October 8, 2015
…backgrounds helps break down social and intellectual barriers,” said Peimer. “It can help people erase their confirmation biases by taking them outside their own experience. The arts can create empathy to people in completely opposite circumstances from your own.” That interest fits well with ArtPower, which is known for its…
April 25, 2024
UC San Diego’s Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion created the Tritons Belong initiative to engage the campus community in times when many are struggling with a significant issue.
January 18, 2024
Hosts and performers for the 2024 season of Intersections, presented by UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, include San Diego artists and arts leaders who have won Grammy Awards, toured with famous acts worldwide and brought talent to some of the region’s most beloved music venues.
March 11, 2014
The term ‘selfie’ took on a life of its own in 2013, especially after the Oxford English Dictionary selected it as the ‘international word of the year’. The Internet and mobile phones were awash in self-portraits as consumers purchased more smartphones with front-facing cameras – turning the selfie into a…
July 15, 2013
The University of California, San Diego has named professor Albert P. (Al) Pisano, a highly accomplished mechanical engineer from UC Berkeley, as the next dean of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
October 26, 2020
UC San Diego Foundation welcomes a new class of trustees, the first group to be recruited and elected in an entirely virtual setting. This year’s class, which includes six UC San Diego alumni, is the most diverse to date.
May 9, 2019
…to really consider the social impact of what they’re doing, and we want them to see that aspect as just as valuable as funding or revenue. We support our students to be successful entrepreneurs, and we also support them to go out in to the world and do good work.”
October 18, 2012
Timely behind-the-scenes insights into the current presidential campaign and those of past challengers will be offered by Samuel Popkin, noted political scientist and author, during a free lecture at noon, Nov. 1, in the Geisel Library at UC San Diego.
February 28, 2019
Pharmaceutical leader Cam Garner and his wife Wanda, a cancer workshop facilitator and philanthropic fundraiser, recently gave $2 million to establish the Garner Family Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Blood and Marrow Transplant at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.
May 9, 2013
…for the economic and social growth and prosperity of our regions, and we look forward to the ongoing exchange of ideas.” Accompanying Khosla in Tijuana were Mary Walshok, associate vice chancellor for Public Programs at UC San Diego; Juan Lasheras, interim dean of the Jacob’s School of Engineering; Alberto Díaz-Cayeros,…
