UC San Diego sponsored research reached nearly $1.8B in FY26. Among key highlights is GPS Prof. Lauren Prather who is co-directing the new Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections to strengthen public confidence in U.S. elections. Read: https://ow.ly/z1uv50ZvGUn #ElectionIntegrity

Mexico demands answers after 17 Mexicans died in ICE custody since May 2025. Prof. Rafael Fernández de Castro discusses the public impact and political pressure on President Sheinbaum. Read more: https://ow.ly/UAis50ZvGQY #Mexico #ICE #Policy #Migration #UCSanDiegoGPS

Mexico presses U.S. prosecutors on deaths in ICE custody, enforcement

The Mexican government said Wednesday it’s taken several steps in response to the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals in ICE custody or during enforcement operations since May 2025.

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Thinking about moving for better pay? Not all cities boost your earnings the same way. New research led by Professor Gaurav Khanna analyzes data from 500 million+ professionals to reveal which cities truly elevate your salary. Read more here: https://ow.ly/YrqH50ZvGHS

Where should you move for higher pay?

Some cities merely attract the well remunerated. Others will lift your wages

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Dean Caroline Freund weighs in on the Trump administration’s new tariffs. She tells the BBC the real motive is to protect U.S. manufacturing and address the trade deficit. Listen here: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/m002z668 #TradePolicy #Tariffs #GlobalEconomy #GPSResearch

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News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

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Congratulations to Gordon McCord for receiving the Rafael and Marina Pastor Chancellor's Endowed GPS Faculty Fellowship to support policy-relevant research shaping peace and prosperity in the 21st Century! Discover his research underway today: gps.ucsd.edu/gmccord #GPSProud #UCSanDiego

Explore the 2025-26 highlights from the GPS 21st Century India Center! See how they advanced U.S.-India dialogue, research and policy innovation. Read: https://india.ucsd.edu/_files/21cic_2025-26-annual-highlights.pdf #GlobalPolicy #USIndiaRelations #ResearchImpact #UCSanDiego

Should the Federal Reserve limit its rate guidance? Dean Caroline Freund explains why transparency matters, but too much guidance can be a double-edged sword—especially when rates are near zero. Read the full story: https://ow.ly/T24X50Zt2G8 #MonetaryPolicy

Is it a good idea to limit Federal Reserve rate guidance?

The Fed should aim for a balance between a clear policy framework and avoiding overly detailed forward guidance, one panelist says.

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Do you believe you would be a good manager? Research shows that those who are more eager to manage often perform the worst. GPS Prof. and 21st Century India Center director Achyuta Adhvaryu also explains how overconfidence can be a liability. Read: https://ow.ly/3MNS50Zt2Fy

Research shows those most eager to manage often perform the worst

Researchers from Harvard and UC San Diego debunk a common leadership myth by revealing the best managers are often the ones who don't want the job.

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UC San Diego Health Primary Care is now open in the Triton Health and Wellness Building near the Alumni Center! Accessible care for campus and community. Discover our campus transformation: https://ow.ly/Jyam50ZsnPR #PrimaryCare #UCSanDiegoHealth #CampusWellness #UCSD #HealthcareAccess

Same Care, New Space: Triton Health and Wellness Building Opens

Located in Triton Center, the new heart of the UC San Diego campus, the Triton Health and Wellness Building expands and centralizes support for students, providing access to physical health, mental health and well-being resources.

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Does academic productivity explain the gender pay gap in higher ed? A new PNAS study by UC San Diego researchers, including GPS Profs. Liz Lyons, Gaurav Khanna & Josh Graff Zivin, reveals an unexplained gap remains even when output is equal. Read: https://ow.ly/GLxr50ZrbBt #GenderPayGap

What Explains Gender Pay Gaps in Academia?

A study of University of California social science faculty tested several common explanations and found that none told the full story.

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Can the U.S. and China build a stable great power relationship or are they bound for conflict? Join The 21st Century China Center on Aug. 6 as Graham Allison & Meghan O’Sullivan address this defining question. Register: https://ow.ly/i1Ko50ZqU1m #USChina #UCSanDiego

How is state censorship shaping generative AI? In The Atlantic, Prof. Molly Roberts discusses how political control in China influences AI training datasets under President Xi Jinping. Read the analysis: https://ow.ly/Fraa50ZqTMA #ArtificialIntelligence #TechPolicy #UCSanDiego

China Is Abusing AI

Chatbots are deftly disseminating Beijing’s talking points.

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Broadening knowledge and tackling global challenges: UC San Diego ranks No. 7 among U.S. public universities in the latest @CWUR rankings. Proud of our world-class faculty and scholars shaping the future of policy, science and innovation. https://ow.ly/ubBS50ZqapE #ResearchImpact

Center for World University Rankings Names UC San Diego 7th Best Public University in the US

The University of California San Diego has been named No. 7 among U.S. public universities in the latest Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).

