April 2, 2020
Career Center Offers Connections in Time of Social Distancing Students gain workplace experience as part of virtual Take a Triton to Work program Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Gov. Newsom’s stay-at-home order, the UC San Diego campus community must now depend on technology more than ever to teach, learn…
May 12, 2016
…San Diego Not many college students can say their dorm room has an ocean view. Still, the thousands of prospective students and families visiting UC San Diego for Transfer Triton Day on Saturday were impressed by much more than just the campus’ proximity to the ocean. The annual event invites…
December 5, 2019
…Brain Student-run program aims to boost underrepresented minority students into STEM careers From left: Colors of the Brain leaders Minerva Contreras, Maribel Patino, Jillybeth Burgado, and Christian Cazares gather to plan their next event. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications By the time Christian Cazares was applying to grad…
June 10, 2021
…Francesca Hart is here to say the words that everyone wants to hear: you are special, you are loved and you are on the path to greatness. Her address will be shared with nearly 8,000 of her graduating peers during a series of 10 Commencement ceremonies to be held June…
March 21, 2023
UC San Diego’s vibrant research community wouldn’t be the same without the valuable contributions made by our postdoctoral researchers. Postdocs are scholars who have received their doctoral degree and are hired to help complete research and mentor current graduate students.
February 29, 2024
Superintendent of The Preuss School UC San Diego Helen V. Griffith received the Harry Le Grande Excellence in Mentorship Award during the University of California Black Administrators’ Council Conference hosted by UC San Diego from Feb. 5 to 6, 2024.
January 23, 2020
…Personal Experiences into ‘Bridges to Education’ for Underrepresented Students When he was 10 years old, Oscar Vazquez-Mena learned that his ancestors, the ancient Mayans, had once been a technologically advanced culture that excelled in mathematics, astronomy, art and architecture. Yet all around him in Chiapas, his home state in Mexico,…
February 15, 2018
…and Staff Step Up to Support UC San Diego UC San Diego faculty and staff are on the frontlines of our students’ educational experience. They teach and mentor the next generation of innovators and leaders, fostering their intellectual and personal development. Others work day in and day out to advance…
November 2, 2023
UC San Diego baseball made university history with its 2023 Big West Championship. Some of the team’s top players attribute their success in part to skills learned through the Triton Mind program, which teaches scholar-athletes mental health resilience for optimum academic and athletic performance.
May 12, 2022
Christopher is scheduled to graduate this spring from Southwestern College with his Associates Degree in Nursing and plans of take his National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) in the summer to become a Registered Nurse. A Nursing Student’s DREAM Watching nurses tend to his beloved grandfather, diagnosed with terminal cancer, Christopher…
