April 29, 2021
…reflect on their personal stories of heritage, as well as to share ways to support the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. What does showing up to support the Asian American and Pacific Islander community look like to you? Photo credit: Bil Zilman. “It is important to understand that ‘Asian…
March 31, 2022
…trainings and am the first person students meet when they come into the program. I’m honored to introduce them to the program and, hopefully, get them more excited about the CSO position itself. We meet so many people with so many different backgrounds. Interacting with a diverse group of people…
February 7, 2024
According to experts, there is a disparity between the diversity of health care staff and the patients served.
December 17, 2020
…instruction, teaching students about first-person documentary and the production of short photo and video-based narratives. Through COMM 190, Fattal will bring together students with participants and teaching artists from the AjA Project, a media arts non-profit based in City Heights. Through the creation of audio-visual works that allow participants to…
March 11, 2021
…essay from Héctor Parra, first-person accounts, and an artistic interpretation of the timeline of events from artists with Machateo Studio. Michael Lettieri, senior fellow for Human Rights at USMEX and project cofounder. With the support of Global Initiative, the project will be able to strengthen collaborations with photographers, artists, and…
August 19, 2024
Finding a place to belong is a universal desire. We all want to fit in and find connections with people who inspire and encourage us. For nearly 30 years, University of California San Diego School of Medicine’s Student-Run Free Clinic Project has provided that comforting and familiar space for thousands…
February 18, 2021
…read and reflect on first-person accounts from past pandemics, starting with the Athenian plague of 430 B.C.E. followed by the Black Plague of the mid-1300s and, lastly, a personal journal from Wuhan, China near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Entries could be in whatever format the students wanted: written,…
March 1, 2018
…the Amaze4 project, a first-person escape maze in virtual reality. Kannan agrees. He said he sees collaboration between engineers and artists as a major area of growth for the extended reality community. “We want more artistic people to get involved,” Kannan said. “Now, everyone wants to code, not many people…
May 28, 2015
…Angel Huerta is the first person parents and children see in the morning, greeting each family by name and a big smile. As head of food services at the UC San Diego Early Childhood Education Center, he is responsible for preparing and distributing three meals a day to more than…
June 1, 2017
…will share his personal story with students—the first chapters of which might have suggested his life would have taken a different direction entirely. With a childhood that included living in a motel for seven years, he largely missed out on elementary school. At San Diego City College, he made up…
