A student-led organization with 50 members on its leadership team, Alternative Breaks@UCSD has traveled to 16 locations internationally and domestically to commit 8250 hours of service to 15 different non-profit organizations. The program is devoted to establishing globally conscious active citizens through service trips during academic breaks.
Mark-Yves Gaunin knew he needed help when it came to his dream of attending college.
While the stereotypical spring breakers throughout the United States flee to far-flung destinations to absorb sun and fun, UC San Diego student Sophie Silvestri experienced something far more breathtaking.
When Dr. Jona Hattangadi-Gluthbegan her career as a new faculty member at UC San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center, she was excited by the possibilities in front of her but concerned about meeting expectations, including her own. At this early stage, how do you prioritize patient care while fulfilling research, teaching and university service obligations? What is the best way to develop a clinical niche and academic career and still have a rewarding personal life? After being matched with a senior faculty mentor in her field, Dr. Christine Chung, she gained insight on how to develop a pathway to accomplish her research, teaching and clinical ambitions.
University of California, San Diego Department of Visual Arts Professor Lisa Cartwright has spent her career working across different disciplines.
Students from a structural engineering and a visual arts class are working together, shoulder to shoulder, on a collaborative final project despite the fact that they are in different classes. This visual arts and engineering mashup is happening in the new EnVision Maker Studio at UC San Diego and involves students in Structural Engineering 1 and Visual Arts 40.
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