• Grant helps UC San Diego School of Medicine launch mental health program,Dave Schwab

    Grant helps UC San Diego School of Medicine launch mental health program

    A four-year, $4 million UnitedHealth Group grant is helping UC San Diego expand the state’s mental health workforce with a focus on inclusivity and diversity.With the grant, UC San Diego School of Medicine has launched the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence program (CAPIE), an inno

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  • Birch Aquarium welcomes baby Weedy Seadragons ,SDNEWS staff

    Birch Aquarium welcomes baby Weedy Seadragons 

    Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is celebrating the arrival of more than 70 tiny newborn Weedy Seadragons, which are incredibly difficult to breed and rear in captivity.Only a handful of facilities have successfully hatched and reared this unique species of fish

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  • Martin Luther King III ignites gratitude movement with La Jolla students,Dave Schwab

    Martin Luther King III ignites gratitude movement with La Jolla students

    On Feb. 23, more than 1,000 students heard motivational speeches from Martin Luther King III, Say It Now founder Walter Green, and others at a special La Jolla Country Day School event highlighting the importance of expressing gratitude now to those who’ve positively impacted people’s lives.Green, a

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