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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Three UC San Diego Professors

April 26, 2013

Three UC San Diego faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: neuroscientist Steven Allen Hillyard, linguist David M. Perlmutter and anthropologist Kathryn Ann Woolard.

Two UC San Diego Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 21, 2023

University of California San Diego faculty members Barbara F. Walter and Henry E. Allison and have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects UC San Diego Chancellor and Three Professors

April 12, 2017

Three faculty members of the University of California San Diego and its chancellor have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the country’s most esteemed honorary societies and independent policy research centers.

Resolving Social Conflict Is Key to Survival of Bacterial Communities

July 22, 2015

Far from being selfish organisms whose sole purpose is to maximize their own reproduction, bacteria in large communities work for the greater good by resolving a social conflict among individuals to enhance the survival of their entire community.

UC San Diego Named 8th Best Among U.S. Public Universities by Center for World University Rankings

June 8, 2020

The University of California San Diego has been ranked 8th among public U.S. universities by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in United Nations Initiative to Improve Human Welfare

December 6, 2018

…consistent with feeding growing societies over the next three decades while aligning with sustainable development and the Paris Agreement. “As nations get wealthier, diets shift towards animal products, and as we’ve seen, this puts tremendous strain on land use,” McCord explained. The constraints are so daunting that some scientists have…

Still Time to Act: Impending Disasters Could Spur Progress Mitigating Climate Change

August 5, 2018

New research in climate science indicates that extreme events, such as heat waves, the collapse of major ice sheets, and mass extinctions are becoming dramatically more probable. Though cuts in rising emissions appear unlikely with the stalled 2015 Paris agreement, University of California San Diego scientists argue that new developments…

UC San Diego Historian Karl Gerth Receives Two Prestigious Fellowships

April 30, 2018

University of California San Diego Department of History professor Karl Gerth was awarded two prestigious fellowships totaling $145,000 to further his research on the implications of Chinese consumerism.

Scientists Show Ancient Village Adapted to Drought, Rising Seas

April 30, 2024

Researchers from UC San Diego and abroad have unveiled evidence for ancient human resilience to climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Indiana Jones Meets the Sea

June 1, 2017

…marine environments on ancient societies Hidden coastlines around the world contain clues about ancient civilizations. The mysteries locked in these coastal sites where human activity once flourished are now submerged under rising seas. A trove of cultural artifacts and environmental data are waiting to be discovered. Scripps Institution of Oceanography…

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