February 13, 2012
…our commitment to enhancing diversity. The protests, led by students and supported by faculty and staff, marked a tumultuous week and spurred visible changes at UC San Diego that allow students and others to better see themselves, their culture and their communities reflected on campus. The accompanying ten slides showcase…
February 24, 2022
…Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Becky Petitt opened the award ceremony by acknowledging the efforts of the honorees and the entire campus community. “You make progress possible. Without you, our strategic plan for inclusive excellence would simply be a plan. It is your commitment, innovative ideas and your…
May 9, 2023
Assistant Professor Sonya Neal has been named by HHMI as an inaugural Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. She joins an initial cohort of outstanding early career faculty in science who have potential to become leaders in their research fields and to create diverse and inclusive lab environments.
November 8, 2022
Up to 12 new faculty members will be hired at UC San Diego whose work centers on designing just futures, particularly for Indigenous, Black and migrant communities.
February 22, 2012
Diversity Award Winners Recognized for Helping to Build Richer Community Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications The daughter of a postal worker who immigrated to the United States from Jamaica, Noelle Bowlin never even heard of the field of oceanography when she was growing up in the San Fernando…
March 12, 2020
…the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, unifies and expands services dedicated to attracting and supporting a diverse faculty, staff and student community. Continue Reading… Melendrez’s own story recently aired on television, sharing with youth and families in San Diego’s Spanish-speaking community how our campus helps California’s fastest growing student…
December 1, 2016
…numerical representation of the diversity among students, creating more awareness for the LGBT community.” Prospective undergraduate students can now voluntarily self-identify their sexual orientation, sex assigned at birth and gender identity on the UC application. Current students are also invited to regularly update this information on UC San Diego’s TritonLink…
June 29, 2023
In recognition of San Diego Pride, we invited Jeanette Starpine (they/she), director of Education, Outreach and Diversity for the NSF Center for Aerosols Impacts on Chemistry of the Environment (CAICE), to share their coming out story and how to celebrate Pride this year.
May 30, 2019
…Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Becky Petitt. “I am especially pleased to see how the California Gender Recognition Act has advanced more coordinated campuswide efforts that help achieve our equity, diversity and inclusion goals. These efforts demonstrate our continued commitment to transformative and systemic change and I believe,…
June 1, 2023
Christine Alvarado, associate dean in UC San Diego’s Division of Undergraduate Education and a Teaching Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department, will hold the inaugural Paul R. Kube Endowed Chair of Computer Science.
