November 16, 2015
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego report new insights into what nutrients fat cells metabolize to make fatty acids. The findings pave the way for understanding potential irregularities in fat cell metabolism that occur in patients with diabetes and obesity and could lead to new treatments for these…
December 17, 2020
Researchers report that hearing loss and high blood sugar are associated with poor cognitive performance among middle-aged and older Latinos.
July 16, 2015
Light becomes trapped as it orbits within tiny granules of a crystalline material that has increasingly intrigued physicists, a team led by University of California, San Diego, physics professor Michael Fogler has found.
February 25, 2016
From left, Henry Powell, alumna Annamarie Bezzerides, student scholar Ben Yang, Ann Dynes, Robert Dynes and Chancellor Khosla Celebrating Gifts from the Heart Annual Hearts and Scholars reception pairs donors with their scholarship recipients The gift of education is like no other—it can change lives, can transform families and can…
April 28, 2022
Johnson engages with students at the Climate Justice and Resilience Fest. Photo by Erik Jepsen/University Communications. Take 10 With a Triton: Chris Johnson, a Model of Campus Sustainability Johnson stands behind his favorite tree, Redwoods, in his nursery. Name: Chris Johnson Position: Landscape Sustainability Worker Years at UC San Diego:…
June 11, 2015
The University of California, San Diego was joined by members of the Spanos family at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Alex G. Spanos Athletic Performance Center earlier this week. The new center is made possible by a lead gift of $500,000 from Dean Spanos, chairman of the board of…
April 24, 2019
An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of California San Diego, report in the science journal Nature that they observed the decay of Xenon-124 atoms for the first time.
May 13, 2021
Undergraduate Researchers Earn Goldwater Scholarship Three UC San Diego undergraduate students with impressive academic and research credentials were selected to receive the Goldwater Scholarship, designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue research careers in the fields of the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. The Goldwater Scholarship, which provides…
June 24, 2019
Psychology research with children in the U.S. and China suggests there isn’t a universal trajectory for how abstract thought develops – and that culture may play a role.
October 22, 2024
Jonathan Ty, a sophomore majoring in computer science, has been awarded the 2024-2025 Alan Turing Memorial Scholarship and the Alan Turing Memorial Teradata Scholarship from the University of California San Diego’s Center for Networked Systems (CNS). Each year CNS recognizes a student whose studies relate to networked systems and who…
