Tag: University of California–San Diego

UC San Diego Student Workers Accused of Defacing Walls Using ‘Materials Other Than Chalk’

July 10, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—The arrests of three University of California–San Diego (UCSD) student workers accused of vandalizing campus property drew a large crowd to the San Diego Central Courthouse Monday in protest of potential criminal charges. The workers, Jessica Ng, William Schneider, and a third person whose name has not been disclosed, were arrested about a month…

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UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Study on Meditation and Medicine

May 19, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—The nonprofit InnerScience Research Fund has committed $10 million to the University of California–San Diego (UCSD) over the next five years for research on how meditation may slow the progression of serious terminal and chronic illnesses, it was announced May 17. InnerScience studies the “biological and physiological effects of meditation on the human body.”…

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UC San Diego Chancellor Receives $500,000 Privately-Funded Pay Raise  

April 18, 2023
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The Chancellor of the University of California–San Diego has received a $500,000 raise to keep him from accepting an offer to serve as president of an unnamed, private institution. Pradeep K. Khosla received the raise from the University of California Board of Regents after he notified them of the pending offer. His base salary will…

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UCSD Health Reveals Some Patients Data Was Collected, Sent to 3rd-Parties

March 16, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—The University of California–San Diego (UCSD) Health March 16 notified patients that a third-party vendor used analytics tools on scheduling websites for Urgent Care and Express Care clinics, the information captured on which was then transmitted to other companies. Solv Health hosted and managed UCSD Health’s scheduling websites for the Urgent Care in La…

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UC San Diego Health Reveals Some Patients Data Was Collected, Sent to 3rd-Parties

March 16, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—The University of California–San Diego (UCSD) Health March 16 notified patients that a third-party vendor used analytics tools on scheduling websites for Urgent Care and Express Care clinics, the information captured on which was then transmitted to other companies. Solv Health hosted and managed UCSD Health’s scheduling websites for the Urgent Care in La…

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UC San Diego Students Say Strike Disrupting Classes, Exams

December 2, 2022
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As finals week commences, students at the University of California–San Diego say they are feeling the impact of the largest academic worker strike in U.S. history, now in its third week. After months of negotiating pay raises, 48,000 researchers and student employees across all 10 University of California (UC) campuses launched a strike Nov. 14,…

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UCSD Institute To Study Blood Stem Cell Aging Aboard NASA Mission

November 22, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—The UC San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute will launch blood stem cells into space aboard a NASA support mission to the International Space Station Nov. 22 in an effort to study the impact of lack of gravity on human cellular aging. According to NASA studies, when astronaut Scott Kelly returned from a year-long…

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UC Teachers, Workers Ready to Strike at Campuses Across California

November 10, 2022
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Thousands of unionized teachers and researchers at University of California campuses across the state are planning to strike beginning Nov. 14 citing unfair working conditions. About 36,500 union members, represented by the United Auto Workers—an international union representing workers in a variety of sectors, from hospitals to universities—voted overwhelmingly to approve the strike Nov. 2….

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UC Workers Ready to Strike at Campuses Across California

November 10, 2022
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Thousands of unionized workers at University of California campuses across the state are planning to strike beginning Nov. 14 citing unfair working conditions. About 36,500 union members, represented by the United Auto Workers—an international union representing workers in a variety of sectors, from hospitals to universities—voted overwhelmingly to approve the strike Nov. 2. Teachers, researchers,…

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