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California Team Awarded $3 Million Federal Grant to Uncover Impact of Pandemic on PreK-12 Students

October 31, 2022

Researchers will study how California’s $4.6 billion pandemic recovery grant program, known as the Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO) Grant, was used to promote educational recovery from COVID-19 and to address worsening learning gaps and inequities among students.

New Faculty Reshape the Meaning of Inclusive Research, Teaching and Service

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.

Students Teach Students Under Pilot Program to Improve Student Success Rates

November 12, 2015

…a lecturer in Biological Sciences, serves as SI pilot program coordinator Jenny Herndon, a lecturer in Biological Sciences, was recruited to be the coordinator of the pilot program. “Calculus is required for biology majors—but can prove to be a difficult subject for most students. The course creates a bottleneck to…

UC San Diego Received Second Highest Number of U.S. Patents Issued in UC System

July 12, 2016

The University of California is first in the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents Ranking for 2015. The report, which was released today, is published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). The ranking utilizes data acquired from the U.S. Patent and…

UC San Diego Launches New Center on Healthy Aging and Senior Care

May 2, 2014

Dilip V. Jeste, MD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, has been appointed the first associate dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care at the University of California, San Diego and will direct the newly established Center on Healthy Aging and Senior Care.

Class Acts: Annual Faculty Excellence Awards Honor Outstanding Scholars

April 21, 2016

…to promoting diversity in science. She founded the Undergraduate Ecology, Behavior and Evolution Club in 2009, serves as the faculty advisor for the UC San Diego Campus Chapter of SEEDS (Strategies for Ecological Education, Diversity and Sustainability), and is the chair of the Division of Biological Sciences’ Diversity Committee. “Professor…

Center for Community Health to Lead $13M Statewide Program for Newly Arrived Afghan Families

March 16, 2023

A culturally affirming, community-led transformation model pioneered by the UC San Diego Refugee Health Unit will be replicated across California, providing vital academic and social support to newly arrived Afghan youth and families during resettlement.

Still Time to Act: Impending Disasters Could Spur Progress Mitigating Climate Change

August 5, 2018

New research in climate science indicates that extreme events, such as heat waves, the collapse of major ice sheets, and mass extinctions are becoming dramatically more probable. Though cuts in rising emissions appear unlikely with the stalled 2015 Paris agreement, University of California San Diego scientists argue that new developments…

Finding Voice Through Art

February 8, 2024

Across stages, down walkways, from podiums and in classrooms, UC San Diego will commemorate Black History Month all February long. A lineup of in-person and virtual events is bringing the theme “Black Culture through Artistic Expression” into focus for UC San Diego’s Black History Month celebration.

Faculty Members Celebrated for Seeing the Classroom and World Differently

April 5, 2018

…of the Division of Social Sciences Carol Padden. “The department welcomes many majors in Economics, trying as best as they can to achieve scale with quality. Professor Antonovics is their experimenter in achieving scale—how to deliver high quality lectures, supply helpful and clear materials in all forms—video, print, podcasts and…

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