June 18, 2015
…fascinated by the political system here,” Prakash said. “Growing up in India and Singapore gave me a chance to see different types of democracy, but it was here in the U.S. that I felt citizens could truly participate and achieve tangible results towards achieving a society that they wanted.” Professionally,…
August 25, 2015
UC San Diego joins MIT and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as elite campuses selected to be part of the Sloan Foundation’s Minority Ph.D. Program, and the foundation recently announced the first computer science student at UC San Diego to become a Sloan Scholar.
July 28, 2022
…issue around youth mental health: specifically, tackling the high school scheduling system that they believe causes extreme stress for students. The team developed a reimagined and reinvented school day schedule that would allow more time to pursue extracurricular activities and explore personal interests, hence promoting happier and more motivated students.…
June 16, 2016
…bachelor’s degree in Public Health. A returning student who has raised an adult son, Speidel is passionate about strengthening community through intergenerational dialogue. She completed her education while living with a chronic illness, a rare inner ear disorder called Meniere’s disease that causes unilateral deafness, unexpected bouts of vertigo, imbalance…
May 29, 2012
…The local National University System Institute for Policy Research estimates that more than 16,000 post-9/11 veterans will be separating from the service and moving to San Diego County by 2020. During a time when universities and colleges expect an increased number of students who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan,…
October 7, 2016
The 2016-2017 season of the Qualcomm Institute’s primary performance series gets underway on October 20. The performances and artist residencies were awarded by the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) following a peer-review competition open to faculty and graduate students in Music, Theatre and Dance and Visual…
February 1, 2024
The Stein Institute for Research on Aging celebrates 40 years of thought leadership in aging research.
March 9, 2016
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute, with colleagues in China, have developed a new, regenerative medicine approach to remove congenital cataracts in infants, permitting remaining stem cells to regrow functional lenses.
May 13, 2016
…microbiomes and to develop tools to protect and restore healthy microbiome function. OSTP is launching the initiative with a combined federal agency investment of more than $121 million. The University of California San Diego is a key participant in this effort, investing $12 million in its own microbiome research efforts.
November 8, 2022
This November UC San Diego recognizes the rich and diverse cultures, traditions and stories of Native American tribes and communities with educational and community-building events.
