Campus & Community

In Sacramento, Chancellor Khosla Fights for Higher Ed Funding

Campus News

Chancellor Khosla stands in front of state capitol building

UC San Diego Celebrates 60 Years of Its Unique College System

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Advocating for Their Peers: Student-Driven Efforts to End Campus Food Insecurity

Student Life

Chalkboard welcome sign for the The Hub Basic Needs Center at UC San Diego

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UC San Diego Inter-Tribal Resource Center Welcomes Inaugural Director

Campus News

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

Campus News

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

Campus News

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.”

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

UC San Diego Arts and Humanities Awarded Four Hellman Fellowships

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The University of California San Diego’s Division of Arts and Humanities significantly increased its presence on the recently released list of 2016 – 2017 Hellman Fellowships, a university program designed to provide financial support to promising faculty for activities that enhance progress toward tenure. Last year’s divisional recipients included an associate professor from the Department of History, but this year four junior faculty earned recognition. Making up one-third of the 12 awardees, they are: Amy Marie Cimini, Department of Music; Deborah Isobel Stein, Department of Theatre and Dance; Matthew Werner Vitz, Department of History; and Alena Williams, Department of Visual Arts.

UC San Diego Arts and Humanities Awarded Four Hellman Fellowships

Getting the Bigger Picture

Campus News

UC San Diego’s Big Pixel Initiative is taking full advantage of a partnership with DigitalGlobe—and the latest Google technology—to sponsor cutting-edge, innovative research. But the applications aren’t just for the researcher. Students across campus are being taught to understand the technology that affects our lives, every single day. And in the process, they’ll graduate more prepared for jobs that have the potential to make positive, real-world change.