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What’s the best part of an internship? The mentorship and maybe a few cool office perks 🚲 For Jorge Espinoza (MIA '27), his GPS coursework was the ultimate launchpad to securing a Global Security Operations Center internship at Apple. #GPSInternships #InternLife #ApplePark

UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation is now partnering with UC Press as editors of Current History! Explore fresh perspectives on global issues in this bi-monthly publication. Learn more: https://ow.ly/J9nv50Zn5JZ #GlobalPolicy #CurrentHistory #UCSD #WorldAffairs

How do we decide which climate projects are worth funding? GPS Prof. Teevrat Garg argues that looking beyond carbon to value "co-benefits"—like biodiversity and flood risk reduction—leads to smarter investments. Read more: https://ow.ly/jjfz50ZmwfB #ClimatePolicy #Sustainability #UCSanDiego

How Do We Decide Which Climate Projects Are Worth Funding?

Carbon markets do a pretty good job of rewarding projects for reducing or storing carbon but typically overlook other benefits, says UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy economist Teevrat Garg.

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Can short-term geoengineering protect the global economy from extreme weather? A new Scripps Institution of Oceanography study co-authored by GPS Prof. Kate Ricke explores how marine cloud brightening could weaken "super" El Niño events. Read: https://ow.ly/Fpo550Zmxfn #Geoengineering #UCSanDiego

Could Geoengineering Work to Tamp Down Super El Niños?

An Australian bushfire served as a precious test case…

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When is the right time to attend graduate school? How about now? Don't miss the free APSIA Online Grad School Fair on July 23. Don’t press pause on your future career! Register today: bit.ly/apsiajulyfair26 #GradSchool #APSIA2026

Twelve UC San Diego students have completed the inaugural Poseidon Fellows program 🔱 Co-led by GPS Prof. Elizabeth Lyons and alumnus Shawn Xu, this entrepreneurship fellowship prepares student founders to build global systems that matter. Learn more: https://ow.ly/4KbA50ZmfrJ

How does a wealth tax affect economic stability? Dean Caroline Freund breaks down the long-term impact of a California billionaire tax in the latest San Diego Union-Tribune EconoMeter feature. Read the full #PublicPolicy analysis: https://ow.ly/ViuZ50Zm6jz #EconomicPolicy #UCSanDiego

Is a billionaire tax a good idea for California?

“If you want to drive billionaires and their businesses out of California and weaken its tax base, this is how,” said one business leader.

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Air pollution is a major environmental health risk, and populations in low- and middle-income countries experience the highest exposure. 🏭 Professor Teevrat Garg co-authored a VoxDev literature review summarizing the remaining gaps in environmental policy: https://ow.ly/1pej50Zhp0h

Air Pollution

Air pollution is the world’s leading environmental health risk, and its burden falls overwhelmingly on low- and middle-income countries where populations are most exposed and least able to protect themselves. Economics has contributed substantially to understanding the scale of these damages and the limits of private responses. Its core message for policy is sobering: the problem is not primarily a lack of regulation, but a deficit of enforcement, state capacity, and the sustained collective action needed to make private protection work. Below we summarise what the evidence tells us and...

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How should the U.S. handle Chinese clean energy investment? Prof. Michael Davidson and co-authors explores this in a new Brookings piece. Read: https://ow.ly/XhTY50ZkJyl #CleanEnergy #UCSanDiego

What policy choices does the US face on Chinese clean energy investment? | Brookings

A group of experts examine how U.S. policy on Chinese investment in clean energy operates in practice.

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In observance of July 4, UC San Diego will be closed on Friday, June 3.

Congratulations to Professor Margaret (Molly) Roberts on her appointment as the new director of the 21st Century China Center! 🔗 More: https://ow.ly/WKYM50ZjMsK

Measuring Inflation is a lot tougher than it looks. 📈 Professor Munseob Lee and others have devised a different way to measure inflation that considers consumer demand for goods rather than relying on price information. 🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/OXwy50ZhoGh #Inflation #Economics

Is Inflation Being Understated?

Measuring prices can be a daunting task. A new method avoids some pitfalls.

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What's it like to work part-time as a graduate student? ⚖️ Nomuna Surkhiisaikhan (pictured right), a Master of International Affairs candidate, has firsthand experience balancing a busy academic schedule with a job: https://ow.ly/e2PO50ZgHvJ

Amid International conflicts and a higher cost of living, Japan's central bank recently raised its main interest rate to its highest level in 31 years. 🔗 Professor Ulrike Schaede told BBC that this could signal "a slow global realignment": https://ow.ly/x4LB50Ze1WU

Japan raises interest rate to highest for 31 years

The Bank of Japan has been raising rates from near-zero since 2024.

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Following a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act, Professor Zoltan Hajnal co-authored an analysis of the decision for “The American Prospect": https://ow.ly/yEiB50Zgy2w

One more look back at GPS commencement, because the Class of 2026 is easy to celebrate! 🤩 📸 View more photos: https://ow.ly/3ACe50ZgmWA #GPSProud

Summer’s here, and you don’t have a book to read? Check out this list of recommendations from GPS faculty! 📚 Our professors offered up selections ranging from literary fiction to history and analyses of current events, so there’s something for everyone.: https://ow.ly/6Etx50Ze1pF