Find Out the Latest Information
About the Baja California Earthquake
from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
The Broadband Seismic Data Collection Center at Scripps has set up a special event page for the 7.2 magnitude temblor near Guadalupe Victoria in Baja California. The center monitors and analyzes seismicity around the globe through several local and international sensor arrays. Also, Scripps Oceanography sientists Yuri Fialko, David Sandwell and Scripps students headed to Calexico Monday morning to deploy several continuous GPS sites to operate over the next few weeks. More

Physicists Begin Quest
for 'Higgs' Particle at European Collider
More than two dozen UC San Diego physicists and technicians began their long-awaited quest in a research facility below the Swiss-French border last week to find a hypothetical subatomic particle that they hope will allow them to finally tie together the fundamental forces and particles in nature into one grand theory. More

Faculty Excellence Awards
Honor UC San Diego Scholars
For UC San Diego theatre and dance Professor Naomi Iizuka the play’s the thing that garnered her the inaugural Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Award for Excellence in Visual and Performing Arts. Iizuka, who is a renowned playwright and UCSD alumna, is the first person to receive the award in this category, which was created to recognize the outstanding level of work by faculty in this area. More

UC San Diego Energy Dashboard
to Help Campus Curb Appetite for Power
The UC San Diego Energy Dashboard allows users to see up-to-the-second information on a structure-by-structure basis for 60 of the largest buildings on the La Jolla campus. The data is provided by more than 200 energy meters providing energy usage at the building level. More

Researchers Discover Weak
Link in Alzheimer’s Drug Candidates
Some current therapies being investigated for Alzheimer's disease may cause further neural degeneration and cell death, according to a breakthrough discovery by UC San Diego researchers. More

UC San Diego Calls Students
With Good News on Admission
Imagine: It's a week before the magic date when UC admissions decisions are posted online. An anxious high school senior answers her phone and hears Tony Haymet say, "Congratulations! You've been admitted to UC San Diego." Haymet, vice chancellor of marine sciences and director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, was one of 180 UC San Diego faculty, staff and administrators—including Chancellor Marye Anne Fox—who called more than 2,800 students from underrepresented groups this March to let them know they'd been admitted to UCSD. More

'Seussical the Musical' Presented at UC San Diego
The Muir College Musical Ensemble is bringing to the stage some of the most beloved stories of Dr. Seuss in their production of Seussical the Musical. The musical weaves together several Dr. Seuss favorites, including the heartwarming tale of Horton the Elephant, whose compassion allows him to hear a world that no one can see.  This colorful, fun and imaginative performance will run April 8 to 10 at 8 p.m. at Mandeville Auditorium. Muir College senior Rachelle Fuhrer directs. More