Exciting New Traditions Begin at UC San Diego!
Graduating Seniors at UC San Diego Share
in Fun Activities June 13-20 Prior to Commencements
A first-ever Senior Week and an All Campus Graduation Celebration featuring keynote speaker Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are planned to honor seniors graduating from the University of California, San Diego in June. More

Two Plant Biologists at UC San Diego
Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Biological Sciences Dean and Biology Professor
Receive One of the Highest Honors in Science
The National Academy of Sciences today elected the dean of the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of California, San Diego and another professor in the division to membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed on U.S. scientists and engineers. More

Life-Probing Instrument Preparing for Mission to Mars
Scripps researcher receives $2 million in funding
for Urey instrument’s flight planning and design
A new life-detecting instrument is preparing for a mission to the Red Planet.  The Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector instrument, developed by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, received approximately $2 million in NASA funding to further refine the design and technology for the European Space Agency's (ESA) 2013 ExoMars Rover Mission. More

UC San Diego Named ‘Climate Protection Champion’ by City
UC San Diego received the San Diego Climate Protection Champion award from Mayor Jerry Sanders and Council President Scott Peters for the university’s commitment to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the San Diego region. More

Giving the Fountain of Youth: UC San Diego Receives
$2 Million Research Grant from Hillblom Foundation to Slow Aging Process
A grant of nearly $2 million from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation will offer researchers at UC San Diego the opportunity to forge ahead in their trail-blazing quest to better understand the process of aging and discover new ways of minimizing its effects.  Physicians and researchers of the newly created Division of Geriatrics at the School of Medicine—ranked fifth in the nation among public medical schools by US News and World Report—will work collaboratively to determine how processes such as cellular damage, inflammation and gene activity may be linked to the aging process and disorders which often accompany advanced age. More

Fishing Throws Targeted Species Off Balance, Scripps Study Shows
Fishing activities can provoke volatile fluctuations in the populations they target, but it’s not often clear why. A new study published in the journal Nature by scientists at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and colleagues has identified the general underlying mechanism. More

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