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UC San Diego Hosts Military Pathways to College Success Conference

Campus News

The University of California, San Diego will host Military Pathways to College Success—a one-stop higher education conference for military service members and their families—from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 22, 2014 at the campus’s Price Center East Ballroom. The conference is designed to showcase the many transfer options available to service members, veterans and their dependents who are attending, or planning to attend a four-year university by way of a California community college.

UC San Diego Hosts Military Pathways to College Success Conference

Help Us Make a Memorable First Impression at Triton Day 2014

Campus News

For many admitted students, Triton Day is the first opportunity to experience UC San Diego—our sprawling grounds and ocean views, dynamic campus community and expansive research and collaborative opportunities—all factors students will weigh when deciding upon which university to attend in the fall. We call upon all students, staff, faculty and alumni to join us in welcoming newly admitted freshmen by being an ambassador, tabling, performing and more.

Help Us Make a Memorable First Impression at Triton Day 2014

Memorial Tribute to Late Actor and UC San Diego Alumnus James Avery Set for March 1

Giving

The University of California, San Diego will host a special tribute to James Avery, the late acclaimed actor, poet and UC San Diego graduate of 1976, on Saturday, March 1 at 2 p.m., at the campus’s Mandell Weiss Forum. The event, which is open to the public, will include an afternoon of theater, live music, personal reflections and poetry readings in Avery’s honor. Best known for his portrayal as the charismatic Uncle Phil Banks on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” Avery was a classically trained UC San Diego actor and scholar. He died on December 31, 2013, due to complications from heart surgery. He was 68.

Memorial Tribute to Late Actor and UC San Diego Alumnus James Avery Set for March 1

Competition to Give Back: UC San Diego Kicks Off Annual United Way/CHAD Campaign

Giving

The competition has officially begun to see which vice chancellor area, or the chancellor’s office, can inspire the most participation in supporting the annual UC San Diego United Way/CHAD Campaign. Running from Feb. 13 through April 11 this year, the campaign is a call to action encouraging campus staff and faculty to play a role in strengthening the San Diego community.

Competition to Give Back: UC San Diego Kicks Off Annual United Way/CHAD Campaign

New Campus Memorial Honors Protesters for Peace

Campus News

A memorial to honor student activism for peace was recently unveiled at Revelle College. The idea for the memorial was spurred by a group of students in Thurgood Marshall College’s Dimensions of Culture (DOC) program after they learned about the history of UC San Diego student activism during the Vietnam War.

New Campus Memorial Honors Protesters for Peace

Materials Documenting Birth of Nuclear Age to Be Digitized

Campus News

The papers of physicist and inventor Leo Szilard chronicling the birth of the nuclear age and the work of the Manhattan Project will soon be digitized by the UC San Diego Library.