October 1, 2015
…Faculty Fellow in Ethnic Studies, and as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for US Mexican Studies. Her home campus is University of San Diego, where she is Full Professor and former Chair of the Sociology Department. Her PhD is from the University of California, Irvine. Her current work is…
October 25, 2018
Studying Abroad Without Leaving Home Field school in partnership with Kumeyaay takes students on a journey right in San Diego County Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications There is writing on the land. Archaeologist Bobby Bolger places his hand on a granite boulder and pats. “Here,” he says. There…
October 15, 2018
…School of Global Policy and Strategy Center for U.S-Mexican Studies will host a conference, discussing the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for López Obrador’s administration.
January 14, 2019
The Lytle Scholarship Concert brings together talented local musicians to support the dreams of first generation college students who attend the UC San Diego. This year’s concert will blend the Jewish folk traditions of Eastern Europe with songs of the Yiddish theater and Broadway.
June 5, 2012
…psychology and critical gender studies double major researching Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. “I plan to pursue a Ph.D. in psychology and working with my mentor, Professor Lang, in the research-rich environment of UC San Diego has made me confident that I will be able to achieve that goal.” In addition…
October 10, 2014
Denise Moreno Ducheny, senior policy advisor at the University of California, San Diego School of International Relations and Pacific Studies’ Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, will be appointed to a key Obama Administration post, the White House announced Oct. 8.
April 21, 2022
A UC San Diego medical student has won a prestigious fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Lawrence T. Wang, an MD-PhD candidate, was named among the 2022 recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and will receive up to $90,000 in…
September 13, 2018
UC San Diego and the Black Alumni Council are partnering to strengthen support of Black students. In total, $135,000 will be awarded to 54 students through the UC San Diego Black Alumni Scholarship award this fall, including 19 incoming freshmen and 35 current students whose awards will be renewed.
August 23, 2012
The University of California, San Diego’s international research program Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experiences (PRIME) recently received a pleasant surprise—a $100,000 gift from young alumna Haley Hunter-Zinck. The funds will support the greatest needs of the PRIME program, including assistance for future students who travel to the Pacific Rim to conduct…
May 23, 2024
Etienne Palos is a fourth year UC San Diego Ph.D. student specializing in theoretical and computational chemistry in the lab of Francesco Paesani. The graduate student discusses his background, his experience as a Latinx student in STEM and more.
