March 20, 2017
Kyoto University of Japan, one of the University of California San Diego’s international partners, will open an office in San Diego in early April, both campuses have announced.
June 15, 2015
Recently, over 50 students – most of them graduate students – showed up for the day-long Big Pixel Hackathon to Discover the Planet in Atkinson Hall’s Calit2 Theater. The May 23 hackathon was organized by the Big Pixel Initiative (BPI) to showcase what can happen when you let students loose…
September 26, 2024
Excitement is high on campus as today marks the first day of classes at UC San Diego. We spoke with several of UC San Diego’s newest Tritons about why they chose UC San Diego, what inspired them to choose their major and their advice for prospective students.
June 17, 2021
…within the new political, social and economic landscape that has emerged following a massive public health crisis. “Politics—the act of determining who gets what, where, how and why—is our collective responsibility,” explained Garza. “Don’t leave it up to someone else to figure it out. Be engaged, be informed, get activated,…
May 23, 2023
Ateios Systems, a battery materials innovation company started by two UC San Diego alumni, announced that it has been awarded $2.4 million by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to help improve battery material performance and production.
October 2, 2014
As climate instability increases across the planet, limiting global surface air temperature increase above pre-industrial levels to an average of 2° C (3.6° F) has become a popular metric for success in the public eye.
October 3, 2019
…on UC San Diego’s social media pages for incoming first-year and transfer students on how to make the most out of their college experience. Here is just a sampling: Never hesitate to text Mom or Dad when you’re feeling overwhelmed, they can give you that pep-talk that you really need.…
February 15, 2021
Researchers show for the first time that selecting innocent fillers for police lineups who match a basic description of the suspect but whose faces are less similar, rather than more, leads to better outcomes than traditional approaches in the field. Eyewitness performance improved by about 10%.
January 7, 2019
The 2018-2019 Holocaust Living History Workshop series continues this winter at the University of California San Diego with an author talk, film screening and lecture.
January 12, 2023
Students at UC San Diego can now study Indigenous communities in the United States and abroad by adding a concentration in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) to their degrees. Undergraduate students can pursue a minor. And, unusually, graduate students in any department at UC San Diego ca
