December 15, 2022
Another United Nations climate conference (COP) has come and gone, leaving the world to scratch its head over what was accomplished. The annual conference has ballooned over the years into a massive climate festival: nearly 50,000 people — an all-time record — taking part.
July 13, 2020
The Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas Chair in Ancient Greek History chair holder has been awarded a visiting fellowship to Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies and is also receiving a Getty Scholars’ Grant to conduct research at the Getty Villa.
July 18, 2024
The University of California Board of Regents has approved the creation of the new School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences at UC San Diego, a critical advance in UC San Diego’s long history of leading innovation and education in artificial intelligence, computing and data science.
August 11, 2021
As the Cross-Cultural Center’s inaugural director, Edwina Welch, Ed.D., shares her path to UC San Diego, how the center took shape, origins of her passion for community building and more on her retirement.
April 27, 2023
Global space for Asian elephant habitats has been in rapid decline since the 1700s, a new report reveals. More than 3 million square kilometers of the Asian elephant’s historic habitat range has been lost in just three centuries and may underlie present-day conflicts between elephants and people.
September 3, 2024
With record-breaking heat becoming the new norm, the consequences are far from evenly distributed, with communities of color, low-income neighborhoods and medically vulnerable individuals bearing the brunt of extreme heat exposure. At UC San Diego, researchers are not just examining the disparities, but are actively searching for solutions.
October 21, 2021
…as learn about social justice through an equity, diversity and inclusion peer learning program. A new council has been recognized at UC San Diego—the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)—which includes nine sororities and fraternities, often referred to as the “Divine Nine.” The NPHC was founded in 1930 at Howard University to…
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.
November 16, 2023
About 30 delegates from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the School of Global Policy and Strategy will be attending the 28th Conference of the Parties, or COP28, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
April 18, 2019
…look at the Paris Climate Agreement, a discussion regarding responsibility in the #MeToo movement, sustaining democracy around the world and ethics in war. In 2013, a panel was assembled to discuss the true aims of education, looking at education standards and human values, charter school and justice, and molding conscientious…
