April 17, 2014
…Underscores Campus Commitment to Sustainable Solutions Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego will join people around the world in celebrating Earth Week from April 21 to 25. The theme for the week of events, “Connecting the Drops,” helps illustrate the campus’s water-saving strategies and the need…
June 22, 2014
Biologists at UC San Diego have found the “missing link” in the chemical system that enables animal cells to produce ribosomes—the thousands of protein “factories” contained within each cell that manufacture all of the proteins needed to build tissue and sustain life.
February 9, 2017
…while promoting health, the environment and social justice. The Sustainability Office student ambassador has been selected to participate in the Principal Community Scholar Program, a prestigious opportunity to lead a campus community service project and receive a $1,000 scholarship.
July 7, 2022
…start planning their affordable, sustainable accessory dwelling unit. Photos courtesy of Triton Solar Decathlon team. UC San Diego Students to Compete in Sustainability Decathlon They’ll design and build a sustainable, affordable ADU With the affordable housing crisis reaching a fever pitch in San Diego and the impacts of climate change…
January 29, 2021
The County Board of Supervisors has unanimously voted to direct County staff to work in partnership with the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) on a regional zero-carbon sustainability plan.
June 8, 2017
…San Diego will receive two 2017 Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards for its electric vehicle leasing/charging program and a monitoring-based commissioning project. The annual awards highlight achievements that University of California and California State University campuses have made through innovative and effective energy efficiency projects and sustainable operations.
January 31, 2012
…who strive to create sustainable solutions. Our goal is to send zero waste to landfills in by 2020. In order to do this, every person on campus will have to help.” At UC San Diego, students and staff from all six colleges are participating in the challenge. Last year was…
November 29, 2022
The Urology for Social Responsibility seminar will be offered in the T. Denny Sanford Center Medical Education and Telemedicine on the UC San Diego campus from January 14 to 15, 2023.
July 7, 2016
The University of California San Diego was honored as an Energy Champion of Higher Education at SDG&E’s 11th annual Energy Showcase and commended for its “remarkable commitment to sustainability, energy efficiency and conservation.”
October 17, 2023
UC San Diego’s campus community of changemakers gathered to engage in transformative conversations with Olof Skoog, the European Union Ambassador to the United Nations.
