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UC San Diego Leads Sessions on Climate Change, Space, and Neuroscience at SXSW 2023

March 7, 2023

At the 2023 South by Southwest(SXSW) conference, which runs March 10-14, scientists and leaders from UC San Diego will contribute their expertise to programming on climate change, space, health, and blue technology.

Friedmann Recognized for Pioneering Gene Therapy Research

January 29, 2015

…and outstanding achievements in science and technology have advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind.” Friedmann is being recognized for his pioneering research and contributions to the development of gene therapy, a new field of medicine which in significant ways originated at…

Honoring Our ‘Library of Dreams’

December 10, 2020

…lectures,” Feng, a computer science and music double major, said. “I missed so much of just being able to hang out with people, even just study together. That’s what college students do: spend long hours at the library.” Donald Liang Each of the album’s tracks represents a different floor of…

The Preuss School Class of 2023 Celebrates Commencement

June 12, 2023

This year 94% of scholars from The Preuss School, a charter middle and high school on the UC San Diego campus, were accepted to a four-year university; all of them are the first in their family to attend college.

New UC San Diego Program Expands Campus Innovation Pipeline

December 8, 2016

The innovation ecosystem at UC San Diego will open more opportunities for campus entrepreneurs with the launch of Accelerating Innovations to Market (AIM), an ambitious program that encourages graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, researchers and faculty to develop and commercialize their problem-solving ideas.

A Call to End Funding Discrimination Against Black Scientists in the United States

January 28, 2021

…from equitably contributing to science and achieving their full potential, insufficient federal funding for research by Black scientists rose to the top as a key issue. According to studies of the allocation of National Institutes of Health research funding, Black applicant award rates for research funding has stood at about…

Getting the Bigger Picture

May 12, 2016

…of the Division of Social Sciences applies remote sensing analysis for archeological research, David Kline of Scripps Institution of Oceanography is mapping coral bleaching, and Jennifer Burney of the School of Global Policy and Strategy is developing methods to assess ecosystems in semi-arid regions. These projects are the perfect lab…

A Gift with ‘Seed Value’

October 29, 2020

Climate change advocate Marshall Saunders was widely known as a man who paired a deep respect for others with determination to make a difference.

5 Tips to Ace Your Fulbright Award Application

June 13, 2023

Have you ever considered studying, teaching or conducting research abroad? Your dreams can become a reality through the Fulbright Program. For those who are considering applying, we connected with five UC San Diego students and recent alumni on what makes a successful application.

STEM Students Dive into Democracy in D.C.

October 24, 2019

…so important that non-political science majors such as myself are able to have an experience like this in order to truly realize the integral role that they play in our government and society,” explained Olivia Michael, a sophomore studying cognitive behavioral neuroscience. In addition to meeting California’s senators and representatives…

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