July 26, 2022
In a pair of related studies, UC San Diego researchers show that the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic was at a Chinese market and resulted from at least two instances of the SARS-CoV-2 virus jumping from live animal hosts to humans working or shopping there.
January 26, 2023
Recognizing exceptional support to the campus, UC San Diego announced Karen and Jeff Silberman; the Step Family; and Sandra Timmons ’81 and Richard Sandstrom ’72, PhD ’79, as recipients of the 2022 Chancellor’s Medal. T. Denny Sanford is being recognized with the second-ever Lifetime Legacy Award.
April 23, 2015
…particularly thrilled about our partnership with ArcLight Cinemas, who will not only be sponsoring the Filmatic Festival, but hosting one of ArtPower!’s FOOVIE screenings of the 2015-2016 season,” said Webb. One-day passes to the Filmatic Festival are available to students for $12 and the general public for $35; 4-day passes…
July 9, 2020
…science and a strong partnership with the educational arm of San Diego’s Fleet Science Center. The team weaves 19 UC San Diego faculty members and their labs from the Division of Physical Sciences, the Jacobs School of Engineering and the Division of Biological Sciences into a large community of computational…
May 30, 2024
As part of UC San Diego’s robust innovation ecosystem, the IGE MedTech Accelerator program at UC San Diego has helped launch several successful startups, including LIMBER Prosthetics and Orthotics and Melio, a diagnostics company focusing on pediatric sepsis.
May 20, 2021
…Center for Civility (ARCC) partnership includes UC San Diego Extension’s Center for Research and Evaluation (CR+E), a UC San Diego Faculty Review Committee and NCRC with the support of a $400,000 grant from the Conrad Prebys Foundation. Future projects will enlist a wide range of divisions from UC San Diego’s…
May 28, 2015
…has forged a unique partnership with the Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse, which is housed on UC San Diego’s La Jolla campus. The two entities share state-of-the-art facilities and a core group of technical staff. The university and the Playhouse work closely together to offer students hands-on experience that can…
November 12, 2020
…food insecure, and in partnership with Feeding San Diego, they are able to provide a “food prescription” with healthy fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as nonperishable items such as beans, rice and oatmeal. The clinic’s regular support group also went virtual. “More people are participating now as they struggle…
April 9, 2015
…stated goal. Developed in partnership with ScaleFunder, a company that hosts crowdfunding platforms specifically designed for higher education, Crowdsurf is an initiative envisioned and operated by the Alumni and Community Engagement unit in UC San Diego’s Advancement Division. It represents a collaborative venture that engages the entire university community. The…
September 28, 2011
…Yu-Min Lin Through a partnership with the National Geographic Society (which hosted the crowd-sourcing platform on its website), Lin and his research team were able to solicit 1.8 million human contributions in one month — paving the way for an expedition to Mongolia this past summer that Lin called “very…
