June 22, 2023
HDH Sustainability Coordinator Andy Hattala works with the EcoNauts to help the university reach its sustainability goals. They’ve been focused on greening the annual student move out, and last year, the team captured approximately 35 tons of nonfood donations and 60 tons of recyclables.
November 19, 2020
…care units (NICUs) have donated generously to expand and support the milk bank. Photos by Erik Jepsen/University Communications. University of California Health (UCH) and University of California San Diego Health (UC San Diego Health) have launched a nonprofit human milk bank to serve families in Southern California and statewide through…
April 22, 2024
UC San Diego Health has launched a new program as part of its sustainability efforts that diverts unused food from the landfill and instead helps those in need.
November 20, 2013
…to help sort through donations and assemble food packages for San Diego community members in need. Vanessa Pool, project manager at the Qualcomm Institute, the UC San Diego division of Calit2, started the UC San Diego Night at the Food Bank in June 2008. What began as a group of…
April 4, 2022
Charitable giving increased in counties that experienced COVID-19-related deaths, reveals a new study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management published in Nature’s Scientific Reports.
September 21, 2011
For the first time ever, a surgical team led by Alan Hemming, MD, has successfully performed a domino transplant using a liver with a rare genetic disorder called methylmalonic acidemia (MMA).
May 25, 2017
…Ruben Castro credits the organization with helping him get into medical school. Town & Gown UC San Diego Hits $1 Million Milestone for its 10th Anniversary Support group raises scholarship funds by connecting the community with the campus “When I graduated from high school, I didn’t know what to do,”…
July 7, 2022
…the most successful sports organizations in university history, winning seven national championships. Offering access to both a great education and great waves, UC San Diego has been home to a roster of impressive surfing stars. Among former surf team members is Holly Beck ’01, who studied psychology while competing in…
April 27, 2022
The Kavli Foundation has given $5 million to UC San Diego for the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, matching the gifts of generous donors including Joan and Irwin Jacobs; William and Marisa Rastetter; Sandra Timmons ’81 and Rick Sandstrom ’72, Ph.D.
February 25, 2021
…interior walls of the organ or the veins and arteries associated with the heart. The majority of babies born with congenital heart disease require multiple operations during childhood to ensure survival and the chance to reach adulthood. “In the 1970s, breakthrough cardiac operations addressed problems associated with congenital heart disease,”…
