July 29, 2015
July 29, 2015 —
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced awards to researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego that will help scientists characterize waves, improve ocean weather and climate prediction, and analyze acoustics in the deep ocean.
February 20, 2020
February 20, 2020 —
…networks, Urban Resilience, including climate change mitigation and environmental justice, Disaster Management and Resilience, including fires, earthquakes, and public health, Healthcare, including data privacy protection and cultural competency in healthcare provision, and Water and Sewage Management, including transboundary aquifer management, groundwater assessment and water reuse. The culmination of the Alliance’s…
June 30, 2022
June 30, 2022 —
…to our understanding of climate change. The Weiss lab also uses these samples to better track trace gases and other environmental data points gathered in the air. To get representative samples not affected by local contamination, the researchers currently rely on tall, permanent towers limited to several set locations where…
June 2, 2015
June 2, 2015 —
Distinguished alumni of the University of California, San Diego including filmmaker and animator Mike Judge, as well as all three members of the YouTube sensation, Wong Fu Productions will be recognized during the campus’s annual Alumni Weekend, June 4-7. Also honored will be San Diego Unified School District superintendent Cindy…
August 27, 2020
August 27, 2020 —
…perspectives on racial injustice, climate policy, immigration, policing and mass incarceration, housing, Covid-19, and community resilience, all from a diverse group of young folks working alongside inspiring local organizations,” he said. “Advocating for, amplifying, listening to and learning from their voices definitely brings about some much-needed confidence in the future.”…
May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013 —
New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought tolerance, control water loss and store sugar can have profound implications for increasing the supply of food and energy for our rapidly growing global population. That’s the…
September 8, 2022
September 8, 2022 —
…health to humanities to climate change. The possibilities are endless and fascinating, and I am excited to see what developments the next year of experimentation and collaboration will bring. For example, we are on the brink of completing an observatory in Chile that is being designed with the capacity to…
January 17, 2019
January 17, 2019 —
…areas: (1) Ecology and Climate Change, (2) The Future of Schooling and Education, (3) Transnational Divisions and Connections, and (4) Race, Labor, and Artificial Intelligence, in part foregrounding the histories, ideas, scientific practices and futures envisioned by people of color, women and Indigenous people. Initially centering on UC San Diego…
February 4, 2016
February 4, 2016 —
…from marine biology to climate change science. “My motivation was to connect two exemplary ocean organizations that I support, and align them into a synergistic relationship that will advance oceanographic science,” said Elkus. “As a citizen scientist, I understand firsthand that the Discovery Yachts program is a valuable platform for…
August 11, 2021
August 11, 2021 —
As the Cross-Cultural Center’s inaugural director, Edwina Welch, Ed.D., shares her path to UC San Diego, how the center took shape, origins of her passion for community building and more on her retirement.