The UCSD Guardian

UCSD Students Protest Anti-Abortion Advocates

Kriti Sarin • Jan 20, 2016

UCSD students protested the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform’s anti-abortion display at Library Walk on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The exhibit juxtaposed images of genocide victims and the lynching...

Nobel Prize Recipient to Speak at 2016 Commencement

Kriti Sarin • Jan 20, 2016

Founder of the global microfinance movement and Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus will be the keynote speaker at UCSD’s All-Campus Commencement Ceremony, according to a Jan. 19 online campus notice...

University Receives Record Number of Applicants

Marcus Thuillier • Jan 19, 2016

UCSD received a record number of 102,692 undergraduate applications for the 2016–2017 academic year. About 8.9 percent more students applied than last year, making UCSD the second among UC campuses,...

La Jolla Approves Use of Barriers to Reduce Sea Lion Odor

Lisa Chik • Jan 19, 2016

The La Jolla Town Council voted in unanimous support of using rotating, plastic cylinders as a remedy for the pervasive sea lion population and the stench that comes with its poop. The La Jolla Coastal...

UCSD Creates Joint Liver Transplant Program

Julie Yip • Jan 19, 2016

A new liver transplantation partnership, created by UCSD Health and Sharp HealthCare, went into effect on Jan. 7. The program combines a university-affiliated health system with what Sharp calls “not-for-profit”...

Researchers Develop Portable Brain Monitor Technology

Gurkirat Singh • Jan 19, 2016

A team of bioengineers and cognitive scientists led by UCSD alumni recently developed the first ever portable electroencephalography monitor headset and analytical software system, which will be accessible...

1/13 A.S. Council

Naftali Burakovsky • Jan 14, 2016

Disclaimer: The weekly A.S. Council column is not meant to be a news story but rather an individualized account of what occurs at Council meetings. If the most interesting part of a three-hour meeting...

A.S. President Announces Plans for Division I Athletics

Jan 13, 2016

A.S. President Dominick Suvonnasupa announced that A.S. Council will be proposing a referendum during the Jan. 20 council meeting for UCSD’s advance to NCAA Division I athletic standing. Suvonnasupa...

Gov. Brown Proposes to Increase UC Funding

Jan 13, 2016

The University of California will receive $3.41 billion in state funding for the 2016–17 school year — $356 million more than the previous year — according to the budget proposal Gov. Jerry Brown...

Former ECE Professor Charged with Grant Fraud

Ming-Ray Liao • Jan 13, 2016

Former UCSD Research Professor and Chief Executive Officer of SciberQuest Inc. Homayoun Karimabadi was charged on Jan. 7, with fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in government grants and contracts...

Researchers to Conduct Aerial Analysis of Atmosphere

Jan 13, 2016

Researchers at Scripps’ Institute of Oceanography will participate in a series of airborne expeditions over the Southern Ocean to better gauge the region’s ability to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide...

UCSD Transportation Services Website Crashes

Kriti Sarin • Jan 11, 2016

Several UCSD students, faculty and visitors were temporarily unable to purchase multi-use parking permits after the Transportation Services website stopped working on Monday and Tuesday of last week. As...