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Triton Weeks of Welcome Sparks Student Spirit

With more than 150 events to choose from during Triton Weeks of Welcome, UC San Diego’s newest students had no shortage of social opportunities when they arrived on campus to start the fall quarter.

Annual Convocation Inspires New Tritons to Embrace Their Curiosity

Hundreds of new Tritons gathered on RIMAC Field last Tuesday, Sept. 20, to take part in the 17th annual New Student Welcome Convocation ceremony, a campus tradition that marks new first-year and transfer students’ entry into UC San Diego’s scholarly community.

Hundreds of students sit in rows of chairs facing a large stage with a speaker at the podium and video screen behind that says

Community Matters

Sociology professor Michel Estefan redefines classroom culture.

Professor Michel Estefan engages students in his Sociology of Social Justice course at UC San Diego.

A Decade of Scholarship

The lasting impact of a transformational scholarship. This story was published in the Fall 2022 issue of UC San Diego Magazine.

Group with Chancellor Associates Scholars gather for a year-end celebration.

UC San Diego’s Newest Class Makes an Entrance

This week marks the beginning of classes, and the campus is abuzz with the addition of about 9,500 first-year students who are ready to use their diverse talents and ambitions to enhance the UC San Diego community.

Bioengineering, Bioinformatics Graduate Students Selected as Siebel Scholars

Five UC San Diego bioengineering and bioinformatics graduate students have been honored as 2023 Siebel Scholars. The Siebel Scholars program recognizes the most talented students in the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering and energy science.