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UC San Diego Institute of Arts and Humanities Increases Its Cultural Breadth

August 10, 2016

The University of California San Diego’s Institute of Arts and Humanities (IAH) is adding two programs to its already culturally rich offerings—Chicana/o and Latina/o Arts and Humanities (CLAH) and Third World Studies (TWS). Both are established campus programs now administered through the institute. CLAH provides a broad introduction to the…

Math to Make a Difference

October 11, 2022

How’s the stock market doing? Any investment tips? These are questions economists face and fend off all the time. But most don’t study financial matters like these. Most economists are trying to figure out how people change their actions in response to changing circumstances or changing policies.

Rady School Dean Lisa Ordóñez Named a San Diego Business Woman of the Year

November 15, 2022

Lisa Ordóñez, dean of the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management, has been named among the San Diego Business Journal’s Business Women of the Year.

UC San Diego VC Partner Osage Invests in Antiva

May 18, 2017

Antiva Biosciences, a spinout of UC San Diego, closed a $22M Series C financing in March. Antiva is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, localized therapeutics for the treatment of diseases caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection. Osage University Partners, a venture capital firm partnered with UC San…

UC San Diego Extension Celebrates its 50th Anniversary by Looking to the Future

February 18, 2016

…emerging trends, breakthroughs and social advances they envision over the next 50 years. Stephen Mayfield on algae biotechnology Razelle Kurzrock on personalized cancer therapy Barry Lopez on environmentalism Mary Walshok, associate vice chancellor of public programs and dean of UC San Diego Extension, said the yearlong celebration will provide a…

UC San Diego Atmospheric Chemist Kim Prather Elected to American Philosophical Society

June 14, 2022

Kimberly Prather has been elected to the American Philosophical Society. She is Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry and Distinguished Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC San Diego.

Stories of Transformative Impact Shared During Changemaker Fellow Showcase

May 9, 2023

Last month at the UC San Diego Faculty Club, the university’s Community Engaged Learning and Anti-Racist Pedagogy Learning Community graduate student and faculty fellows showcased their transformative work to the campus community for the first time.

Lied-to Children More Likely to Cheat and Lie

March 18, 2014

People lie – we know this. People lie to kids – we know this, too. But what happens next? Do children who’ve been lied to lie more themselves? Surprisingly, the question had not been asked experimentally until Chelsea Hays, then an undergraduate student in psychology at the University of California,…

An Ocean of Courage

May 30, 2013

…of the political issues, social development and traditions of each country. Upon arrival at port, students are then invited to become immersed in field studies and direct interaction with the people and places they learn about. The Semester at Sea program is organized by the Institute for Shipboard Education in…

UC San Diego’s 2017 Earth Month Celebration: Using Science to Protect the Planet

March 23, 2017

…Earth Month Celebration: Using Science to Protect the Planet Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Sustainability, environmentalism and taking action against the threat of climate change will be at the center of UC San Diego’s Earth Month celebration throughout the month of April. This year’s theme, UC San Diego:…

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