September 30, 2020
…to School Campus mitigates COVID-19 virus transmission during its 10-day undergraduate move-in for nearly 6,000 students Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Communications UC San Diego’s in-person activities are off to a safe start under the campus’ Return to Learn program. With the beginning of the fall quarter on Sept.…
January 28, 2021
…UC San Diego Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Super Station at Petco Park. Give Volunteering a Shot Help is needed at UC San Diego Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Super Station at Petco Park Volunteer Heather Buschman braves the rain to help observe people post-vaccination and answer questions. You can’t tell, but she is…
September 12, 2022
The University of California San Diego has been named the nation’s eighth best public university in the U.S. News & World Report 2022-2023 Best Colleges rankings, which were published today.
September 17, 2020
…SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—and what happens when trace amounts are found. To address these important topics, we spoke with Rob Knight, professor and director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation. Q. Why is wastewater monitoring important? A: Wastewater testing is part of our Return to Learn strategy of monitoring…
November 8, 2021
While many researchers suspect there will be a massive influx of COVID-related mismanaged plastic waste, a new study is the first to project the magnitude and fate of the waste in the oceans.
November 13, 2024
In an unprecedented call to action published concurrently across 24 scientific journals, a global team of microbiologists is calling on policymakers, governments and industry to deploy microbe-based solutions against climate change.
February 18, 2021
…Keep a Record of COVID-19 Humanities courses in history, philosophy and literature bring discussion of today’s pandemic into the classroom, offering students a unique way of learning The first entry in Paige Nguyen’s pandemic diary shows a quiet campus. Photo courtesy of Paige Nguyen. The first photo in Paige Nguyen’s…
May 21, 2020
…Connect to Care During COVID-19 A seizure sent Danielle Lovette to the hospital where a brain scan revealed an oligodendroglioma, a cancer of the central nervous system. Subsequent mobility and communications challenges caused by the malignancy, compounded by recovery from necessary surgery and radiation treatments, made the 24-mile round-trips from…
May 28, 2020
…interventions limit spread of COVID-19 in San Diego, including as part of campus Return to Learn program A student participates in the UC San Diego Return to Learn Program. Credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Natasha Martin’s heart stopped when she first saw a photo from Wuhan, China, depicting a…
May 9, 2024
A group of UC San Diego researchers, centered at UC San Diego’s Institute for Network Medicine, teamed up with rheumatologists at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom to solve a medical mystery.
