April 4, 2019
…Principles of Equity and Diversity Five UC San Diego graduate students selected for the national Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Michelle Sadrena Pledger’s life story, which involved both financial and familial hardships, helps inform her work as an educator. She said reading books provided an opportunity to envision possibilities for her…
August 6, 2020
…in discussing race, equity, diversity, and inclusion.” The Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), will lead this campuswide initiative. "Anti-racism work is both necessary and critical to UC San Diego's journey towards inclusive excellence," said Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Becky Petitt, “and the Chancellor’s 21-Day Challenge…
December 4, 2014
…build campus engagement for diversity and social justice issues. That scenario prompted then UC San Diego Chancellor Richard Atkinson to create a task force of students, staff, faculty and members of the San Diego community to guide the establishment of a Cross-Cultural Center (CCC) to foster meaningful dialogues, support the…
January 17, 2013
…and affordability, and is diverse.” Following the presentation, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Suresh Subramani led a brainstorming session with students during which they discussed ways to improve UC San Diego’s academic excellence and student life. Student feedback on UC San Diego’s strengths included its stellar academic reputation; professors…
June 13, 2011
From artwork to outreach, the University of California, San Diego continues to institute programs and policies aimed at enhancing campus climate and welcoming a diverse community.
April 11, 2013
…developed to encourage greater diversity within the curatorial profession,” said visual arts professor Grant Kester, the gallery’s director. “We understand the question of diversity broadly to include career development for young curators who bring a wider range of experiences to the profession as well as an interest in more experimental…
March 25, 2021
UC San Diego scientists have taken the connection between wisdom, loneliness and biology one step further, reporting that wisdom and loneliness appear to influence — and/or be influenced by — microbial diversity of the gut.
November 18, 2015
We, the UC San Diego administration, strongly denounce the Koala publication and the offensive and hurtful language it chooses to publish. The Koala is profoundly repugnant, repulsive, attacking and cruel. The UC San Diego administration does not provide any financial support for the Koala, and we call on all students,…
December 19, 2016
The University of California San Diego has received a record of 88,451 freshman applications for fall 2017, a five percent increase from the previous year. The university had the second highest number of applicants among the University of California campuses.
March 4, 2014
A year ago the Explorers Club recognized director James Cameron with its coveted Explorers Medal during its annual dinner in New York City. The organization honored the famed director not for movie making but for his historic dive to the deepest point on the planet, an expedition in which Cameron…
