June 10, 2021
…In addition to her advocacy work, Arakaki led the development of the UC San Diego Diversity and Science Lecture (DASL) last summer. Alongside other graduate students and postdocs across the UC San Diego biosciences departments, she organized seminars to showcase the outstanding science driven by graduate students and postdocs from…
August 19, 2019
…Their generosity, leadership and advocacy have brought an excitement and energy to this fundraising effort. Alumnus Ken Kroner, Ph.D. ’88, is chair of the Campaign for UC San Diego. The campus community was also an important partner in helping us reach this milestone. In May 2019, faculty, staff and students…
October 10, 2019
…in 1981. Dr. Watson’s advocacy for the success of UC San Diego students was highlighted through his guidance of such transformative initiatives as the Career and Student Services centers, the Undergraduate Research and Opportunities Abroad programs, TritonLink, RIMAC and the North Campus Recreation Area, Price Center and the transition from…
December 17, 2020
…Project Title: Disability, Inclusion, Advocacy: Performing Arts and Community Impact Community Partners: Arc of San Diego, La Jolla Playhouse and other partners to be announced Project Description: Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Porter and Herbst will teach a large-enrollment course in Sixth College’s Culture,…
June 4, 2024
Seven formerly unhoused San Diego County residents are contributing their insights and perspectives as co-researchers at UC San Diego’s Homelessness Hub.
May 28, 2024
On the evening of Friday, May 17, 400 guests from UC San Diego and the local community gathered at the Jeannie Auditorium on the UC San Diego campus to hear Dr. Bernice A. King ponder society’s yearning for change as she reflected on the legacy of her parents, Martin Luther…
October 22, 2020
…than 400 publications and advocacy for raising the status of women and underrepresented minorities on campus, further demonstrating her extraordinary leadership. Richard Madsen, Distinguished Professor, Sociology Richard Madsen Richard Madsen is a highly respected scholar and public intellectual who first joined the UC San Diego community in 1978. A distinguished…
May 19, 2016
…September: an education and advocacy forum for the public, and a research symposium connecting local innovators to one another and to the region’s business community. The consortium is currently raising funds to match a challenge grant from the Legler Benbough Foundation. Eight UC San Diego research teams have won BRAIN…
November 7, 2024
Students, faculty and staff from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and School of Global Policy and Strategy are set to attend the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
June 1, 2017
…care, but also through advocacy and compassion,” he said. Garcia is a member of the UC San Diego School of Medicine’s Program in Medical Education – Health Equity (PRIME-HEq), which trains physicians to meet the needs of populations who are traditionally underserved by the medical system. He said one of…
