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and tied for 9th highest among universities and institutes worldwide, according to Clarivate’s 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list. </p> </div> <div class="featured-img-wrapper order-0 mb-4-5 mb-md-3 d-flex flex-column"> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-diego-ranks-9th-in-the-world-for-most-influential-researchers" class="featured-link text-decoration-none d-block order-0"> <img class="featured-img img-fluid" srcset="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_lead-mobile/Faculty_List_Collage_with_border_2.0.png 350w, https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_lead-featured-desk/Faculty_List_Collage_with_border_2.0.png 864w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 432px, 175px" src="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_lead-mobile/Faculty_List_Collage_with_border_2.0.png" alt="UC San Diego Ranks 9th in the World for Most Influential Researchers" width="750" height="488" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="featured-card text-center mb-5 mb-lg-0 d-flex flex-column"> <div class="featured-card-body order-1 d-flex flex-column">  <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-diego-talent-takes-center-stage" class="featured-link text-decoration-none d-block order-1" tabindex="0"><h3 class="h4">La Jolla Playhouse’s New Spin on ‘A Christmas Carol’ Puts UC San Diego Talent in the Spotlight</h3> </a> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/arts-and-culture/visual-and-performing-arts" class="featured-card-topic h2-alt text-decoration-none text-primary order-0">Visual & Performing Arts</a> </div> <div class="featured-img-wrapper order-0 mb-4-5 mb-md-3 d-flex flex-column"> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-diego-talent-takes-center-stage" class="featured-link text-decoration-none d-block order-0"> <img class="featured-img img-fluid" srcset="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_lead-mobile/eddie-scrooge-teaser.jpg 350w, https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_lead-featured-desk/eddie-scrooge-teaser.jpg 864w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 432px, 175px" src="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_lead-mobile/eddie-scrooge-teaser.jpg" alt="La Jolla Playhouse’s New Spin on ‘A Christmas Carol’ Puts UC San Diego Talent in the Spotlight" width="750" height="488" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="featured-card text-center mb-5 mb-lg-0 d-flex flex-column"> <div class="featured-card-body order-1 d-flex flex-column">  <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/city-approves-key-milestone-for-major-cultural-center-downtown" class="featured-link text-decoration-none d-block order-1" tabindex="0"><h3 class="h4">City Approves Key Milestone for Major Cultural Center Downtown</h3> </a> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/campus-and-community/campus-news" class="featured-card-topic h2-alt text-decoration-none text-primary order-0">Campus News</a> </div> <div class="featured-img-wrapper order-0 mb-4-5 mb-md-3 d-flex flex-column"> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/city-approves-key-milestone-for-major-cultural-center-downtown" class="featured-link 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<div class="article d-flex flex-md-row flex-column"> <div class="info-excerpt flex-grow-1"> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/patient-shares-gratitude-for-life-saving-lung-cancer-treatment" class="topic-title"> <h3 class="h4"> Patient Shares Gratitude for Life-Saving Lung Cancer Treatment </h3> </a> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/research/health-and-behavior" class="featured-card-topic h2-alt text-decoration-none d-block text-primary" > Health & Behavior </a> <p class="summary text-body" tabindex="0"> UC San Diego Health uses a multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach for lung cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment. </p> </div> <figure> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/patient-shares-gratitude-for-life-saving-lung-cancer-treatment" class="featured-link text-decoration-none d-block" ><span class="visually-hidden">Patient David Katz and Mark Onaitis, MD review test results on a computer monitor. </span> <img class="lozad featured-img img-fluid" srcset="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-mobile/David_Katz_Mark_Onaitis-hero-112624.jpg 350w, https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-desk/David_Katz_Mark_Onaitis-hero-112624.jpg 864w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 864px, 350px" data-src="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-desk/David_Katz_Mark_Onaitis-hero-112624.jpg" alt="Patient Shares Gratitude for Life-Saving Lung Cancer Treatment" width="750" height="488" aria-hidden="true" /> </a> </figure> </div> <div class="article d-flex flex-md-row flex-column"> <div class="info-excerpt flex-grow-1"> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/philosopher-eddy-keming-chen-receives-325k-grant-to-explore-the-nature-of-reality" class="topic-title"> <h3 class="h4"> Philosopher Eddy Keming Chen Receives $325K Grant to Explore the Nature of Reality </h3> </a> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/research/humanities" class="featured-card-topic h2-alt text-decoration-none d-block text-primary" > Humanities </a> <p class="summary text-body" tabindex="0"> Eddy Keming Chen, associate professor of philosophy at the University of California San Diego School of Arts and Humanities, has been awarded a $325,000 grant to explore the nature of quantum foundations. </p> </div> <figure> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/philosopher-eddy-keming-chen-receives-325k-grant-to-explore-the-nature-of-reality" class="featured-link text-decoration-none