She may be an introvert, but Lindy West is determined to do what it takes — including venturing out in public dressed as a snap pea — to help employees eat healthier diets.

A graduate student in optometry, one of her professors and an alumnus have joined forces to build a long-distance diagnostic project that has the potential to save sight for many.

One woman's quest for answers about the war years ultimately led to a film on Japanese internment and its impact on the arts.

Inez Fung is one of several esteemed co-authors of a landmark report that summarizes and highlights what is well understood in the field of climate study, and points to areas of uncertainty that require more research.

On the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Terrie Williams reflects on the lessons learned and continues her work training responders for the next oil spill disaster.

UC San Diego's Brian Keating helped design, build and analyze data from the BICEP2 telescope that found evidence of “cosmic inflation” less than a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang.

Family of polio vaccine pioneer donates personal papers to the UC San Diego library.

An award-winning teacher, professor Neil Garg has found new ways to reach the next generation of scientists taking his non-nonsense organic chemistry class.

Amy Wilentz is honored by the National Book Critics Circle.

After students expressed discontent with the traditional economic model and a pervasive 'more is better' philosophy, professor Clair Brown developed a new sophomore seminar featuring Buddhist economics.

'The Simpsons' needed to know the 40,000th decimal digit of pi. David Bailey was the go-to guy.

History of commitment to gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math is showing up in increased numbers of female faculty.