April 26, 2018
…agency in charge, to take action to manage the hippo population. UC San Diego postdoctoral researcher Natalie Jones (center) worked with Colombian researchers in a project investigating the impact of Pablo Escobar’s hippos on the surrounding environment and its inhabitants. Photo courtesy of the Shurin Lab Biologist and Colombian native…
April 30, 2012
…you see yourself in 10 years? Unlike some students my age, I have several ideas about what I want to do with my life. In the future, I see myself as a lawyer working for the federal government. And it may sound ambitious, but I hope to one day become…
October 3, 2019
…from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. Another culinary transformation is happening in the center of campus: Dirty Birds Bar and Grill is flying to Price Center, with plans to land in the space formerly occupied by Round Table Pizza. A local favorite with spots in Pacific…
August 27, 2020
…careers in marine science take for granted that we will be given the same opportunities and respect as men receive. Less than a decade before most of us were born, astronaut Sally Ride made history as the first American woman ever to go to space. Her journey, however, was often…
October 20, 2016
…California San Diego is taking its mission to interpret Scripps research to new depths with the launch of Expedition at Sea: R/V Sally Ride, a dynamic new exhibit where visitors will experience the sights and sounds of life and work aboard a research vessel. Expedition at Sea opens at Birch…
April 22, 2021
…older adults who may take medications that affect heat regulation. According to the National Climate Assessment, the number of “extreme heat” days in the U.S. will continue to rise. And the combination of extreme heat days and increased coastal humidity means that Southern California—including San Diego—will be hit especially hard.…
May 21, 2015
…and children.” “We will take care of women of all ages and with any level of need,” said Dr. Charles Nager, interim chair of the department of reproductive medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. “We’ve always provided great care for women and infants, but now we can…
May 26, 2022
…to an accuracy of 10 micrometers if the ground is continuing to move. Tiltmeters have also been widely used across the U.S. and Europe to monitor railroad tracks. They get adhered to railroad ties to determine if a track has gone askew, and provide real-time monitoring to officials. Most of…
April 16, 2020
…Maribel Patiño elected to take an unconventional summer job to supplement her family’s income. Growing up in Lamont, Calif., a farming community located 13 miles from downtown Bakersfield, Patiño decided to follow her two older siblings and their parents to work in the fields to harvest watermelons. “Maribel asked to…
February 11, 2021
…Elementary is one of 10 schools and two child care centers piloting the early alert program to try to detect the presence of asymptomatic COVID-19 infected individuals on school campuses before outbreaks occur. Safer at School Early Alert pilot program uses wastewater and surface monitoring to detect the presence of…
