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.

• 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