May 7, 2020
…upon science and the art of caring. And today, it’s come to its finest art. Every day, nurses are making history by showing up and providing exceptional clinical care for our most vulnerable.” Nursing is much more complex than what is taught in school, said Lichtwardt. Nurses undergo training in…
August 19, 2019
…the Western United States. Arts and Humanities: Institute for Practical Ethics Designer babies, driverless cars and modified mosquitoes may be boundary-breaking, but moral quandaries these advances create can raise controversy. To help close the gap between the pace of innovation and society’s ability to deal with these advances responsibly, the…
July 9, 2024
Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s NSF-funded Southern California Extreme Heat Research Hub brings together an interdisciplinary team of UC San Diego scientists—from climatologists to epidemiologists—to study extreme heat impacts and mitigation strategies.
May 20, 2021
…create a more just, humane future for America.” UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Communications. Restorative practices and reform Rising hate and intolerance, racial injustice, the abuse giving rise to the #MeToo movement, mass incarceration, widespread intolerance and cyberbullying are just a few…
January 11, 2012
The UC San Diego Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW) launches a new series of events this winter, the “Witnessing History” series, focused on the topic of experiencing history in the making. HLWH, sponsored by the UC San Diego Libraries and the Judaic Studies Program, will host four “Witnessing History” events…
October 24, 2013
…between the oceans and human health. Our oceanographic challenges today are very complex and multifaceted. It is really important that Scripps Oceanography is part of one of the foremost universities in the world, UC San Diego. That means that all of us at Scripps Oceanography have as partners phenomenal faculty—in…
December 4, 2014
…Cristina Della Coletta in Arts and Humanities—and Juan González, our new VC of Student Affairs.” She added, “With the changing campus administration and the changing demographics of California, the center’s work of critical engagement is necessary and important to giving students the skills and competencies for the world in which…
March 17, 2022
…critical infrastructure, health and human services, and research resources to help the region continue on its path to post-pandemic recovery. The funds are part of more than $100 million dollars in community project funding awarded to the San Diego region following requests from Senators Dianne Feinstein, Alex Padilla and Congressmembers…
February 8, 2018
…National Endowment of the Arts. “The Devil’s Highway,” recounting the true story of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert, won the Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize, which he ultimately won in 2005 with his historical novel “The Hummingbird’s…
November 15, 2011
…will include participants from Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Engineering in providing functional, informative and aesthetic solutions for the utility of products, processes, institutional structures and services. The energy initiative matches the nation’s desire to move away from a petroleum-based economy, seeking new products such as electric vehicles, fuel…
