November 7, 2011
…the VA Hospital or giving to the community, nearly every veteran I know is involved in some form of community service.” Jessica Huerta, who graduated from the university in June 2011 with a degree in sociology, said one of the reasons she decided to attend UC San Diego was the…
August 27, 2020
…that we will be given the same opportunities and respect as men receive. Less than a decade before most of us were born, astronaut Sally Ride made history as the first American woman ever to go to space. Her journey, however, was often plagued by questions and doubts of whether…
April 24, 2012
…jammed RIMAC Arena to give him a rock star’s welcome. Staff Member Recounts Receiving Advice from Dalai Lama By Sarah Gordon Sarah Gordon, a specialist in Environmental Health & Safety, was among the crowd of people who packed RIMAC to listen to the Dalai Lama. Here she recounts the impact…
June 16, 2022
…of advice Meir had given: stay open. “Keep in mind that you can never anticipate what life will bring you. Be ready. Open yourself up to the surprises and opportunities that head your way. You never know where they will take you.” Like Meir, we wish all graduates best of…
October 10, 2013
…weren’t feeling especially optimistic given that the event coincided with a Congressional standoff over the nation’s Affordable Care Act, which had by then led to a government shutdown. In an interview with The Atlantic’s Washington Editor at Large Steve Clemons, alternative health advocate Deepak Chopra put the crisis in very…
May 30, 2019
…The overarching message she gives her students: There is a place for you at institutions locally and here at UC San Diego. “One connection at a time, one student at time, we’re diversifying campus,” Medina said. “It helps to tap into CREATE’s network to find who in that network can…
June 7, 2022
…that point to just give up because I had my other career as a scientist that I loved. When the chance came four years later to apply again, I thought, maybe I shouldn’t take that risk and put myself through the mental anguish. But if I hadn’t put myself out…
June 6, 2013
…upon him, and he gives a great deal of his time and energy to students in the department. Perhaps most notable, however, is that he is actively engaged in not only improving others through his teaching but also improving his own (already excellent) teaching. Mr. Webb is committed to student…
September 27, 2012
…and I want to give back to others and to California, the state where I was born and very well educated. Our prosperity as a state – and nation – depends on our ability to identify and utilize our different experiences to enhance the common good; our commitment to fair…
May 28, 2020
…it hilarious) which helps give a sense of what is connecting and what is not.” King Britt, an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Music, has also discovered an unexpected benefit to the remote format. In his course, “Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music,” Britt has begun inviting musicians from…
