It’s Easy Being Green: Campus Learns Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Tips at Earth Week Events

New Campus Staff Association Helps Sow Seeds of Sustainability

Greeks United for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (GUIDE) Launched at UC San Diego

At UC San Diego, Greek life embodies values of leadership, service, intellect and lifelong friendship. Students in campus Greek chapters have taken the initiative to establish Greeks United for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in an effort to educate their fellow students on diversity issues and advocate for social justice and equity. Read More »

Triton Ballpark is a Home Run

Looking out over UC San Diego's new Triton Ballpark, Rick Nowak, '90, one of the school's best pitchers, recalled his days of playing when the baseball field was accessible only by an unpaved road. Nowak returned to campus recently—along with alumni, parents and friends—to celebrate the opening of Triton Ballpark and the Marye Anne Fox Clubhouse.
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Grad SLAM Challenges Students to Put Complex Research into Plain English

How do you explain—in just three minutes and to someone outside of your field—why you are researching the brain’s unconscious processing, or what you hope to learn from studying the diet of whales? That’s the challenge that UC San Diego graduate students took up at the second annual Grad SLAM competition. Read More »

ArtPower!’s Filmatic Festival to Explore the Intersection of Science and Cinema

The film industry may have its roots in Los Angeles, but the future of filmmaking and film-going is happening right here at UC San Diego. At the second annual Filmatic Festival—the first of its kind in California—audiences will explore the intersection of film, science and technology in a series of events. Read More »

Two UC San Diego Biologists Named 2015 Searle Scholars

Two assistant professors of biology at UC San Diego, Kimberly Cooper and Byungkook Lim, are among 15 scientists named 2015 Searle Scholars. The scientists were selected for their potential for making significant contributions to chemical and biological research over the course of their careers. The two biologists will each receive $300,000 in flexible funding to support their work during the next three years. Read More »