Defining the Future of the
Public Research University
UC San Diego
#5
for total R&D expenditures
among U.S. universities
Breakthroughs to
Better Our World
From its inception, the University of California, San Diego
has attracted leading scholars with an entrepreneurial
spirit and a penchant for risk taking. The freedom to cross
boundaries and to create new disciplines fuels breakthrough
research with global impact. Our visionaries are looking
for the next discoveries that will benefit people around the
world in all walks of life.
Microscope image of the coral Pocillopora
damicornis polyps taken in the Jaffe lab.
Actual size approximately 3.5 millimeters.
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of US Airways - February 2014