November 19, 2015
…served as dean of Arts & Humanities and professor of history at UC San Diego, during which time he advised Butterfield on his master’s thesis. ‘The Last of the President’s Men’ is the result of some 46 hours of interviews Woodward conducted with Butterfield, and includes a number of newly…
April 9, 2012
This spring, the UC San Diego Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW), sponsored by the UC San Diego Libraries and the Judaic Studies Program, continues its popular “Witnessing History” program, a series of talks focusing on the experience of history in the making.
August 16, 2022
At his Bar Mitzvah in 1980, a 13-year-old declared that he would one day write the story of his father’s Holocaust survival. It took 40 years for Joel Poremba ’89 to deliver on that promise.
October 4, 2018
…academic departments in the arts and humanities, social sciences and STEM fields. Of the approximately 6,600 incoming freshmen, 91 percent live on campus, as do one-third of the 3,000 first-year transfers. An estimated 38 percent (or 15,800 undergraduates and graduates) reside on campus and, with additional housing being built, more…
May 28, 2019
The UC San Diego Library is one of 20 recipients of the Recordings at Risk award, designed to support the preservation of rare and unique audio content of high scholarly value through digital reformatting.
February 28, 2019
…of the Institute of Arts and Humanities, Alvarez said UC San Diego has the opportunity to correct this slight, telling a regional story in a way that is inclusive, and engaged with the people, cultures and organizations that make up this wide, diverse history. Front row from left, professors Simeon…
May 26, 2016
…that may eventually replace human blood in transfusions. Zweifach passed away in 1997 after an illustrious career. Since then, the program has graduated more than 6,000 students. “We’re constantly feeding new talent to industry, locally and nationally,” Chien said. “We teach a new generation of engineering students to work with…
October 3, 2013
…fuel research, foster the arts and promise a diverse student experience,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “Our donors, including a growing number of alumni, are coming forward in unprecedented ways to strengthen this institution.” Private support will play an essential role in maintaining and enhancing our research…
April 12, 2018
…that, “the field of human organ transplantation will arrive in San Diego with the opening of a transplant unit at County University Hospital.” Within a month, the community hospital, operated by UC San Diego, performed the region’s first kidney transplant on a 32-year-old aircraft worker. Marshall Orloff, MD, then chair…
June 5, 2012
…Eunsong Angela Kim, Culture, Art, and Technology; Kit Myers, Ethic Studies; and Lisa Vernoy, Literature, earned the Barbara J. and Paul D. Saltman Excellent Teaching Awards for Graduate Students. Why They Won: Text of the Awards Sara E. Johnson Sara E. Johnson’s teaching record is nothing short of stellar. She…
