Return to Learn in the Media
UC San Diego’s Return to Learn Program has garnered the attention of local, state, national and international media outlets. Here you will find a selection of earned media clips, including print, broadcast, digital and web mentions.
- August 10, 2022 | KPBS
UC San Diego program monitoring wastewater for COVID expands to track monkeypox - July 8, 2022 | TIME
Scientists Have a New Tool for Tracking COVID-19 Variants: Human Waste - July 7, 2022 | Reuters
Wastewater study technique finds virus variants sooner; many patients are using meds affected by Paxlovid - January 31, 2022 | NBC San Diego
UCSD Students Back on Campus, Return to In-Person Learning - January 13, 2022 | Inside Higher Ed
Leading during an extended crisis - January 10, 2022 | Inside Higher Ed
Colleges extend remote instruction - January 6, 2021 | San Diego Union-Tribune
Opinion: What UC San Diego has learned battling the pandemic - December 21, 2021 | San Francisco Gate
UC system temporarily pushes classes back online, partly due to omicron research from UC San Diego - December 4, 2021 | San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego scientists return to war footing as Omicron variant poses new threat - December 3, 2021 | La Jolla Light
UC San Diego panel looks at past, present and possible future of ‘A COVID World’ - November 28, 2021 | San Diego Union-Tribune
UC San Diego hustling to find Omicron variant of coronavirus to help assess threat to public health - October 6, 2021 | CBS News
New air purifiers filter at least 90% of COVID-carrying particles, researchers say - September 28, 2021 | Washington Post
Weekly coronavirus tests are a terrible substitute for vaccination - September 22, 2021 | Fox 5
UC San Diego students prepare for first day of school, COVID safety protocols - September 13, 2021 | Forbes
There is a giant hole in our COVID control strategy - September 13, 2021 | EdSource
How California’s state universities are tracking campus Covid-19 cases - August 16, 2021 | Forbes
Study shows COVID-19 can be detected in a single asymptomatic person through wastewater surveillance - August 12, 2021 | Fox 5
UCSD wastewater screening detected 85% of COVID-19 cases early, study finds - July 19, 2021 | KPBS
UC San Diego Admits Record 52,946 First-Year And Transfer Students - June 17, 2021 | TIME
Human Waste Could Be The Next Big Weapon in Controlling COVID-19 - May 20, 2021 | Inside Higher Ed
Lifting mask mandates - April 13, 2021 | University Business
‘Return to Learn’: UC San Diego unveils fall reopening plans - April 11, 2021 | NPR
More Colleges Say They'll Require Students To Have COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall - April 8, 2021 | Los Angeles Times
UC San Diego will resume operating at full capacity in September - March 15, 2021 | San Diego Union-Tribune
With COVID-19 infections at nearly zero, UC San Diego urges students not to go away for spring break - March 14, 2021 | CBS News - 60 Minutes
The coronavirus variants experts are most concerned about - February 17, 2021 | NBC Bay Area
In-tents Learning: UC San Diego Takes Classrooms Into Great Outdoors - January 25, 2021 | University Business
How UC San Diego stifled a COVID spike - January 25, 2021 | EdSource
How UC San Diego has avoided Covid-19 outbreaks while housing thousands of students - January 13, 2021 | USA TODAY
California college rolls out vending machines for COVID test kits - January 7, 2021 | Fox News
UC San Diego places COVID-19 test kits in vending machines throughout campus - January 6, 2021 | Reuters
UC San Diego offers students COVID test kits by vending machine - January 6, 2021 | CNN
UC San Diego installs Covid-19 testing vending machines on campus - January 5, 2021 | ABC News
UC San Diego introduces vending machines for COVID-19 tests - December 12, 2020 | San Diego Union-Tribune
UC San Diego Forges Ahead with Plan to Bounce Back from Damaging Days of COVID-19 - December 7, 2020 | University Business
How UC San Diego is keeping a lid on COVID - December 7, 2020 | U.S. News & World Report
California becomes biggest U.S. state to launch virus contact-tracing app - December 4, 2020 | Fox News
Coronavirus tracking apps having 'modest' impact amid pandemic, expert says - December 3, 2020 | The New York Times
How the U.C. Campuses Have Managed Covid-19 - December 2, 2020 | EdSource
As University of California campuses reopen, UC San Diego deploys aggressive strategy to contain Covid-19 - November 18, 2020 | Business Insider
New contact tracing apps stir hope for virus fighters in U.S. states - November 7, 2020 | Los Angeles Times
UC San Diego deals with COVID-19 by erecting tents for classes, study space - October 2, 2020 | EdSource
As University of California campuses reopen, UC San Diego deploys aggressive strategy to contain Covid-19 - September 25, 2020 | Los Angeles Times
UC San Diego launches smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system - August 12, 2020 | U.S. News & World Report
Frequent COVID tests key to college reopening - August 3, 2020 | Becker's Health IT
How COVID-19 dashboard is fueling engagement across UCSD Health - July 24, 2020 | CALMatters
Colleges are walking back reopening plans - but can they keep campus employees safe? - July 8, 2020 | Diverse: Issues in Higher Educationy
A look at colleges’ Fall reopening plans - July 5, 2020 | USA Today
COVID testing: Colleges race to make campus safe, reopen this fall - June 23, 2020 | CNN
UC San Diego is planning to test its students, faculty and staff regularly for COVID-19 in fall - May 27, 2020 | San Francisco Chronicle
UC San Diego begins ‘audacious’ coronavirus testing program in hopes of resuming in-person classes in fall - May 22, 2020 | NPR
For In-Person College, Coronavirus Testing Will Be Key. But Is That Feasible? - May 17, 2020 | USA Today
Rethinking college, or at least fall semester, during coronavirus? You risk not graduating - May 14, 2020 | New York Times
Campus Life in the Fall? A Test With No Clear Answer - May 14, 2020 | Forbes
Re-Opening Campus This Fall: After The Testing Challenge, The Hard Work Begins - May 14, 2020 | Washington Post
Colleges push viral testing, other ideas for reopening in fall. But some worry about deepening the health crisis. - May 14, 2020 | SF Gate
Some colleges push viral testing, other ideas for reopening; others worry about deepening health crisis - May 8, 2020 | Inside Higher Ed
Return to Learn (Opinion) - May 7, 2020 | Chronicle of Higher Ed
Its Eyes on the Fall, One Campus Is Conducting a Public-Health Dry Run. Here’s What That Looks Like. - May 7, 2020 | EdSource
Will others follow UC San Diego's plan to widely test for coronavirus? - May 7, 2020 | Breitbart
UC San Diego Introduces Virus Testing as Part of Reopening Plan - May 5, 2020 | Los Angeles Times
UC San Diego to mass test students for the novel coronavirus
