May 7, 2015
…29 to moderate the Social Sciences Supper Club “A Culture of Women’s Leadership: From Trailblazing to Teamwork.” The event, held in the Atkinson Pavilion of the Faculty Club, featured three of UC San Diego’s women leaders: Cristina Della Coletta, dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities; Margaret Leinen, director…
January 14, 2021
…public and community service, social innovation, research, social justice and more. UC San Diego volunteers gather for a photo during a during a Changemaker Week event from a previous year. “As a community of Changemakers, UC San Diego is known for its rich history of cutting-edge research, teaching and action…
December 6, 2017
Thirty two faculty members at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, based on their publications over the past decade.
August 22, 2017
…Launched in 2016 by social scientist and foreign policy expert Erik Gartzke, the center has now received a $3.32 million multi-year grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to support its mission and growth. The Charles Koch Foundation supports students and scholars whose work facilitates dialogue and sparks innovation. The foundation…
February 27, 2020
…collaborate closely on pressing social needs to make change on the ground. The project is called “Living Rooms at the Border” and is situated in the historic heart of San Ysidro, a predominantly Latino community at the southernmost end of San Diego. It sits just blocks from Mexico and combines…
May 17, 2018
…world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs. The designation ceremony was hosted by Babson College as part of the annual Ashoka U Exchange. Following the designation ceremony, where Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth H. Simmons accepted the award on behalf of the campus, Ashoka announced that UC San Diego will host next…
April 2, 2020
…Connections in Time of Social Distancing Students gain workplace experience as part of virtual Take a Triton to Work program Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Gov. Newsom’s stay-at-home order, the UC San Diego campus community must now depend on technology more than ever to teach, learn and work. For…
September 25, 2018
The University of California San Diego has been named the 30th best university in the world, out of the top 1,000 public and private universities spanning the globe. The 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings also place the campus 20th best in the U.S. based on teaching, research, knowledge…
May 18, 2017
…in Nation’s Capital for Social Change When Jaime Lizarraga was named to Huffington Post’s 2013 list of most influential Latino staffers on Capitol Hill, the UC San Diego alumnus had been working quietly in and out of government positions in Washington for more than 20 years—five of them as director…
October 31, 2019
…in the Division of Social Sciences, among other campus initiatives. The institute, a partnership between UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management and the Division of Social Sciences, will steer academic research agendas toward topics of concern to asset owners—including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, foundations and their beneficiaries. “UC…
