October 5, 2017
…Focuses on First-Generation College Students with Campus-wide Initiative Frances Contreras, associate professor of education studies Frances Contreras was a high achiever in high school and was thrilled when she received multiple acceptance letters from colleges. Yet her high school guidance counselor tried to warn her away from attending a four-year…
November 10, 2022
Every November, UC San Diego joins hundreds of higher education institutions worldwide to celebrate International Education Week, an opportunity to champion the benefits of international education and exchange.
May 30, 2023
Meet Maria, the Student Success Coordinator with the Chancellor’s Associates Scholars Program (CASP).
April 29, 2021
…my own definition of success,” explained Villa-Agustin. “I celebrate the small successes in life and weather the storm with poise and humility. This is ultimately what resilience means to me.” May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to reflect on what each of us needs to care for our…
August 2, 2012
Prepping for a Successful Student Experience Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications One of the first stops Chancellor Pradeep Khosla made on his first day was at the Jacobs School of Engineering Summer Pre-Engineering Program (PrEP). The seasoned engineer met with incoming engineering students who were competing in the…
May 31, 2018
…way to help low-income students on path to upward social mobility New research shows that UC San Diego continues to perform significantly better than other four-year colleges and universities in the country when it comes to enrolling low-income students and seeing them across the graduation finish line. A new report…
June 27, 2016
Sand added to three San Diego County beaches in 2012 has partially remained, surviving the large waves of the El Niño winter of 2015-16. A team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego compared sand levels on several San Diego beaches during the…
May 16, 2019
…Diego Publications Putting First-Gen Students First Upward social mobility efforts earn campus designation as a “first forward” institution As a first-generation college student, UC San Diego sophomore Ikran Ibrahim knows just how difficult the transition to college freshman can be. “I came in with no prior knowledge of what to…
June 20, 2019
Students Challenged to Look Deeper Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright inspires graduates in commencement address Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications “Each year when I see our students graduate, I am reminded of what makes UC San Diego unique,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla as he…
March 25, 2021
…efforts to support Latinx/Chicanx student success Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Communications. With a full-time undergraduate student population that is currently 20 percent Latinx/Chicanx, the University of California San Diego is well on its way toward becoming a federally recognized Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). To help UC San Diego become…
