huntington’s Disease Clinical Research Center (HDCRC) at UC San Diego Health System has been designated a Center of Excellence by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA). UC San Diego was one of only 29 centers nationwide to receive this prestigious designation, which recognizes centers for their elite multidisciplinary…
January 19, 2017
…Center Expands Facilities and Programs When the Mesa Child Development Center (MCDC) opened its doors more than seven years ago on UC San Diego’s east campus, the goal was to offer flexible part-time child care that would help meet the unique needs of international families. Now, with newly expanded facilities,…
March 12, 2020
…Latino youth and their families “Everyone comes to UC San Diego with a different set of stories. And everyone can benefit when we can create more space for those stories, and value each other’s lived experiences,” says Blanca Melendrez, executive director at UC San Diego’s Center for Community Health. Welcoming…
January 18, 2018
…a miracle by her parents. But if you ask Shea, her most rewarding accomplishment on a long list is volunteering time to hold other “miracles” in the NICU at Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health. “I describe it to people as the best thing I have ever done,”…
