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This spring, the Stuart Collection welcomed a new creative leader: curator, writer and art project manager Jessica Berlanga Taylor. As director of the Stuart Collection, she is responsible for the growth and conservation of the diverse works, from conceptualization to ongoing conservation of existing sculptures.

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Stuart Collection Welcomes Jessica Berlanga Taylor as New Director This spring, the collection welcomed a new creative leader: curator, writer and art project manager Jessica Berlanga Taylor. As director of the Stuart Collection, she is responsible for the growth and conservation of the diverse works.

Fan-Fan, Shōwa Ramen, and Curry Up Now all embrace the overall campus retail vision developed by a committee of UC San Diego students and stakeholders. The diversity and quality is intended to reflect the many vibrant urban neighborhoods of San Diego.

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New Campus Restaurants Diversify and Delight While working on his MBA as part of Rady School of Management’s FlexWeekend program, Lijun Liu noticed that the campus cuisine lacked diversity. Despite the 15+ restaurants at University Centers there were few Asian food offerings.

A team of researchers involving UC San Diego has received a $25 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build artificial coral reefs to protect coastal areas in Hawai’i against flooding, erosion and storm damage.

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UC San Diego Researchers Part of $25M Project To Build Artificial Coral Reefs for Coastal Protection A team of researchers involving UC San Diego has received a $25 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build artificial coral reefs to protect coastal areas in Hawai’i against flooding, erosion and storm damage.

One of UC San Diego's newest research study was granted $10 million dollars in order to support further examination of COVID-19 vaccination safety during pregnancy and immune response pre-and post-delivery. “Pregnant people are considered a priority population for COVID-19 vaccination. However, only about a third of pregnant persons have chosen vaccination,” said Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH, principal investigator of this study.

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Researchers Continue Study of COVID-19 Vaccinations, Pregnancy and Postpartum A $10 million grant over four years will support further examination of a national study looking at COVID-19 vaccination safety during pregnancy and immune response pre-and post-delivery for both mom and baby.

In a new study, published in the online issue of Nature Genetics, an international team of scientists, led by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, report significant progress in understanding how the combined effects of rare mutations and common genetic variation determine whether a child will develop ASD.

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Broad Spectrum of Autism Depends on Spectrum of Genetic Factors UC San Diego researchers report significant progress in understanding how the combined effects of rare mutations and common genetic variation in determining whether a child will develop ASD and its consequential effects.

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach New High
Peak: The monthly average of 421 parts per million is 50% greater than pre-industrial levels.

"We have known about this for half a century, and have failed to do anything meaningful about it," says Pieter Tans with the Global Monitoring Laboratory.

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Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach New High Carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory peaked in May 2022 at an average of more than 420 parts per million, pushing the atmosphere further into territory not seen for millions of years, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego said.

According to UC San Diego political scientist LaGina Gause's research, protests from historically disadvantaged groups often come at a higher cost compared to white protestors and others, but the grievances are more likely to be addressed by lawmakers.

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Political Scientist LaGina Gause Probes the Power of Protest Protests have played a central role in the American story since the chaotic and colorful Boston Tea Party in 1773. Now, a new book by UC San Diego political scientist LaGina Gause adds a twist to the tradition.

UC San Diego is launching the region’s first large-scale, university-based research and data hub focused exclusively on homelessness, thanks to campus friends Phyllis and Dan Epstein and Hanna and Mark Gleiberman.

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Two Gifts Help Establish San Diego’s First Large-Scale, University-Based Resource on Homelessness UC San Diego is launching the region’s first large-scale, university-based research and data hub focused exclusively on homelessness, thanks to campus friends Phyllis and Dan Epstein and Hanna and Mark Gleiberman. Each couple has donated $1 million to the university.

"Together, they have overcome so many obstacles: cultural & language barriers, social unrest, life-changing injuries, socioeconomic struggles, & the COVID-19 pandemic... Graduates, thank you for your contributions to our community; you are remarkable."

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Class of 2022 Shining Stars On June 11-12, more than 7,000 graduates will be honored in a series of commencement ceremonies for each undergraduate college, the Graduate Division, Rady School of Management and School of Global Policy and Strategy.

Routine beach surveys conducted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography using all-terrain vehicles and GPS date back more than twenty years. Today, more advanced imaging and geotechnical technology- such as LiDAR are powering understanding coastline hazards.

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As California Cliffs Erode, UC San Diego Team Works to Track and Understand these Changes The cliff-top parking lot was fenced off and the trail marked “Unstable Cliffs - Active Landslide Area - Stay Back,” but that didn’t stop Adam Young and City of Encinitas officials from carefully traversing the uneven landscape at the Beacon’s Beach switchback trail to get a closer look.

About 1/4 of the world’s Internet users, primarily located in the Global South, live in countries that are more susceptible than previously thought to targeted attacks on their Internet infrastructure.

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A quarter of world’s Internet users rely on infrastructure at high risk of attack About a quarter of the world’s Internet users live in countries that are more susceptible than previously thought to targeted attacks on their Internet infrastructure. Many of the at-risk countries are located in the Global South.

In a recent online edition of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego researchers report that "Increase in to***co use among underaged U.S. youth parallels 1990s epidemic, before to***co control policies were implemented".

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