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Emeriti Association Honors Ruth Covell and Charles Kennel for Continued Service

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When you love what you do, there is no such thing as ‘retirement.’ Dr. Ruth Covell and Charles Kennel are emeriti faculty, yet they continue to dedicate their time and expertise to students and faculty at UC San Diego, as well as the local community. In honor of their continued service, Covell and Kennel received the Dickson Award, which includes a $10,000 grant to support their teaching, research and service initiatives.

Emeriti Association Honors Ruth Covell and Charles Kennel for Continued Service

Ahead of the Curve

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Two months before the historic climate agreement in Paris, where representatives from nearly 200 countries pledged to reduce greenhouse emissions, a smaller group of climate experts and politicians gathered at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

UC San Diego Inter-Tribal Resource Center Welcomes Inaugural Director

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As a college student, Elena Hood knew firsthand the importance of having a place to call home and find familiar faces. In her own experience as an undergraduate, it was her involvement with the Native community that played an integral role in her academic success. This summer, Hood will begin to cultivate similar opportunities for community growth at UC San Diego as the inaugural director of the Inter-Tribal Resource Center, the campus’ newest space dedicated to inclusion and outreach efforts.

UC San Diego Inter-Tribal Resource Center Welcomes Inaugural Director

Transportation Services Working to Expand Parking, Commuter Options

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With ongoing construction of buildings and regional transportation projects such as bringing the trolley to campus, parking at UC San Diego is in a constant state of flux. So how is Transportation Services working to ease parking challenges? Read on for the latest update on new lot openings, policy changes and more.

Transportation Services Working to Expand Parking, Commuter Options

Launching a Microbiome Movement

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Last week, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced a new National Microbiome Initiative, a coordinated effort to better understand microbiomes—communities of microorganisms that live on and in people, plants, soil, oceans and the atmosphere—and to develop tools to protect and restore healthy microbiome function. OSTP launched the initiative with a combined federal agency investment of more than $121 million.

Leading Israeli Historian & Journalist Tom Segev to Speak at UC San Diego June 1

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The unorthodox historian and journalist, Tom Segev, has been intrepid in exploring and illuminating the tortured history of Israel and the Holocaust, often exposing painful truths that many would rather not have to grapple with. Born in Jerusalem to parents who fled Nazi Germany, Segev is a leading figure among the so-called “New Historians” of Israel, who have continued to challenge many of the nation’s traditional narratives or “founding myths.”