November 8, 2021
While many researchers suspect there will be a massive influx of COVID-related mismanaged plastic waste, a new study is the first to project the magnitude and fate of the waste in the oceans.
September 21, 2022
In 2025, the UC San Diego Health – Hillcrest Medical Campus will be home to a new center named in honor of beloved physician and breast cancer expert, Barbara Parker, MD, thanks to a $10 million gift from Price Philanthropies and the Price family.
September 23, 2015
The University of California, San Diego Library has acquired the papers of Paul Espinosa, an award-winning independent filmmaker, well known for his documentary and dramatic films focused on the U.S.-Mexican border region, which helped to increase awareness about a host of immigration and cross-cultural issues. Espinosa, who has been the…
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…
January 24, 2012
…“He has had a lifelong commitment to peace and human rights and this has earned him many honors worldwide as a messenger of peace in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa.” Subramani took the opportunity to preview for the audience the compelling panel discussion – “The Global Impact…
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…
June 9, 2017
James “Jim” Ronald Stewart, chief diving officer emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, died June 7 in Irvine, Calif. at the age of 89.
March 18, 2021
…Kyoto Prize honors the lifetime achievement of laureates who have also contributed to the betterment of humankind through technology, science and the arts. Similar to the MacArthur “Genius” Grant and the Nobel Prize, recipients of the Kyoto Prize, a lesser-known award, are just as well known for their societal impact.…
April 30, 2015
…Water – The California Lifestyle Big projects make a big impact What’s going on “behind-the-scenes” will have a significant impact on the campus’s efforts to conserve water. Recycled water is already in use at the university’s East Campus Utilities Plant and will offset potable water use in the plant’s cooling…
January 26, 2022
Six researchers and leaders at the University of California San Diego have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general science organization in the world and publisher of the journal Science.
