November 30, 2016
On November 4, 2016, surgeons at UC San Diego Health performed the region’s first combined heart-liver transplant (CHLT). During the 10-hour surgery, 54-year old Frank “Sonny” Taitano received a healthy heart and liver. This is the first successful heart-liver transplant for San Diego; less than 10 of these surgeries are…
December 13, 2011
…the innovations that will sustain competitiveness in the digital age. “These women and men, who are some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in computer science and engineering, are changing how the world lives and works,” said ACM President Alain Chesnais. Dean Tullsen These three fellowships underscore the strengths of…
November 4, 2021
…to encouraging investment in sustainability and climate change efforts, which President Drake shared was a priority of his as well and spoke of UC’s ongoing commitment to sustainability. Exploring where science and the ocean come together To learn more about some of UC San Diego’s impactful research around sustainability, President…
September 30, 2014
The University of California, San Diego will host a robotics forum on October 10, 2014. The eight headlining speakers are world leaders in robotics disciplines that are relevant for the coming era of ubiquitous consumer robotics. Medicine, agriculture, environmental monitoring and disaster response are some of the areas of modern…
April 7, 2022
…talent and achieve ambitious sustainability goals Two global leaders are joining strengths in a broad new effort to advance the discovery and innovation needed to address complex scientific challenges. The University of California San Diego and Thermo Fisher Scientific have agreed to form a transformational 10-year strategic partnership that leverages…
January 23, 2014
…long run—enabling researchers to sustain their work and the institution to maximize private support. Working with the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, assistant professor Suckjoon Jun received nearly $2 million in private support to initiate research that could result in a better understanding of the runaway cell division that…
May 9, 2019
…the project. The Campus Sustainability Office recently added a paid student position to help collect food waste from campus dining halls and restaurants to support the initiative. Fueled with collected food waste, the technology creates fertilizer, which helps grow produce—much of which is donated to the campus Food Pantry to…
September 16, 2022
Since 2016, the Science Gateways Community Institute has brought together software developers to improve access to essential resources and services with a “community center” approach.
May 11, 2017
On April 19, one department and 11 members of the UC San Diego community were recognized at the 7th Annual Integrity Awards Ceremony for their contributions to academic, research and professional integrity on campus. The awards were hosted by the Academic Integrity Office and Research Ethics Program to honor our…
June 25, 2024
A headstone. A used airplane propeller. The dashboard of a Lincoln Navigator. A pristine, mint-green filing cabinet from 1963. The common link binding this motley collection together? They all found their home at the Surplus Store, UC San Diego’s end-of-life destination for excess university materials.
