November 5, 2015
The Healthy Aging Initiative (HAI), a campus-wide effort to investigate and address the diverse challenges and needs of the nation’s aging population, has announced its inaugural research and education seed grants to seven University of California, San Diego faculty members
May 24, 2018
…the good of the planet From a microgrid on campus that allows UC San Diego to generate most of its own energy to studies of pollution transport in the air and local beaches, the campus is home to major scientific and technological advances to understand and protect the planet, starting…
April 12, 2018
…As they learn to plan sustainably for the 21st century and beyond, students in Real Estate and Development will carry out projects in the community and work with professional practitioners. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications. The University of California San Diego has added four new majors engaged with…
July 21, 2022
14 New Latinx Studies Faculty to be Hired at UC San Diego A professor writes on a whiteboard during a class. Photo by Erik Jepsen/University Communications. UC San Diego is steadily becoming known as “mi universidad,” the university of choice among many Latinx and Chicanx students. To meet the academic…
December 10, 2013
…biker? What is your urban tribe? Your computer may soon be able to tell. Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, are developing an algorithm that uses group pictures to determine to which of these groups, or urban tribes, you belong. So far, the algorithm is 48 percent…
September 26, 2014
…of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Urban Studies and Planning Program, also at UC San Diego, present a bioregional guide that merges place-based (territorial) city planning and ecosystem management along the United States-Mexico border as way to improve human and environmental health.
October 23, 2014
…Keith Pezzoli, director of Urban Studies and Planning at UC San Diego. Photos by Erika Johnson, University Communications A Former Food Desert Now Feeds a Community’s Spirit National Food Day on Oct. 24, UC San Diego Housing, Dining and Hospitality will highlight the availability of fresh local ingredients and showcase…
June 2, 2022
…program, in the university’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, will serve as a non-partisan hub for research, education, policy and action on homelessness. “Longtime university supporters and community philanthropists Phyllis, Dan, Hanna and Mark share a common conviction that society’s biggest challenges require focused efforts and resources to solve,”…
March 9, 2017
…Understanding and Protecting the Planet Six new faculty members have joined UC San Diego this academic year in support of the cross-campus research theme of Understanding and Protecting the Planet. All the new professors have joint appointments between Scripps Institution of Oceanography and other departments at UC San Diego. Their…
July 7, 2022
…team meet to start planning their affordable, sustainable accessory dwelling unit. Photos courtesy of Triton Solar Decathlon team. UC San Diego Students to Compete in Sustainability Decathlon They’ll design and build a sustainable, affordable ADU With the affordable housing crisis reaching a fever pitch in San Diego and the impacts…
