Fall 2022 Issue: A Tradition of Nontradition

UC San Diego Magazine is your connection to the university, with in-depth articles highlighting academic excellence, groundbreaking research and community involvement initiatives. Formerly known as Triton Magazine, this flagship university publication will continue to cover alumni, campus news and events to bring you closer to UC San Diego than ever before.

Magazine cover in shades of turquoise and yellow showing a composite image of people in various activities.

In this Issue

RIMAC Renamed

Members of the Athletics Department, including coaches, cheerleaders, King Triton, as well as Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and Athletic Director Earl W. Edwards, gather to celebrate the naming of LionTree Arena.

Community Matters

Professor Michel Estefan engages students in his Sociology of Social Justice course at UC San Diego.

Critical Questions

Elizabeth Imada donated breast milk to the UC Health Milk Bank during the national baby formula shortage (top); Lars Bode, PhD, studies human milk and its impact on health and development (left) and Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH, focuses on the impact of environmental exposures during pregnancy, lactation and child health outcomes (right).

Leading a Legacy

Stuart Collection Director Jessica Berlanga Taylor

A Step Up

Space Traveler

Jessica Meir in blue space flight uniform.

A Second Chance

UC San Diego engineer holds 3D-printed custom-made prostheses. This story was published in the Fall 2022 issue of UC San Diego Magazine.

For the Love of Peanut Butter

Co-founders Brittany Merrill Yeng ’09, MS ’10, and Steve Yeng

Next Generation

UC San Diego alumna and NASA astronaut candidate Deniz Burnham

The Unlimited Possibility of Human Imagination

Black and white photo of Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

Editorial Team

Chancellor: Pradeep K. Khosla

Chief Communications and Marketing Officer: Anne Buckley

Executive Director, Communications Strategy: Matt Hale

Interim Editor-in-Chief: Malinda Danziger ’00

Creative Director: Jessica Scherer

Contributing Editors: Natalee Ellars, Matt Hale, Janet Howard, Krissen Kawachi Mercer, Laura Margoni, Matthew Nagel, Heidi Yuen

Student Writer: Nilou Shahbandi ’23

Contributing Writers: Michelle Brubaker, Patrick Coleman, Sarina Dahlan ’98, Emerson Dameron, Dolores Davies, Michelle Franklin, Jade Griffin ’03, Jason Horger, Erika Johnson ’11, Inga Kiderra, Laura Longobardi, Ioana Patringenaru, Allison Schneider, Leslie Sepuka

Campus Photographer: Erik Jepsen ’10

Art Direction: Traina Design

Fall 2022 Issue: A Tradition of Nontradition

Featured Stories

Decade of Leadership

Origin Story

A Decade of Scholarship