August 13, 2024
Formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students at UC San Diego are beating the odds stacked against them with the help of a robust scaffolding of support and nurturing community offered by the Underground Scholars Initiative (USI) and Triton Underground Scholars (TUS).
September 11, 2017
Researchers led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have determined that major changes in plant behavior have occurred over the past 40 years, using measurements of subtle changes in the carbon dioxide (CO2) currently found in the atmosphere.
October 1, 2015
UC San Diego American Council on Education Fellow Selected Michelle Madsen Camacho Michelle Madsen Camacho has been chosen as a fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program at UC San Diego for the 2015-16 academic year. The ACE Fellows Program is the nation’s premier higher education leadership…
June 30, 2020
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that stool microbiomes of NAFLD patients are distinct enough to potentially be used to accurately predict which persons with NAFLD are at greatest risk for having cirrhosis.
April 3, 2022
The community is invited to join the annual Preuss Promise celebration, which supports the dreams of scholars at The Preuss School UC San Diego, this year happening in-person on April 22 at the San Diego Marriott La Jolla.
August 6, 2013
The University of California, San Diego strives to maintain the highest standards in education, research and service. This commitment to excellence includes our athletics programs. We regret that contrary to our expectations, rules violations occurred in our women’s crew program.
July 6, 2015
Robert She and Angela Zou, undergraduates at the University of California, San Diego, have been recognized with national scholarship awards for research and service. Both are part of UC San Diego Academic Enrichment Programs, which pairs students with faculty mentors and research opportunities in preparation for graduate school.
October 1, 2019
Scientists have gained a new understanding of how ultra-resilient tardigrades, or “water bears,” are protected in extreme conditions. The researchers discovered that a protein named Dsup binds and forms a protective cloud against extreme survival threats such as radiation damage.
October 31, 2023
Little progress had been made in solving Ramsey problems since the 1930s. Now, UC San Diego researchers Jacques Verstraete and Sam Mattheus have found the answer to r(4,t), a longstanding Ramsey problem that has perplexed the math world for decades.
January 12, 2023
Researchers have developed a new system for developing gene drives for areas ranging from human health to global food supplies. The new “hacking” system converts split gene drives into full drives, offering new flexibility for safely conducting gene drive experiments in a range of applications.
