April 15, 2022
UC San Diego’s Indigenous Futures Institute received a $400,000 grant from Lumina Foundation to support work in educational, scientific and environmental co-design with Indigenous peoples.
March 5, 2020
Bridging Campus Communities UC San Diego recently celebrated the opening of a new pedestrian bridge that will link thousands of graduate students to the center of campus. The Nuevo West Pedestrian Bridge spans nearly 500 feet across Central Canyon, south of Jacobs Medical Center, and features a 10-foot-wide cycle track…
December 6, 2011
…Chancellor and Dean for Health Sciences David Brenner and Vice Chancellor and Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Tony Haymet discussed the need to maintain and strengthen the impact of UC San Diego’s multidisciplinary research on society. One of the strategies is to ensure a diverse, world-class faculty at the…
April 19, 2022
Five remarkable people are being celebrated by the Life Course Scholars Program at UC San Diego with “Wise Elder Changemaker” awards for their “significant impact on people, land, communities and movements for change across our region.”
November 12, 2020
…COVID-19 pandemic has flooded communities that are already at a disadvantage, disproportionately affecting underserved populations. In local neighborhoods such as Chula Vista, Southeast San Diego and El Centro—where some of the highest local infection rates have been reported—there are crowded residential complexes where physical distancing becomes challenging. There is also…
February 6, 2020
…cities that serve diverse communities. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Twelve-Hour Race to Design a Diverse Smart City Inaugural ‘Change-A-Thon’ challenges students to address obstacles impacting black communities UC San Diego Black History Month Celebration The Change-a-Thon is one of over 20 events held in February in recognition…
December 5, 2019
Voices from the Campus Community What is the one thing you plan to do to advance equity, diversity and inclusion at UC San Diego? Thandeka Chapman Department of Education Associate Professor “My one thing is teaching and mentoring students at every level of higher education. I generate programming that intertwines…
March 27, 2018
UC San Diego Health has been named a “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization.
August 8, 2022
UC San Diego School of Medicine is the recipient of a three-year $1.87 million grant from the Foundation for California Community Colleges to create a Regional Hub of Healthcare Opportunity (RHHO) in San Diego and Imperial Counties as part of the new California Medicine Scholars Program.
February 9, 2017
…her efforts to give back to the San Diego community while promoting health, the environment and social justice. The Sustainability Office student ambassador has been selected to participate in the Principal Community Scholar Program, a prestigious opportunity to lead a campus community service project and receive a $1,000 scholarship.
