November 19, 2020
…reservations? A. We are giving priority to programs and classes that don’t have adequate indoor solutions. We are in conversations with the Department of Music and the Department of Theatre and Dance about how to accommodate their teaching and performance needs. For instance, they often do not need tables, but…
April 30, 2015
…and encourage others to give so that the Stuart Collection continues to flourish at UC San Diego for many years to come.” An endowment consists of a principal gift that is invested by the UC San Diego Foundation for the purpose of generating long-term interest that can be used to…
November 16, 2017
…that evening was to give the audience a framework to understand the free speech implications of social protest and pushback. He also wanted to encourage everyone to think beyond the question of what free speech permits and to consider the personal and strategic consequences of the choices we all make.…
February 20, 2020
…will feature 10 speakers giving TED-style talks, each providing hands-on solutions for climate issues. The speakers include regional leaders and UC San Diego faculty, such as Hasan Ikhrata, executive director of San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), Richard Carson, distinguished professor of economics at UC San Diego, and Fonna Forman,…
April 15, 2021
…and then she was given this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of the astronaut program,” said Hodgkiss. “She was actually trying to manage two careers at the same time, but it did work out. It worked out because of her intense perseverance.” A testament to the value of a world-class…
May 4, 2017
…Grad Slam is to give emerging scientists and scholars the skills to communicate their work, and why it matters, to the public. “The ability to effectively communicate your work is a critical skill for graduate students to develop, whether they plan to pursue a career in academia, industry, government or…
November 1, 2018
…Near Eastern Affairs has given me a firsthand look at some of the most important foreign policy challenges of our time,” he said. Gabriela Rubio Moreno, recent graduate of the Master of Public Policy program is making an impact with her work for the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Her role…
January 25, 2018
…he was about to give a scheduled speech, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy responded with a powerful extemporaneous eulogy in which he called upon those who would “tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.” Far above it all, Apollo 8 orbited the moon, the first…
March 25, 2021
…pandemic was serious, particularly given that a large portion of Nicaragua’s population lives in poverty and in overcrowded spaces. They urged people to stay home. Eventually, the crisis motivated a group of Nicaraguan researchers to investigate the real situation, particularly for those perhaps at greatest risk—health care workers. Huete-Pérez shared…
May 7, 2020
…percent as possible to give their lungs extra help.” On the day Lichtwardt’s first patient with COVID-19 left the hospital, she was on duty. “The hardest part was not being able to hug him and say goodbye. We did a fist bump in the air and laughed about it. He…
