April 26, 2018
…UC San Diego model—featuring partnership across disciplines, active student engagement and learning, and the audacity, if you will, to take ideas and concepts apart for the betterment of society—becomes a paradigm for other to fellow.” In collaboration with the UC San Diego Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, one of…
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.
October 3, 2022
Renowned environmental scientist Jesse H. Ausubel will be honored with the 2022 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. This award is presented annually by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Nierenberg Family to honor the memory of William A. Nierenberg.
October 16, 2014
…steps in more fully—in partnership with other key players,” he said. Rao, who served as MC for the event, is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Jacobs School. Matt Grob, Executive Vice President, Qualcomm Technologies and CTO, kicked off Friday’s series of keynotes by flying a mini…
July 28, 2022
…college credit through a partnership with the UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies. Camp WIT participant presents pitch in front of a group of judges. “The point of Camp WIT is to really amplify teen voices around solving problems that are happening in their city,” said Hernholm. “At WIT,…
November 18, 2021
…and we welcome that partnership,” she said. “Together, we hope to eliminate the disparities and inequities that for Indigenous people have been centuries in the making.” Several of the students are also part of the PRIME-Health Equity Program, which teaches them practical skills to address health disparities. For many, the…
November 8, 2018
Exactly 80 years after Thornton Wilder premiered his stage classic “Our Town,” the UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance is set to give it a modern makeover. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is one of three productions for fall quarter from the famed department, ranked fourth in the world…
November 28, 2023
Over the past three years, 20 faculty members have been hired at UC San Diego who are committed to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion using social justice frameworks. This fall, an additional $175,000 grant was received to support faculty retention and success.
September 28, 2017
…and moderate-income students. The partnership was developed as a result of UC Diego’s efforts to recruit and support lower-income students, learn best practices and contribute to research that will help other colleges and universities expand opportunity. In addition, the Teaching + Learning Commons is launching the Center for Digital Learning,…
May 2, 2023
16 individuals, departments and campus organizations were honored at the 28th annual Inclusive Excellence Awards ceremony on April 26.
