December 4, 2012
As part of an innovative philanthropic health care program targeting reduction of health care disparities in diverse communities around the United States, the Verizon Foundation has provided the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine with a $300,000 grant, as well as important in-kind health information technology solutions.
June 20, 2013
…addition to her multidisciplinary studies, Le has dedicated her time at UC San Diego to grassroots organizing in support of social and environmental sustainability issues. She served as a director and member of the Student Sustainability Collective (SSC) at UC San Diego. Le played an integral role in negotiating the…
October 3, 2019
UC San Diego researchers investigated how a type of immune cell called a macrophage becomes specialized to the liver. Their study, published October 3, 2019 in Immunity, sets the stage for understanding how macrophage specialization gets disrupted by — or contributes to — liver disease.
July 17, 2024
UC San Diego researchers have uncovered the roots of group behavior in the brains of schooling fish. Glassfish, they found, depend on their sense of vision to coordinate social swimming behavior in schools and increase their ability to follow coordinated group movements as they mature.
May 29, 2014
…and cultural reference points.” Studies show that patients fare better when they are treated by physicians who speak their language and have shared cultural backgrounds. “We know that cultural competency is a huge piece of the racial and ethnic divide in health care outcomes,” said Gail Patterson, a project manager…
May 12, 2016
…like to live and study at UC San Diego, from unique research opportunities to a vibrant, entrepreneurial student life. Transfer Triton Day kicked off with tours of UC San Diego’s Village at Torrey Pines—where many rooms for transfer students have sweeping ocean views—followed by welcome sessions at RIMAC Arena. Afterward,…
February 6, 2020
…San Diego Students Travel Abroad to Empower Amputees The Project Lim(b)itless app creates a 3D digital model of an amputee’s residual limb through a process called photogrammetry, an imaging technique Lin has used to map historical sites around the world. In November, 2019, ten UC San Diego students filed into…
August 11, 2021
When this year’s San Diego Festival of Books returns Aug. 21, UC San Diego will once again be well represented, from faculty as featured authors and professors leading key panels, to staff who have helped shape the cultural event in our region for years.
August 13, 2020
…women of color to study disciplines in which they are not typically represented, just as I have.” The PATH program—Preparing Accomplished Transfers to the Humanities—is a partnership between the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities and the San Diego Community College District, funded by multiple grants from the…
August 6, 2018
Early Earth was a hot, gaseous, dusty and dynamic planet with an atmosphere and an ocean. Then its surface cooled and stabilized enough for clouds, landmasses and early life to form about four billion years ago, during what’s called the isotopic age of rocks, or the Archean Period. Atmospheric chemical…
