Onscreen, Milana Vayntrub plays an unconventional superhero. As Squirrel Girl in Marvel’s “New Warriors” television series (anticipated to debut this year) she eats nuts, kicks butts and possesses all the powers of a squirrel, which she uses to save the world from villains including Doctor Doom…
Nearly 300 high school students from San Diego and Tijuana arrived on our campus recently to hear from one of the world’s brightest minds in science: renowned plant physiologist Graham Farquhar. Farquhar was awarded the 2017 Kyoto Prize—Japan’s highest private award for lifetime achievement, presented…
UC San Diego is in the midst of a major transformation. Walk through campus and you can’t miss the physical changes that are coming to life. Beyond the new buildings, there is an intellectual and cultural transformation underway that is re-energizing the student experience, sparking breakthrough research…
Renowned plant physiologist Graham Farquhar, Ph.D., will speak at the University of California San Diego at 3:30 p.m. on March 21 as part of the annual Kyoto Prize Symposium. Farquhar received the 2017 Kyoto Prize, Japan’s highest private award for global achievement, in the area of “Basic Sciences”…
Being the first in your family to go to college comes with unique opportunities and challenges. At a recent panel discussion, current first-generation students had the opportunity to hear from faculty members who were once in their shoes.
UC San Diego faculty and staff are on the frontlines of our students' educational experience. They teach and mentor the next generation of innovators and leaders, fostering their intellectual and personal development. Others work day in and day out to advance solutions to our world's most pressing challenges-ranging…
Aswini Krishnan, a fourth-year bioengineering major at the University of California San Diego, has been awarded a Churchill Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and competitive awards available to American students pursuing science, mathematics and engineering fields. The award provides one year…
Yinan Wang was in his second year of postdoctoral research at the University of California San Diego when he and his wife, Rebecca, tragically died in a car accident while vising Sequoia National Park in August of 2017. To celebrate his life and scientific ambitions, his family has made a gift of $500,000…
Avila majored in economics at Eleanor Roosevelt College-then known as Fifth College-with the goal of pursuing a career in international business. She worked her way through school, typically logging 30 hours or more each week, and also ran track and field and cross country.
Shirley Meng, professor of nanoengineering at the University of California San Diego, is focused on developing the next generation of high performance batteries that will power electric cars and a green energy grid for a more sustainable future. As director of the UC San Diego Sustainable Power and Energy…