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A Former Food Desert Now Feeds a Community’s Spirit

October 23, 2014

…local ingredients and showcase sustainable and nutritious foods served on a regular basis. Dining facilities offering a locally sourced mushroom, potato and tofu lasagna and side of braised greens include 64 degrees (Revelle College), Café Ventanas (Roosevelt College), Canyon Vista (Warren College), Oceanview Terrace (Marshall College) and Pines (Muir College).…

Culture of Collaboration Attracted New Vice Chancellor for Research to UC San Diego

September 8, 2022

…robust business and leadership development division, and works to create new opportunities for enhancing research activities and funding. Below she shares her thoughts on the future of research and innovation on campus, as well as her own experiences and accomplishments that prepared her to thrive in this new role. Q.…

UC San Diego to Participate in White House’s National Microbiome Initiative

May 13, 2016

…understand microbiomes and to develop tools to protect and restore healthy microbiome function. OSTP is launching the initiative with a combined federal agency investment of more than $121 million. The University of California San Diego is a key participant in this effort, investing $12 million in its own microbiome research…

UC San Diego, San Diego Community College District Receive Combined $2.7M from Mellon Foundation

December 18, 2019

With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, UC San Diego and the San Diego Community College District are building a pipeline of successful undergraduate and graduate students, resulting in a new generation of leaders who will reshape the value and meaning of an education in the humanities.

Celebrating Our Differences

March 8, 2018

…East African backgrounds, to develop learning skills and provide role models for pursuing higher education. Embracing UC San Diego’s commitment to diversity and inclusion is important to Joselyn Harris, a Vice Chancellor Area award recipient who works at the UC San Diego Medical Center. As the hospital’s first openly transgender…

Stretchable, Flexible, Wearable Solar Cells Take Top Prize at Research Expo 2016

April 22, 2016

…can power watches, LEDs and wearable sensors. The ultimate goal is to design and build much bigger flexible solar cells that could be used as power sources and shelter in natural disasters and other emergencies.

A Power Player for San Diego

April 5, 2018

…Research, which helped to develop the innovative power grid that allows the campus to generate most of its own energy while pumping less carbon into the atmosphere, is extending its expertise to the rest of the San Diego region. Once largely focused on fusion-energy research, the center now also brings…

The Doctrine of Doctors

February 15, 2018

…the School of Medicine’s goal is constant: Create physicians who are as compassionate as they are brilliant In a few months, a new class of students will begin studies at UC San Diego School of Medicine, future doctors in pursuit of future careers. They will look a lot like the…

Not Just Checking a Box

March 14, 2019

…of Excellence (HCOE) Faculty Development Program to enhance the academic skills and success of underrepresented faculty. The program also provides funding for HCOE Faculty Scholars to attend local and national professional development activities. The HCOE program builds on UC San Diego’s long-running National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM),…

NSF Awards $15 Million to Create Science Gateways Community Institute

July 29, 2016

…establish a Science Gateways Community Institute to accelerate the development and application of highly functional, sustainable science gateways that address the needs of researchers across the full spectrum of NSF directorates.

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