April 4, 2022
Charitable giving increased in counties that experienced COVID-19-related deaths, reveals a new study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management published in Nature’s Scientific Reports.
November 10, 2016
…and serving food to homeless veterans of San Diego. The organization was also a key campus partner in the third annual Military Pathway to UC San Diego conference—an event for prospective military-affiliated students that took place on Oct. 22. In addition, Keyzers-Flanagan is working on fundraising for the SVO, so…
May 12, 2016
…UC San Diego Intervarsity’s Homeless Ministry in which she and other students make weekly trips to downtown San Diego to distribute sandwiches and water, as well as blankets umbrellas and other supplies as needed. They also converse and engage with members of the local homeless community. Karina Mohajerani “Since attending…
February 12, 2015
…contemplating college and a homeless youth finding stability in the classroom—these are just a few examples of the local, underserved students who are paired with UC San Diego undergraduate tutors through numerous initiatives. These programs, led by the department of education studies, the campus’s undergraduate colleges and others, allow UC…
January 29, 2016
The University of California, San Diego is an institution known for achieving scientific and creative innovations. So it is no surprise that the Department of Visual Arts broke boundaries and crossed audiences when it recently transformed a 2,500 square-foot, San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) project-space at Horton Plaza into an…
September 8, 2022
A new report finds physical and sexual violence are an increasing ‘epidemic’ in California; UC San Diego researchers call for health equity-based reform.
September 15, 2017
A team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System analyzed published longitudinal studies of mortality in schizophrenia that met their strict research criteria and found that the mean standardized mortality ratio – a measure of the mortality rate in…
January 18, 2012
…Task Force on the Homeless. “Volunteering has been a humbling experience, and it’s helped me to put into perspective what is really important in life,” she said. This summer, Diaz plans to travel to the Philippines with her church group to deliver relief supplies to victims of Tropical Storm Washi,…
January 31, 2013
…for students impacted by homelessness and a music therapy program for students with special needs at Whitman Elementary. This year, the organization also launched a creative aging program which offers a dynamic range of free courses for senior adults, from symphony discoveries and singing to Zumba and a drum circle.…
October 31, 2019
…series called Urban Challenges: Homelessness in San Diego. Both programs combine robust pedagogy, rich faculty-student mentoring and interaction and deep levels of engagement with community partners. Impact: “Our aim is to take students out into the San Diego community to meet, speak with and conduct research among people who are…