d-block" ><span class="visually-hidden">Portrait of Eddy Keming Chen</span> <img class="lozad featured-img img-fluid" srcset="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-mobile/Eddy-Keming-Chen-portrait.jpg 350w, https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-desk/Eddy-Keming-Chen-portrait.jpg 864w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 864px, 350px" data-src="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-desk/Eddy-Keming-Chen-portrait.jpg" alt="Philosopher Eddy Keming Chen Receives $325K Grant to Explore the Nature of Reality" width="750" height="488" aria-hidden="true" /> </a> </figure> </div> <div class="article d-flex flex-md-row flex-column"> <div class="info-excerpt flex-grow-1"> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/plans-for-a-zero-carbon-grid-need-to-include-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-water-systems" class="topic-title"> <h3 class="h4"> Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources Will Increase Price Tag to Decarbonize the Grid </h3> </a> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/research/science-and-environment" class="featured-card-topic h2-alt text-decoration-none d-block text-primary" > Science & Environment </a> <p class="summary text-body" tabindex="0"> A new study warns that current plans to achieve zero emissions on the grid by 2050 vastly underestimate the required investments in generation and transmission infrastructure. The reason: these plans do not account for climate change’s impacts on water resources. </p> </div> <figure> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/plans-for-a-zero-carbon-grid-need-to-include-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-water-systems" class="featured-link text-decoration-none d-block" ><span class="visually-hidden">Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources Will Increase Price Tag to Decarbonize the Grid</span> <img class="lozad featured-img img-fluid" srcset="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-mobile/Paty_HG_hydropower_rotator.jpg 350w, https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-desk/Paty_HG_hydropower_rotator.jpg 864w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 864px, 350px" data-src="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-desk/Paty_HG_hydropower_rotator.jpg" alt="Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources Will Increase Price Tag to Decarbonize the Grid" width="750" height="488" aria-hidden="true" /> </a> </figure> </div> <div class="article d-flex flex-md-row flex-column"> <div class="info-excerpt flex-grow-1"> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/new-gene-drive-reverses-insecticide-resistance-in-pests-then-disappears" class="topic-title"> <h3 class="h4"> New Gene Drive Reverses Insecticide Resistance in Pests… Then Disappears </h3> </a> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/research/science-and-environment" class="featured-card-topic h2-alt text-decoration-none d-block text-primary" > Science & Environment </a> <p class="summary text-body" tabindex="0"> UC San Diego geneticists have developed a gene drive-based solution to the widespread problem of insecticide resistance. In an effort to protect valuable crops, the researchers created an “e-Drive” that reverses insecticide resistance and then disappears from the insect population. </p> </div> <figure> <a href="https://today.ucsd.edu/story/new-gene-drive-reverses-insecticide-resistance-in-pests-then-disappears" class="featured-link text-decoration-none d-block" ><span class="visually-hidden">Farm worker spraying pesticide and insecticide on lemon plantation</span> <img class="lozad featured-img img-fluid" srcset="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-mobile/Credit-iStock-Worledit-1200-628-11-25-24.jpg 350w, https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-desk/Credit-iStock-Worledit-1200-628-11-25-24.jpg 864w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 864px, 350px" data-src="https://today.ucsd.edu/news_uploads/_latest-desk/Credit-iStock-Worledit-1200-628-11-25-24.jpg" alt="New Gene Drive Reverses Insecticide Resistance in Pests… Then Disappears" width="750" height="488" aria-hidden="true" /> </a> </figure> </div>  <a href="/archives" class="btn btn-primary d-inline-block" title="View all stories" >View All Stories</a>  </div> </div>  <div class="in-the-media col-12 col-lg-4 mb-5">  <div class="section-heading-left"> <div class="section-heading-inner mb-5 mb-lg-0"> <h2 class="section-heading-label text-uppercase my-0 pe-4"> In the Media </h2> <div class="hr section-divider bg-divider me-md-3"></div> </div> </div> <div class="articles d-flex flex-column"> <div class="article d-flex flex-column"> <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-11-26/theres-a-best-option-for-patients-with-head-and-neck-cancer-who-cant-take-cisplatin"><h3 class="h4">There’s a best option for patients with head-and-neck cancer who can’t take cisplatin</h3></a> <blockquote>U.S. News & World Report, November 26</blockquote> </div> <div class="article d-flex flex-column"> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/californias-whopping-cough-cases-6-times-as-high-as-last-year-la-county-saw-219-more/"><h3 class="h4">California’s whooping cough cases 6 times as high as last year—LA County saw 219% rise</h3></a> <blockquote>CBS News, November 22</blockquote> </div> <div class="article d-flex flex-column"> <a href="https://time.com/7176245/sleep-apnea-treatments-cpap-machine/"><h3 class="h4">What to do if you have sleep apnea</h3></a> <blockquote>TIME, November 21</blockquote> </div> <div class="article d-flex flex-column"> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/11/18/nx-s1-5183222/1-5-celsius-global-warming-climate-change-cop29"><h3 class="h4">Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. 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