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Using History to Address Inequality

October 29, 2015

Using History to Address Inequality Renowned economist Thomas Piketty joins UC San Diego scholars in discussion on global income, wealth distribution School of Global Policy and Strategy founding dean Peter Gourevitch (L) and Thomas Piketty take audience questions on income inequality Oct. 22. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications…

UC San Diego Archaeologist to Fly Explorers Club Flag on Desert Land and Sea Expedition in Israel

August 28, 2017

On Aug. 29, UC San Diego archaeologist Tom Levy leads an expedition for the first-ever desert land-and-sea integrated cyber-archaeology project to be carried out in Israel, and the expedition will be flying The Explorers Club flag (as Levy did in 2011 with an expedition to southern Jordan).

Native American and Indigenous Studies Offers New Minor and New Doctoral Certificate

January 12, 2023

Students at UC San Diego can now study Indigenous communities in the United States and abroad by adding a concentration in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) to their degrees. Undergraduate students can pursue a minor. And, unusually, graduate students in any department at UC San Diego ca

Survey: Majority of Californians Still Believe the State Is ‘Golden’

July 7, 2021

Is there a “CalExodus”? A UC San Diego survey finds no increase, over 2019, in residents who say they plan to leave. A companion report analyzing Google trends data suggests they aren’t secretly searching for move-related terms either.

A Farewell Interview with Penny Rue

June 13, 2013

…six years, and will depart from her post at the end of June. Since arriving in September 2007, she has worked to ensure the well-being of students, strengthen the sense of community on campus, increase opportunities for students outside the classroom, and promote diversity, equity and inclusion. As she wraps…

Triton Family Gathers at Founders’ Day to Usher in New Campus Era

November 20, 2012

…family gathered to witness history in the making as Pradeep K. Khosla was invested as UC San Diego’s eighth chancellor by University of California President Mark Yudof. Khosla was presented with a special Chancellor’s Medal by Yudof featuring engravings of the names of all the previous chancellors. “As UC San…

Don’t Know Much About Charter Schools

January 12, 2012

Some two decades into the grand national experiment with charter schools, how much do we really know about them? Not all that much. And not nearly as much as we easily could, say researchers from the University of California, San Diego Division of Social Sciences.

Join Us Nov. 16 for Free Founders’ Day Fun

November 8, 2012

…you’ll enjoy a digital history of UC San Diego as seen by our past chancellors, witness the investiture of Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla, enjoy booths and entertainment, and feast on gourmet food truck fare. And it’s all free! Founders’ Day 11:30 a.m., Town Square, UC San Diego Video This year’s…

Your Guide to Founders’ Celebration 2012

November 15, 2012

…a.m. What: A digital history of the campus presented through the eyes of its chancellors, the investiture of UC San Diego’s eighth chancellor, Pradeep K. Khosla, and the traditional Founders’ Day fair. Why you should go: Like U.S. presidents have an inauguration, UC San Diego chancellors have an investiture formally…

New Chair Named for UC San Diego Department of Medicine

January 5, 2012

…Dillmann, MD, has been selected as chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He has also been named the Helen M. Ranney Endowed Chair, the school’s first faculty-funded endowed chair, founded in 1991 in honor of the department’s second chair.

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