January 16, 2020
…members to create positive social change through public and community service, research, social innovation, social entrepreneurship and social justice. Kicking off with the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Jan. 18, the week includes free activities, workshops and discussions ranging from a sustainability scavenger hunt across campus community…
October 21, 2024
Dhananjay “DJ” Bambah-Mukku, assistant professor of psychology in the UC San Diego School of Social Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award “for bold and highly innovative research projects.”
March 3, 2016
…the Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research, which aims to find solutions to pressing and complex problems that confront our nation In a career spanning 50 years, renowned social researcher and public opinion analyst Daniel Yankelovich cared what people thought. Now his focus is on improving how people live. To…
May 6, 2021
Nurses By Day, Social Justice Activists By Night Laura Chechel, center, with Christina Kelley and Danisha Jenkins on right, standing together with other local nurses during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. Since May 2020, a team of registered nurses in San Diego have taken part in efforts advocating…
July 11, 2012
Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine are evaluating a new social media tool called Wellaho to treat patients with type I and II diabetes. The clinical trial will study whether the use of social networking can improve patient-physician interactions and the patient’s overall health and wellbeing.
August 30, 2017
Scents and Social Preference: Neuroscientists ID the Roots of Attraction Neurotransmitters and microscopic regulators found at the core of kinship A confocal image of a tadpole brain reveals dopaminergic (green) neurons, the type increased in typical kinship recognition, and GABAergic (red) neurons, those elevated in cases of expanded social kinship.…
January 31, 2019
…Diego to Host First-Ever Social Mobility Conference Campus selected to host conference on Feb. 5 and 6, focused on offering a campus culture based on inclusive excellence Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications With a well-established history of promoting upward social mobility through admissions, generous financial aid and scholarship…
May 21, 2020
…questions related to medications, social support, food on hand and ability to manage stress or anxiety during this time, our team began conducting phone calls to our high-risk senior patients,” said Agnihotri. “The outreach included coordination with other departments, such as social work, nursing and pharmacy as needed, with urgent…
April 13, 2023
UC San Diego’s Day of Caring, u.care, is all about coming together to spark change for future generations.
February 18, 2015
…of Medicine and San Diego State University’s School of Social Work. The program will emphasize research devoted to studying the use and misuse of alcohol and drugs – and related social and health consequences.
