Books & Culture

A Survivor’s Story

At his Bar Mitzvah in 1980, a 13-year-old declared that he would one day write the story of his father’s Holocaust survival. It took 40 years for Joel Poremba ’89 to deliver on that promise.

Black and white photo of family with five small children.

UC San Diego Library and San Diego Natural History Museum Collaborate to Raise Awareness

Today, the UC San Diego Library announced its new community partnership with the San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat), which has resulted in an art exhibit that will be featured at the Balboa Park museum and UC San Diego from August 12 to October 24, 2022.

Colleen Kollar Smith to Lead UC San Diego’s New Campus Performance and Events Office

UC San Diego has named Colleen Kollar Smith as the inaugural Executive Director of the newly created Campus Performance and Events Office, led by the Division of Student Affairs.

14 New Latinx Studies Faculty to be Hired at UC San Diego

UC San Diego is steadily becoming known as “mi universidad,” the university of choice among many Latinx and Chicanx students.

Stuart Collection Welcomes Jessica Berlanga Taylor as New Director

This spring, the collection welcomed a new creative leader: curator, writer and art project manager Jessica Berlanga Taylor. As director of the Stuart Collection, she is responsible for the growth and conservation of the diverse works.

Entrepreneurship Isn’t Genetic—It’s a Mindset

In a bold display of support for cultivating an intrepid mindset across campus, the Entrepreneurship Center, located within the Design and Innovation Building, officially launched last week.