April 8, 2021
…“Studies focused on the diverse and complicated histories of people under the umbrella of African descendants are integrated within almost every academic discipline.” At the February 2020 BRC Change-A-Thon, students joined a creative problem solving incubator with a focus on the Black experience. Students will have the option to major…
December 2, 2021
…advocate of equity and diversity among the researchers doing this work, and co-founded the LatinX in Biomedical Engineering (LatinXinBME) community to support diversity within the scientific community. “In academic spaces, I feel like a lot of folks are encouraged to assimilate—to adopt the current average,” said Aguado. “I think it’s…
March 17, 2016
…would be,” explained Becky Petitt, Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. “The overnight experience, as well as Triton Day, has been really impactful in increasing our yields.”
September 28, 2018
The University of California San Diego is one of three universities to earn the highest-ranking score in a new report card that measures how well public universities across the nation are serving black students. The inaugural survey, conducted by the University of Southern California Center on Race and Equity, graded…
March 14, 2019
…working to enhance faculty diversity for the betterment of science, education and patient care When she was first transitioning from postdoctoral trainee to assistant professor in the UC San Diego School of Medicine, María Marquine, originally from Uruguay, found the many types of faculty—tenure-track, adjunct, in-residence, clinical and so on—confusing.…
February 7, 2023
UC San Diego welcomes Susan Fila, Ph.D, L.C.S.W., as the new Executive Director of Student Health and Well-Being (SHW), a cluster that includes Student Health Services, Counseling & Psychological Services, Health Promotion Services and Administration.
March 31, 2022
…four-campus initiative striving to diversify faculty and inspire a new generation of leaders Stanley Lo, an associate teaching professor in Biological Sciences and co-leader of the new UC Hiring Interventions for Representation and Equity (HIRE) Alliance. Within the University of California (UC) system, the student population of 294,000 is an…
May 7, 2024
UC San Diego Medical Center earns “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index.
April 11, 2019
…Zuckerberg Initiative funds national diversity partnership The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has designated $6.9 million in grants to boost initiatives, including the UC San Diego PATHS program, which help underrepresented students succeed in STEM fields. Priscilla Chan visited UC San Diego on April 9 to make the announcement. For most of…
June 13, 2013
…the classroom, and promote diversity, equity and inclusion. As she wraps up her tenure, she talks about the evolution of UC San Diego’s student experience and what she’ll miss most about our region and our campus. How has the student experience changed over the past five years? While it is…
