May 8, 2014
…Professor Charles David Keeling’s life and invaluable contributions to climate science and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Victor is director of IR/PS’s Laboratory on International Law and Regulation and author of numerous books including his most recent, “Global Warming Gridlock: Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet.” A member of…
October 15, 2015
…Food Pantry, an Associated Students-led effort to address food insecurity, now includes a fundraising project on Crowdsurf, UC San Diego’s crowdfunding platform. “Simply adding more fertilizers and water to crops will not help farmers meet the demands for environmentally sustainable and improved yields,” said plant biologist Julian Schroeder, Novartis Chair…
January 23, 2020
…Janz’s 20 years of life, most neighbors in his tiny Canadian town never knew he was sick. Janz snowboarded, hunted and fished. He hung with friends, often playing ice hockey video games. He worked in shipping and receiving for a company that makes oil pumps. But there were times when…
November 4, 2021
…people lead better, healthier lives," said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. "The reimagined medical center will provide expanded opportunities for faculty, staff and students to use their knowledge and expertise for the benefit of our region through a broad scale of services and innovative treatment options.” The first…
August 21, 2017
…clear skies. That allowed students and others who came to campus in the morning prepared with eclipse glasses, shadow boxes and pinholes in cardboard to watch the sun as it progressed during the eclipse to a crescent shape, which also could be seen on campus sidewalks as moon-blocked sunlight filtered…
May 12, 2022
…mission to be a student-centered, research-focused and service-oriented university community,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “Ten years ago, when we learned that a proposed Trolley extension was slated to connect our main campus in La Jolla with the U.S.-Mexico border by way of downtown San Diego, we…
October 6, 2016
…Angel’s Flight, Disney’s escalators lift visitors through a dramatically changing environment. The design of “Nimbus,” according to Sharon, took shape along the lines of Austrian composer Wolfgang Mitterer’s sound installations, where electronic processes create a disorienting sense of space in everyday settings. Disney concert hall, of course, is not exactly…
November 20, 2014
…helicopter-style drone that is lifted and propelled by four rotors. It’s designed as a flexible bracelet weighing less than a tenth of a pound, whose propellers sit neatly folded up atop its owner’s wrist. A gesture sends it off to capture a memorable moment of the owner and then return.…
October 10, 2011
…San Diego and our students. Dr. Beutler’s work in physiology and medicine is helping to build the future for us all.” According to the prize committee, this year’s winners have “revolutionized our understanding of the immune system by discovering key principles for its activation… The discoveries of the three Nobel…
September 8, 2022
…“Their transformative impacts across academic disciplines and in the lives of student and faculty colleagues will continue to reverberate into the future.”
