September 28, 2023
This summer 19 newly admitted students took part in the five-week PATH Summer Academy at the School of Arts and Humanities. Throughout August and September, the group participated in hybrid workshops to get to know resources, made new friends and took part in field trips around San Diego.
October 4, 2016
Four biologists, a nanoengineer and a biophysicist at UC San Diego today received a total of more than $5 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to pursue innovative and transformative research projects.
November 8, 2018
…in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). Patrick’s brainchild, the PATHS Scholars Program, is a four-year program that pairs students of color—many of whom are the first in their families to attend college—with counselors, mentors, summer internships, scholarships and other support resources. UC San Diego offers students from all perspectives and…
March 22, 2018
A team of researchers has developed a wearable, non-invasive system to monitor electrical activity in the stomach over 24 hours—essentially an electrocardiogram but for the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract. Applications include monitoring GI activity for patients outside of a clinical setting, which cuts down costs. Monitoring for longer periods of time…
May 11, 2017
…the arts, sciences, humanities, engineering and medicine to better understand, enhance and enact the outcomes of human imagination. Read More… Taking time away from their alternative worlds, the acclaimed novelists joined discussion moderator Shelley Streetby, professor of literature and ethnic studies at UC San Diego and director of the Clarion…
April 17, 2014
…health; Colin Haynes, structural engineering; Keng-Lou James Hung, biological sciences; Sarah Jurick, clinical psychology; Eric Keen, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Paola Marcovecchio, biomedical sciences; Patrick Metz, Biomedical Sciences; Benjamin Rubin, biological sciences and Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld, political science. The Office of Graduate Studies plans to offer the Grad SLAM competition again…
June 20, 2013
From pre-college students to alumni, there’s something for everyone at the University of California, San Diego this summer. In addition to regular summer session classes, UC San Diego will host a wide range of programs designed to stimulate the imagination of local middle and high school students, orient incoming freshmen…
September 12, 2017
…from economists, sociologists, and engineers to urban planners and political scientists to document climate change impacts on the environment, ecosystems, and humans and to devise practical solutions to climate change effects widely regarded as inevitable. Besides sea-level rise, those effects range from coastal erosion and flooding to the spread of…
January 29, 2015
Researchers at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego, shed new light on how whales are able to hear, and more specifically on the role of the skulls of at least some baleen whales—fin whales to be precise.
February 5, 2015
…physics or biology or engineering but take minors or another major in the social sciences, I think they want a rich view of the world, because the division is dedicated to doing the science of society. We care about the history. We care about ideas, how people think about problems,…
