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Imagine What We Can Build Together

December 5, 2019

…comprehensive network of academic, social and personal support helps all our talented students graduate on time, develop leadership skills and grow into the changemakers of the future. Our Latinx/Chicanx Academic Excellence Initiative is designed to ensure that California’s fastest growing student population feels welcome and supported. This means attracting and…

Five UC San Diego Scientists Elected AAAS Fellows

April 30, 2024

Five University of California San Diego researchers have been elected 2023 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general scientific organizations.

Holocaust Living History Workshop Series Will Focus on History, Memory and Meaning for 2018-19

October 5, 2018

This fall, the Holocaust Living History Workshop once again launches its year-long series of educational events composed of eight seminars, a documentary film screening and a photography exhibition underscoring this year’s theme, “History, Memory & Meaning of the Holocaust.” The workshops are presented by the UC San Diego Library and…

Elevating High Schools to New Heights

April 25, 2019

…praised Siegel-Singh, a political science major and urban studies minor, who represents and advocates for the thousands of students across the entire UC system as president of the UC Student Association (UCSA). Addressing students at her alma mater, Siegel-Singh encouraged the crowd to reach for their dreams. “I want to…

From Idea to Impact: Meet the Recipients of the Inaugural Chancellor’s Innovation Awards

March 14, 2024

The forward-thinking innovators behind Vektor Medical and FjordPhyto took home the top prizes during UC San Diego’s inaugural Chancellor’s Innovation Awards celebration, highlighting the university’s diverse entrepreneurial campus culture.

Innovative Researchers Share Ground-breaking Research with Packed House at Founders’ Symposium

November 20, 2012

…to share thoughts via social media. At the Founders’ Symposium held Friday, however, that was exactly the case. Event moderator and UC San Diego alumna Lauren Reynolds ’94 encouraged the audience to interact on Twitter (#UCSDFounders) during the event. As part of the annual Founders’ Day celebration, the Founders’ Symposium…

Did Gonorrhea Give Us Grandparents?

July 18, 2022

UC San Diego researchers tracked the evolution of a gene variant that supports cognitive health in older humans, but may have first emerged to protect against bacteria.

U.S. News Becoming Too Politically Slanted, Visiting Journalism Scholar Argues

October 9, 2012

With the presidential election heating up, more Americans have been tuning into their favorite news broadcast for the most up-to-date reporting from the campaign trail. However, they might not be getting the whole truth, according to Paul Ramadge, former editor of The Age, one of Australia’s most respected newspapers.

Geisel Library Exhibit Sheds Light on Chinese Workers Who Built Transcontinental Railway

January 13, 2016

The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental, produced by the Chinese Historical Society of America and the Chinese Railroad Workers Project at Stanford University, is on display through February 29, 2016 in Geisel Library on the University of California, San Diego campus.

UC San Diego Granted Access to DigitalGlobe Commercial Satellite Imagery

March 18, 2015

The DigitalGlobe Foundation has selected the University of California, San Diego to be one of two institutions of higher learning given open access to DigitalGlobe Basemap, an online map and database of current, high-resolution satellite imagery – of the entire planet. For a one-year pilot study, commercial satellite imagery will…

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