Focus on South Asia
March 21, 2024
The forum will be launched with an inaugural lecture by renowned Indian musician T.M. Krishna.
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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…
UC San Diego Designated as a Changemaker Campus
April 4, 2017
The University of California San Diego has been designated as a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka U for its role as a leader in social innovation education. Only 40 universities around the world have received this designation and UC San Diego is the first University of California campus to be recognized.
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.
Online Course Seeks to Educate World about Sustainable Food and Energy Issues
February 21, 2013
The University of California, San Diego is developing a free online course designed to educate students and anyone else around the world with a computer and an internet connection about the challenges and potential solutions for meeting the global demands of food and fuel in the 21st century.
Washington Monthly Names UC San Diego the Best Public University for Social Mobility
August 27, 2018
The University of California San Diego has been named the #1 public university in the nation by Washington Monthly for contributions to social mobility, research and public service. UC San Diego has topped the rankings eight times over the past nine years.
Is Spirituality a Component of Wisdom?
October 22, 2020
In a recent study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found a seventh component of wisdom: spirituality.
UC San Diego’s Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best, According to U.S. News and World Report
March 12, 2013
The 2014 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools guidebook, released today, highly ranks the University of California, San Diego’s professional schools in engineering and medicine, as well as its academic Ph.D. programs in the social sciences and humanities.
Hate Spoilers? This AI Tool Spots Them for You
July 8, 2019
Did social media spoil the Avengers’ Endgame movie for you? Or maybe one of the Game of Thrones books? A team of researchers from the University of California San Diego is working to make sure that doesn’t happen again. They have developed an AI-based system that can flag spoilers in…
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.”
