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Honoring the Veterans in Our Lives

November 9, 2023

In honor of Veterans Day, Nov. 11, UC San Diego Today asked members of the campus community to tell us about the U.S. military service members and veterans in their lives and share messages of gratitude for their contributions to their nation.

New Dean of Biological Sciences Seeks to Improve Undergraduate Experience

October 10, 2013

…that I’d like liberal arts or social science majors to know more about, it’s evolutionary biology. Evolution is not a theory; it’s a fact. We see it every day. Unless you understand the principles of how living things have changed over time, I don’t think you’ve had a proper undergraduate…

Titans of Industry, Academia Team Up to Advance Engineering in Medicine

June 10, 2021

…healthcare that would improve human lives. To do so, he had to find an engineer to collaborate with, since physicians and engineers were largely siloed professions at the time. Peter Farrell, founder of sleep-disordered breathing medical device company ResMed, experienced something similar when completing his bioengineering Ph.D. research into treatments…

UC San Diego’s Stellar Students from the Class of 2016

June 9, 2016

…with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and a Bachelor of Science in psychology. As a discussion leader for Revelle College’s First Year Experience, she committed her time to ensuring freshmen successfully transitioned into college. The course is designed to help new students become engaged and informed about UC San…

UC San Diego’s Women’s Center Celebrates 20 Years

May 4, 2017

…person of color, a human,” explained Hewett, who graduated in 2003 with a dual degree in Critical Gender Studies and Visual Arts with an emphasis in Media. This year, the UC San Diego Women’s Center celebrates its 20th anniversary. As part of a yearlong series to commemorate the occasion, the…

Q&A with Brian Schottlaender

May 22, 2012

…graduate students—especially in the arts and humanities and social sciences—who have a continuing need for materials, especially books, not yet available in digital form. We need to address their needs, as well as the needs of those who benefit from the availability of more electronic resources. Finally, the cost of…

Transforming Transplantation

February 7, 2023

UC San Diego Health’s Center for Transplantation is among the nation’s best in lung, heart, kidney and liver programs, powered by long experience and deep expertise.

Q&A with Antigone Blackwell

March 13, 2012

…and Chicano/a Latino /a Arts and Humanities minors — were priorities identified by UC San Diego and its Campus Climate Council. I also provide programmatic support for the campus' three community centers — the LGBT Resource Center, the Cross-Cultural Center and the Women's Center. Diversity is a broad, multi-layered concept.…

Pandemic Brings Together New Friends and Partners at Learning

November 19, 2020

…in Louisiana prisons, contributed art work to a neighborhood project, worked with families through a local non-profit and worked directly with parents to help engage their kids in academic activities. New partnerships were also started with Akanksha Schools in India and a refugee camp in Uganda as well as local…

Creating a New Kind of Climate Warrior

November 3, 2016

…to climate credits using state-of-the-art knowledge in climate change science. “It’s a breakthrough approach using real-time data to solve the issue of affordability and make clean energy more sustainable in rural areas,” said study corresponding author Nithya Ramanathan, president and co-founder of the Los Angeles company Nexleaf Analytics, which developed…

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