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Writing a New Chapter on Innovation UC San Diego establishes local chapter of National Academy of Inventors The University of California San Diego is the first University of California campus to establish a chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a move that will help the campus build and sustain a more robust innovation ecosystem. This designation provides tools and resources to help UC San Diego raise the profile of its inventions and technologies, encourage innovations on campus and educate student entrepreneurs. “Invention is in our DNA,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla,...

Barely a week before the start of spring, San Diego County is a winter wonderland. March storms often dart through the region. But a mass of cold air that formed in the Gulf of Alaska continues to slowly sink through Southern California, blanketing mountains with heavy snow and wild bursts of rain. (Rainfall totals below) The San Diego mountains had 12 to 18 inches of snow through late Thursday. By early Friday, the figure could be 2 feet. Skies might clear by afternoon, making the peaks visible from far away. Fresh snow reflects most sunlight, giving it a natural brilliance. “I’m a trans...

I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. It’s appropriate that Ziggy Marley’s first show of 2021 performing with his entire band behind him will be at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. “I grew up there,” said Marley. “As a teenager and as an adult, for me it’s a special place.” Advertisement Tickets for this livestreaming concert, which begins tonight at 6:30, are $20. The son of reggae legend Bob Marley has been busy, even with live performances in front of audiences on the shelf for now. He col...

UCSD's library acquires its first African Americana Collection KGTV and last updated 2021-02-25 18:21:58-05 SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The UC San Diego Library announced Thursday the addition of its first African Americana collection -- the Turner Collection -- to its Special Collections and Archives. Donated by Steve Turner, a UCSD 1982 alumnus and an avid collector, the collection is composed of more than 300 items including rare photographs, pamphlets, photocards, posters and pinback buttons, many from the 19th century and all of which shed new light on the Black experience, particularly in the Ame...

Print In the early 1980s, as AIDS was beginning its deadly tear, a Catholic priest told a radio audience in Boston that he sympathized with people who didn’t want to be around anyone who had the disease. Dr. Robert “Chip” Schooley about popped a vein. The young Harvard physician and infectious-disease expert got in touch with the station and relayed a blunt message to the priest: “If you ever make a comment like that again, I will reveal that the church is keeping priests who have AIDS out of sight at a monastery in Newton [Mass.].” “He was stoking fears people had about those wi...