February 11, 2016
Clear images of minute packages meant to shield healthy cells from potent anti-cancer drugs have helped researchers evaluate a promising of new approach to chemotherapy.
February 28, 2012
…Scripps A $3.5 million planned gift from the estate of the late David DeLaCour is one of the largest ever received by Scripps. Scripps and Birch Aquarium at Scripps will each receive $1.75 million and will use the unrestricted funds for priority projects and emerging opportunities. David DeLaCour’s relationship with…
May 8, 2014
…and Pacific Studies develops strategies for policymakers to help mitigate climate change David Victor, an internationally recognized leader in research on energy and climate change policy, has a message to policymakers around the globe: time is running out. “The problem of climate change is getting worse, quickly,” said Victor, a…
October 13, 2016
…of Global Policy and Strategy (formerly the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies). Kwan So is the longest serving member of the advisory board for the School of Global Policy and Strategy. Together, the couple has played a key role in positioning UC San Diego as one of the…
May 17, 2018
…of Global Policy and Strategy, focuses her research on simultaneously achieving global food security and mitigating climate change. Her research examines the way in which climate impacts the food ecosystem and the ways in which food production, consumption and processing in turn impact the climate. Burney designs, implements and evaluates…
June 7, 2018
…Basement to organize and strategize on projects across the city—the largest of which takes place in San Diego’s Barrio Logan neighborhood, a vibrant and diverse area home to Monarch School, a center for at-risk homeless youth. The school is located in an area that not only draws traffic from large,…
December 6, 2018
…of Global Policy and Strategy, serves as a senior advisor to SDSN and represented the campus at the Dec. 4 launch. UC San Diego Plays Key Role in United Nations Initiative to Improve Human Welfare Campus is host to U.S. Sustainable Development Solutions Network that launched on Dec. 4 With…
January 17, 2019
…visions of a ruined planet and disastrous future are found everywhere in popular culture, but literature, art and theory could help create more sustainable and equitable worlds—just as microbes found in marine sediment could usher in new insight for natural drug discovery, and a new evolutionary path for viruses could…
March 21, 2019
…of Global Policy and Strategy and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “My research bridges the natural and social sciences in a way that addresses climate policy questions,” Ricke said. She is best known for… working on the climate effects and impacts of solar geoengineering proposals, which can be defined as intentionally…
April 4, 2019
…Challenge, TED-style talks, tree planting and more. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Are You Up to the Challenge? Campus community invited to participate in UC-wide Cool Campus Challenge as part of Earth Month celebration Eliminating Food Waste for Good As part of a University of California system-wide initiative,…
