May 18, 2017
…that would open doors to local San Diego high school students who aim to be the first in their family to attend college, yet are constrained by financial burden. Since 2013, the Chancellor’s Associates Scholars Program (CASP) has created a pathway to UC San Diego for more than 400 students.…
June 3, 2021
…critical component when applying to graduate programs. Yet many undergraduate students—especially those from underrepresented communities or who are the first in their families to attend college—lack the necessary mentorship, tools and financial resources to navigate this process. To better support students interested in graduate studies in neurosciences, UC San Diego’s…
February 19, 2015
…will be the first to participate in a new commencement tradition—a campus-wide ceremony at UC San Diego. The ceremony will include the conferring of degrees for graduating seniors from the undergraduate colleges, as well graduate students from the Graduate Division, the Rady School of Management and the School of International…
June 20, 2013
CAMP ‘Bridge to the Doctorate’ Program Graduates 12 Doctoral Candidates in STEM Fields The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $972,000 to the California Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Engineering and Mathematics Program (CAMP) at UC San Diego in 2006. The fellowship, called the Bridge to the Doctorate…
February 14, 2019
…of State Madeleine Albright to Serve as UC San Diego Commencement Speaker The icon of American diplomacy will address thousands of graduating students June 15 Photo credit: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders The University of California San Diego announced today that author, businesswoman, professor and former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright will…
June 16, 2016
…after Three Years of College Heidi Martinez At age 21, Heidi Martinez is graduating from UC San Diego with a degree in political science, after just three years of college. Martinez enrolled in community college at age 18 and transferred to UC San Diego one year later. Once on campus,…
August 23, 2012
…alternative activity. In addition to the two summer sessions for UC students, a multitude of summer camps and programs take over campus. This includes programs for pre-college students that aim to educate young minds and direct them to a future at a four-year university such as UC San Diego. Harvey…
June 18, 2015
…of the first students to receive a doctoral degree from Rady. “It was great to have a chance to come back to the area where I grew up to go to grad school,” she said. Keenan’s passion lies in the natural world around us, and the ocean in particular. Before…
May 1, 2014
…gotten into her top college choice: UC San Diego. But her excitement soon turned to anxiety. “I started thinking, ‘How am I going to pay for college?’ ” said Ross. “I had never felt so stressed. I had the grades and the knowledge, but there’s nothing you can do about…
January 17, 2019
…PATHS scholars. A Time to Step Up UC San Diego alums make $1 million investment in transformative new STEM program As she navigated the pathways of a long and distinguished career in academia, Kimberley Phillips Boehm steadily became aware that one day she would need to step up and give…
