October 26, 2011
The Emergency Department staff at UC San Diego Health System - along with the California Poison Control System - San Diego Division located at UC San Diego Medical Center- offer the following safety precautions to help parents and guardians make Halloween safe.
October 22, 2012
The Regional Burn Center and Emergency Departments at UC San Diego Health System - along with the California Poison Control System - San Diego Division located at UC San Diego Medical Center - offer the following safety precautions to help parents and guardians make Halloween safe this year.
February 22, 2024
Students who are U.S. citizens and receive the Pell Grant are eligible for the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship, a distinguished federally funded study abroad program aiming to increase access to global experiences.
March 6, 2014
Light can trigger coordinated, wavelike motions of atoms in atom-thin layers of crystal, scientists have shown. The waves, called phonon polaritons, are far shorter than light waves and can be “tuned” to particular frequencies and amplitudes by varying the number of layers of crystal, they report in the early online…
January 16, 2024
A vaccine for Staphylococcus aureus, one of the most common bacterial infections, would be a game changer for public health. No vaccine candidates have succeeded in clinical trials, but nobody knows why. Researchers at UC San Diego may have figured it out.
September 22, 2022
If you’ve seen a photograph of the campus and its people in the past decade, there’s a good chance that Erik Jepsen has taken it.
August 4, 2016
Robert Legaspi was 9 years old when he was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This year, at age 27, his leukemia returned for the fourth time. This time was different, though — on May 20, 2016, Legaspi became the first patient in San Diego to receive a new…
April 28, 2022
Photo credit: iStock_colnihko. Tips to Eat Sustainably as a Student on a Budget As a college student, trying to find healthy and affordable food can be tricky, especially with any dietary restrictions. If you live on campus like me, you likely have limited kitchen or storage space. Yet, many of…
May 2, 2019
…But it gets even trickier when researchers have to do an embryo transfer. This procedure is usually done later in the rhino’s cycle when her progesterone levels are high. That causes her cervix to stiffen and close. “So, we can’t use anything that’s rigid,” Durrant said. The solution that Durrant…
May 7, 2015
…“Kamikaze,” or traversed the tricky mirrors of the fun house. There were also numerous carnival games to take part in, from a football toss to stand-a-bottle and ball bounce. “We are pleased students enjoyed the festival,” said Juan González, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, who chaired the Sun God Festival…
