December 17, 2020
…Hubs and the Center for Student Involvement, with the support of the Changemaker Steering Committee. Through the program, faculty members are given the opportunity to integrate community engaged learning (CEL) into their teaching, research and public service while becoming recognized campus leaders in CEL pedagogy and practice. CEL is a…
May 4, 2023
Chemistry professor Alexis Komor’s lab designed the Genome Editing Technologies Program as a way to educate high school students on gene-editing technologies and expose them to a possible career in STEM.
February 12, 2015
…oversight to the Center for the Humanities, the Mandeville Center, the University Art Gallery and the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego, as well as leads divisional engagement with such affiliates as the La Jolla Playhouse and the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus. Q &…
January 30, 2020
…Market and a desire for inclusivity and efficiency, the newly redesigned Canyon Vista Marketplace in Warren College is now a one-stop eatery and marketplace. The new space features a whole food menu—from protein bowls to a garden bar and tea house—and has become the largest halal-certified residential dining facility in…
May 3, 2018
…the UC Global Health Institute. It showcases the outstanding research, training and outreach on global health taking place throughout the University of California and brings together faculty and students from a variety of disciplines to share and grow their change-making work. “Global health efforts,” in the institute’s words, “encompass a…
February 15, 2018
…of clinical medicine and former associate dean for undergraduate medical education at UC San Diego School of Medicine. The way medical care is delivered is more complex, requiring more technological interfaces and teamwork. Learning to become a doctor is harder than ever. “Since 1968, UC San Diego School of Medicine…
November 28, 2023
Susanne Degher, events specialist and fiscal assistant in the Department of Philosophy at the School of Arts and Humanities, shares her life’s adventures as an actor, airline steward, and teacher, and what drew her to UC San Diego—a place she calls ‘Heaven on earth.’
April 8, 2021
…like her could thrive. For community, she grew close to the Black Resource Center and served two years as president of the Black Student Union. For academics, she took as many classes on the Black experience as possible, and ultimately received a minor in African American Studies. And while she…
October 7, 2021
…of the scientific community for political reasons that range from efforts to discount the reality of climate change to the benefits of wearing masks to reducing the spread of respiratory diseases.” Vaccines work In the U.S., vaccines have rendered a number of diseases virtually non-existent, or at least no longer…
May 15, 2014
…UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found out that he would be meeting Pope Francis and would have only one minute to speak to him as the workshop concluded on May 6. The message he delivered was that climate change has become a serious issue and the 3 billion…
