June 6, 2024
UC San Diego’s Class of 2024 is walking the graduation stage this June. With sights set on bright tomorrows, our scholars are ready to celebrate and make us proud. Read stories about a few of our outstanding graduates here.
March 18, 2021
…dental issues while providing mentorship, guidance and role modeling with true caring and professional behavior. I cannot think of anyone more deserving of the Gies Award.” Silverstein continues to teach virtually during the pandemic, working between his own medical treatments. Instead of attending weekly, in-person pre-dental society meetings, he and…
February 11, 2021
…very committed to the mentorship of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty in science and medicine, hoping to create the next generation of leaders in solving the important infectious disease challenges facing the world. If you could share one of your biggest takeaways surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and/or the…
February 6, 2020
…McKittrick for her invaluable mentorship and support. An expert engineer and compassionate advisor, she advocated for engaging women and minority students in the STEM fields and extended her kindness to the Project Lim(b)itless team, guiding it from its inception. A more detailed recounting of her life, research and contributions can…
October 7, 2021
…and first began her mentorship work. Previously incarcerated herself, Gomez understands what her mentees are experiencing, and feels immense fulfillment seeing them succeed. “It’s amazing to watch people do so well when they could use their history and trauma to sink back inside themselves. Being a mentor is really rewarding…
June 20, 2013
…Diego School of Medicine Mentorship Program in 2010. This group pairs up School of Medicine students with self-identified underrepresented undergraduate students at UC San Diego. Rodriguez accepted the Outstanding Graduate Student award on June 14 during the annual All Campus Graduation Celebration. Thurgood Marshall Student Overcomes Health Challenges to Care…
July 14, 2022
…through Enhanced Access and Mentorship Program (PATHS), which is structured to provide critical mentorship and financial support for undergraduate UC San Diego STEM students from under-resourced communities. UC San Diego received the largest scholarship gift for scholar-athletes in its history from LionTree, an independent investment and merchant bank founded by…
December 17, 2020
…it comes to pre-college mentorship.” Amy Vatne Bintliff | Education Studies Project Title: Supporting Youth Well-being through Community-Based Participatory Learning, Service-Learning and University-to-Partner Co-Design Community Partners: La Colonia de Eden Gardens, Inc. in Solana Beach, CA; EJE Academies Charter School in El Cajon, CA; and Africa ELI in Kampala, Uganda…
October 13, 2016
…in pharmacology, and providing mentorship to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. As founding dean of the Skaggs School, he helped build the professional school to national and international prominence. His research and interdisciplinary collaborations, focused on neurotransmission in the cholinergic nervous system and on receptor pharmacology, have made great progress…
February 13, 2014
…those interactions was the mentorship provided by Kaplan, whom Venter remembers as a man who “had a lot of brilliant ideas every day.” Kaplan instilled two key lessons upon the young Venter that would help him make his own mark on science: Act on your ideas and don’t be afraid…
