January 22, 2015
…adds an “A” for art to the traditional STEM curriculum of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Taught at Qualcomm’s headquarters in Sorrento Valley, the coursework inspires students to be creative while they learn to grasp complex engineering concepts. Saura Naderi, a UC San Diego engineering physics graduate who later helped…
April 7, 2016
…the Museum of Cuban Art, immersion in the Old City and a meeting with the Cuban hip-hop duo Obsesion for a conversation on race and gender equality. “Having an opportunity to discuss social issues with Cubans after having … a class about the social issues in Cuba made for a…
March 4, 2021
…the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Academy of Medicine, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, among other roles. She earned her undergraduate degree at UC San Diego, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.…
April 9, 2015
…youth, including co-leading a multi-arts performance project with San Diego high school students and grant-writing for a nonprofit organization to help homeless teens. The UC San Diego members will be formally inducted into the national organization at the 12th Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education April 10…
October 3, 2013
…are dominated by the arts and humanities as a result of already exhausting all of his high school’s science offerings. His next step will be to begin applying to universities next month—including UC San Diego—as well as continuing to develop his research, which is already patented and garnering interest from…
June 19, 2012
…dovetail well with the state-of-the-art NICU to be located at the future UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center,” said Harbert. “The whole point is to provide earlier diagnosis and real-time management of seizures to enhance these kids’ developmental outcomes.” Currently, neonatal intensive care doctors use a range of technologies to…
September 26, 2024
Excitement is high on campus as today marks the first day of classes at UC San Diego. We spoke with several of UC San Diego’s newest Tritons about why they chose UC San Diego, what inspired them to choose their major and their advice for prospective students.
November 14, 2019
…graduate degree-holding thinkers, from artists and scholars, to practitioners and leaders. The bottom line is graduate education matters. In any vibrant town, city, state or nation, people who hold graduate degrees are at the leading edge, helping to advance society. My professional background has well-prepared me to take seriously the…
March 17, 2022
…a woman, as an artist—to be taken seriously, but now I’m reclaiming them.” After her talk, Yalcinbas received a slew of emails from students who related to her take on diversity and struggles with assimilation, but the response that surprised her most was from the faculty in the audience. “I…
July 16, 2020
…them with the most state-of-the-art programs, they won’t be successful if we don’t take into account the needs, resources, priorities and preferences of their clinic and health system, as well as the specific characteristics and realities of the patients they serve.” “In traditional clinical trials, we try to control for…
