March 20, 2014
…Chao’s commitment to student learning is reflected in the comments made by his undergraduates, who give his approach an outstanding 98 percent approval rating, including many kudos for using a chalkboard instead of PowerPoint. Chao has a reputation for clear, interesting lectures that enable students to absorb tremendous amounts of…
May 20, 2021
…social justice and to experiential education,” Khosla said. “As we strive to better reflect and serve the diverse population of California, by becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution, for example, the Community Stations shows us how transformative partnering with community can be and how the transformation works both ways, changing us all…
April 13, 2017
…Biology A believer in experiential learning, Stephanie Mel has been striving to involve her UC San Diego undergraduate students in authentic field research for many years. Research conducted by her students has ranged from DNA barcoding of invertebrates to soil microbiome analysis to gene annotation. One course that she designed…
March 24, 2017
Among UC San Diego’s distinguished faculty, they are standouts in their chosen fields. The six winners of the 2017 Faculty Excellence Awards are educators and scholars who are passionate about pushing boundaries as they seek to create new ways of thinking and inspiring the next generation of trailblazers. They will…
February 27, 2020
…provide amazing opportunities for experiential education for UC San Diego undergrads as well.” Three additional community stations are currently in development: UCSD-EarthLab in the Southeast San Diego neighborhood of Encanto, a 4-acre climate-action park being co-developed with Groundwork San Diego and the San Diego Unified School District; UCSD-DIVINA in Tijuana’s…
February 2, 2023
From pandemics to health inequities, confronting future crises will look different — and that’s a good thing.
June 9, 2016
…Downtown San Diego. This experiential learning and fieldwork has inspired him to pursue a career in teaching, and he hopes to work with communities that have been typically underserved and marginalized. While Pham has mentored many students outside of the UC San Diego campus, he also consistently made time to…
April 4, 2023
To honor the many ways that UC San Diego’s graduate and professional students enhance the scholarly vitality of the university, a series of events will be held April 3-7 in recognition of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, a nationwide celebration.
June 9, 2022
…Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood is the new home for Sixth College and 2,000 undergraduate students. This exciting live, learn and play environment celebrates shared spaces, blending cultural and retail spaces among the classrooms. Credit: Tom Harris Photography. Celebrating 10 Years of UC San Diego’s Physical, Cultural and Intellectual…
May 14, 2015
Representatives from the first seven companies admitted into the Qualcomm Institute Innovation Space wowed the campus community at a press briefing and networking reception to mark the official opening of the new 6,000-square-foot facility inside Atkinson Hall on the UC San Diego campus. The event took place May 7.
