University of California, San Diego

Edward Frieman dies at 87; leading figure in American science

2013-04-28 13:00:00

Edward A. Frieman, a leading figure in American science for decades as a researcher with wide-ranging interests, a top-level governmental advisor on defense and energy issues, and director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has...

Why we can't help eavesdropping on cellphone conversations

2013-03-13 15:33:00

Can you hear me now? If you've ever been held captive in a bus or waiting room and been forced to endure a stranger's loud and astonishingly private cellphone conversation, you know how annoying secondhand phone chatter can be. By the same token, you'...

San Diego woman slips in shower, falls through window

2012-08-15 08:52:31

Optical illusion dampens arthritis pain

2011-11-15 09:23:00

Seeing the movements of a healthy hand mirroring one's own�movements�plays a welcome trick on the brains of arthritis sufferers, a new study shows: It reduces the perception of pain. The observation, reported this week at the Society for Neuroscience's...

San Diego travel info

2012-06-03 00:00:00

WHERE TO STAY Hotel Solamar, 435 6th Ave., San Diego; (610) 819-9500, http://www.hotelsolamar.com. A block from Petco Park, neighbored by the lively Gaslamp District. 235 rooms, pool on fourth-floor terrace. Rooms for two usually $175-$300. La Pensione,...

Tree-napping mama bear started day eating birthday cake

2012-05-03 16:35:28

Mama bear and cubs still in tree and 'very scared,' official says

2012-05-03 16:35:28

Joann Um and Chi Kim

2012-01-29 15:51:00

Everyone kept asking Chi Kim, “When are you going to eat noodles?” It is the old-fashioned Korean way of inquiring about when someone is getting married — a reference to gooksu, the traditional noodle dish served at weddings. Kim, 42,...

Federal government sues UCSD Medical Center over job bias

2011-12-06 16:34:37

UCSD researchers say they may be homing in on lost Leonardo fresco

2012-03-12 16:35:15

A long-lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco?

2012-03-12 16:33:44

Dalai Lama stresses peace, environmentalism at UC San Diego

2012-04-18 16:35:29

Dr. Jan R. Radke has joined the Prism Healthcare Partners Ltd. as managing director. Radke will specialize in clinical process improvement, evidence-based practice establishment and enhanced physician-hospital alignment.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Terry L. Allison has been named the new chancellor of Indiana University South Bend. Allison has been provost and vice president of academic affairs at Governors State University in University Park, Ill., where he is also a professor of English, since 2010.

2013-04-29 12:11:00

Susan Ritter has been named executive director for the newly created Office of Patient Experience at University of Chicago Medicine. The office brings together existing operations involving patient relations and patient satisfaction reporting and analysis.

2012-10-05 11:42:00