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46 UC San Diego Faculty Named Most Influential in Their Fields

November 28, 2018

Forty-five faculty members at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, according to Clarivate Analytics’ list of 2018 “Highly Cited Researchers.”

Convocation Keynote Encourages Students to Recognize Power They Have to Influence Others

October 2, 2014

…Fowler, professor of political science and medical genetics at UC San Diego, told thousands of new freshmen and transfer students gathered at Welcome Convocation Tuesday that they should have a slightly different mantra: “Be the change you wish to see in your network.” As part of his faculty keynote address…

U.S. News Again Ranks UC San Diego Among Nation’s Best Graduate Schools

March 13, 2012

Each year, graduate programs at the University of California, San Diego are highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report, as noted in the 2013 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools, released today. The rankings measure professional-school programs in business, education, engineering, law and medicine.

Grow Your Goals with a Staff Scholarship

February 10, 2022

…in the Division of Social Sciences as director of alumni engagement when she decided to pursue her doctorate of education. “As a first-generation Latinx student, I understand the distinction between surviving and thriving in higher education,” said Corona, now director of development in Social Sciences. “My personal experiences give me…

Prestigious Rankings Name UC San Diego 15th Best University in the World

August 15, 2017

The University of California San Diego has been ranked the 15th best university in the world by the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). UC San Diego was also named the world’s third best public college. The campus was named the world’s fourth best public college and nationally, UC…

U.S. News and World Report Again Names UC San Diego One of Nation’s Top 10 Public Universities

September 12, 2012

The University of California, San Diego has been ranked 8th best public university and 38th best university in the nation by U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Colleges guidebook released today.

New UC San Diego Seminar Series Provides Invaluable Resource to the Region

March 3, 2017

UC San Diego Research Affairs –The Office of Innovation and Commercialization launches the first of an eighteen-month entrepreneurial seminar series, free and open to anyone at UC San Diego and the general public, including members of any other research institutions, Mar. 9.

Degrees Designed to Make a Difference

October 3, 2019

…students’ concerns about pressing social issues and employability, too. There are new majors, and new concentrations in existing majors, that address: issues of equity and diversity; the climate crisis; and human health and changing demographics. In almost every case, the degrees serve not only to fulfill ideals but also present…

Expert Weighs In on the State of US Education

May 1, 2024

Amanda Datnow ’90, Chancellor’s Associates Endowed Chair in Education Studies and associate dean of the School of Social Sciences at UC San Diego, is deeply committed to making positive changes to K-12 education.

Student Awarded Undergraduate Research Award for Research on Migrants

October 26, 2011

…United States. The political science major conducted field research in Tapachula and commuted between the Mexico/Guatemala border towns of Ciudad Hidalgo in Mexico and Tecún Umán in Guatemala. His project used an ethnographic survey that he designed to interview undocumented Central American migrants. Through his research, Hong found that greater…

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