June 20, 2013
…provost of Eleanor Roosevelt College and current chair of the Council of Provosts, will serve as UC San Diego’s Interim Vice Chancellor – Student Affairs beginning July 1. Houston joined the UC San Diego faculty in 1989 as a professor of political science and has served as provost for the…
October 10, 2013
…with high school students to study age-related heart disease as part of STEM outreach program UC San Diego bioengineering professor Adam Engler talks to 11th grade biology students at High Tech High School in Point Loma. Bioengineering professor Adam Engler needed to answer a question: Do genetic mutations in the…
June 18, 2015
…Diego senior Indira Esparza to begin grad school with inaugural Weil Family Teacher Preparation Fellowship Preuss School alumna and UC San Diego senior Indira Esparza will begin graduate school as the inaugural recipient of the Weil Family Teacher Preparation Fellowship. Photo by Erika Johnson/University Communications Indira Esparza is not much…
June 14, 2018
…tears, as the journey to earning a college degree can be an emotional one. Students such as Matt Morris, Leon Sanchez Reyes and Anika Ullah pushed boundaries, overcame obstacles and gave back while making their mark at UC San Diego. From surviving a deadly brain tumor, to earning a doctorate…
June 7, 2022
…streamers marked the way to the Stage Room on Saturday morning where a record number of graduates who identify as LGBTQIA+ gathered to celebrate the completion of their UC San Diego degree. The event, called Rainbow Graduation, was hosted by the university’s LGBT Resource Center to honor the achievements of…
September 24, 2020
…not just a loss to students but to the greater community as well, and the state and now the University of California are looking into finding a solution. The UC system received $15 million in state funds this year to address the issue of college students who do not attain…
May 2, 2019
…applies cell biological tools to understanding the design principles of bacterial cells, and to discover new antibiotics and develop diagnostics for multidrug resistant bacterial infections. Six years ago, she cofounded a biotech company to accelerate new drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to becoming Dean of Biological Sciences, Pogliano…
March 8, 2018
…Global Policy and Strategy to be featured on CNN for work combating modern slavery Although slavery is commonly thought to be a thing of the past, human traffickers generate billions of dollars in profits from holding millions of people against their will throughout the world, including the United States. The…
June 18, 2015
…of School of Medicine to become the leaders of new medical revolution According to UC San Diego alumnus J. Craig Venter, a world-renowned biochemist, geneticist and entrepreneur, medical research as we know it is at the dawn of a new era. Class of 2015 Outstanding Grads Share Their Stories Meet…
May 2, 2019
…Humanities Breaking Down Barriers to Success Arts and Humanities transfer students shine in campus-wide McNair Program Three transfer students in the Division of Arts and Humanities have been selected as campus McNair scholars, a national program that supports first-generation students to help break down barriers in preparation for graduate school.…
