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Student Spotlight: Meet Kathiria Perez Ortiz

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Trailblazer: First CMSP Scholar Matriculates into Medical School

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A Scholar’s Journey from Cambridge to California: Uncovering UC San Diego’s East Asia Collection

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Q&A with Tim Lee: Biologist Turned Comedian

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Alumnus Tim Lee wasn't supposed to be a comedian. A biologist by training, he graduated in 1993 magna cum laude from UC San Diego with honors in biology. He went on to complete his Ph.D. at UC Davis. He spent years developing simulation and analytical models of population dynamics before he discovered that this bored him to tears. So he tried comedy, and has become an underground sensation, with over 4 million views on his YouTube videos. He now sells out performances from New York to Sydney. In this interview, Tim talks about his transition from biology to comedy, and how his biology research recently helped him out in a San Francisco coffee shop.

Q&A with Tim Lee: Biologist Turned Comedian

UCSD Celebrates Diversity and Service with Awards

Awards & Accolades

Twenty-five individuals, units and departments will be recognized for their contributions to diversity and equal opportunity at UC San Diego and in the community at a ceremony 2 p.m.

UCSD Celebrates Diversity and Service with Awards

UC San Diego Moves Up to 11th on Peace Corps’ Top Colleges Ranking

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The University of California, San Diego ranks 11th among all large universities in the nation, up from 14th last year, on the Peace Corps’ annual list of “Top Colleges and Universities,” released today.

UC San Diego Moves Up to 11th on Peace Corps’ Top Colleges Ranking

National Academy of Sciences Honors UC San Diego Professor

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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will honor 17 individuals with awards in recognition of their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, and social sciences. Among them is Larry R. Squire, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and research career scientist at VA Medical Center, San Diego.

National Academy of Sciences Honors UC San Diego Professor

Q&A with Dr. Bess Marcus

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Getting people to change their behavior is much easier than getting them to maintain it. That is one of the key challenges Dr. Bess Marcus has faced over the course of her career as a clinical health psychologist. She has spent the last 25 years conducting research on physical activity behavior, and her primary research interests are in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer, and the promotion of women's health. Now she serves as Chair of UC San Diego's Department of Family and Preventive Medicine.

Son of Vietnamese Refugee Among Students Honored by Physical Sciences Dean

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After six years in a North Vietnamese “reeducation” camp, Thai Hoang Do’s father escaped to Thailand with five children and his wife in tow. It was in a refugee camp in Thailand that Thai Do—the youngest of six children—was born to the Do family. Seven years later, the family moved to the United States, settling in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood.