February 8, 2024
UC San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University will co-host the 23rd annual Kyoto Prize Symposium on March 13 and 14. The 2023 Kyoto Prize Laureates are Elliott H. Lieb for Basic Sciences, Ryuzo Yanagimachi for Advanced Technology and Nalini Malani for Arts and Philosophy.
November 21, 2023
Groundwork Books Collective is the campus’s only cooperatively managed bookstore and one of three volunteer worker collectives at UC San Diego.
May 1, 2014
…casa es su casa” philosophy, the RRC is open to all. Begun several years ago as a student-run collective dedicated to cultivating diversity on campus, the center will host activities and events to build a sense of collectivity. Students will also have the opportunity to link theory and research in…
July 16, 2013
UC San Diego Health System is once again ranked among the nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-14 “America’s Best Hospitals” issue. The magazine placed UC San Diego Health System No. 1 in the San Diego metropolitan area with national rankings in 10 specialties.
April 24, 2014
…in political science and philosophy in 2013, and Minton, a senior majoring in computer science, initially developed By the People in 2013 as a tool for UC San Diego students to vote on student government issues. Nearly 2,000 students participated — roughly 8 percent of the undergraduate student body. The…
March 13, 2017
The University of California San Diego’s Division of Arts and Humanities is welcoming its first visiting artist under the newly established Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. “Parissa,” Iran’s most distinguished female vocalist, will visit UC San Diego during the first part of spring quarter to share her deep knowledge of the…
June 1, 2020
Dr. Cheryl Anderson, professor and interim chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health in the School of Medicine at the University of California San Diego, has been named founding dean of The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science.
April 5, 2018
For consumers looking to reduce their consumption of meat — particularly due to a greater understanding of the ethical treatment of animals — researchers have analyzed the leading cookbooks of 26 celebrity chefs to offer insight and guidance. Their findings show that not all chefs are what they appear: while…
February 11, 2019
UC San Diego will host its 9th annual Center for Circadian Biology Symposium Feb. 13-15, 2019. The three-day event, entitled “From Cells to Clinic,” will culminate with a talk from the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine Michael W. Young, who will speak about delayed phase sleep disorders.
April 19, 2012
Although perceived as sheer fantasy by many, the magic depicted in the popular Harry Potter novels by author J.K. Rowling can be traced to Renaissance traditions that played a pivotal role in the development of modern science and medicine. The UC San Diego Libraries have been selected by the U.S.…
