May 25, 2023
UC San Diego alumna Jo Jo Lee recently joined the university’s new mobile mental health crisis response team, called the Triton Compassionate Response Team (Triton CORE). She shares what it’s like to support students experiencing a crisis, how she is continually facing her fears and more.
October 24, 2019
…brainchild, the campaign was developed collaboratively with Education Studies doctoral student Mariko Cavey, CREATE digital specialist Minhtuyen Mai, and educators throughout San Diego. “Being Mexican isn’t a crime,” by a Chula Vista 10th grader named Kayla, was one of the earliest winners of the #USvsHate messaging contests and has proven…
April 30, 2015
…Publications While he was developing UC San Diego’s first strategic plan in 2013, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla held open forums with campus and community members where they discussed ways to increase campus diversity. A predominant response was the need to attract more first generation and historically underrepresented students. Attendees also…
October 22, 2015
…her life, Rubins also developed an interest in biology as a teenager, which was sparked after attending a conference on DNA at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. In high school she began to explore the possibilities of a career in public health prevention. As an undergraduate at UC San Diego,…
October 10, 2019
…Diego, where she helped develop some of the Hubble Space Telescope’s original instruments. Burbidge’s remarkable trek of firsts began in an era when women were all but eclipsed in science. It continues as this professor emeritus of physics at UC San Diego has reached the age of 100. “Margaret Burbidge…
April 13, 2017
…“Stephanie Mel pioneered the development of the first science based course on diversity, equity and inclusion at UC San Diego. We expect it will inspire similar courses on other campuses as it is increasingly critical that scientists consider the ethical and societal implications of their work,” said Kit J. Pogliano,…
June 23, 2022
…bicultural and bilingual art professional, Berlanga Taylor has curated numerous exhibits and commissioned more than 40 works of art, 11 of which were created for public spaces in Mexico City. She has led the design and implementation of education projects, seminars and workshops for a wide array of audiences including…
December 7, 2017
…war trauma in less developed countries,” he said. Armed with this new charge, he refocused his epidemiology work on the epidemic of mental illness spreading throughout displaced populations around the globe. Al-Delaimy began locally, working with refugees arriving in San Diego from his native Iraq and neighboring countries in the…
December 10, 2020
…“Perhaps like most other professions, we need to be our own best advocate and let others know about all the important work we are doing, as well as the amazing students we are training to be the scientific leaders of the future.” Cohen noted that just as civics, art and…
June 28, 2017
UC San Diego and Bermuda’s Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources have officially launched a first-of-its-kind effort to scan underwater shipwrecks and coral reefs in 3D and at an unprecedented level of detail.
