April 23, 2020
…of others. Movement and social interaction remains a basic need for everyone, and UC San Diego Recreation has created a space for both. Called the Playground, it welcomes all campus community members to dance, meditate, compete in esports, learn to draw and more through free virtual classes. “Instead of simply…
May 15, 2014
…the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences held May 2 to 6. Joining him in presiding over the summit were Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, British economist Partha S. Dasgupta of Cambridge University, and His Excellency Archbishop Roland Minnerath, Archbishop of Dijon, France. Pope Francis with…
May 31, 2016
Alternative Breaks for students are local, domestic, and international trips that combine a focus on social justice with strong direct service, and are meant to have a lasting positive impression on the communities served and the students who serve them.
September 24, 2024
UC San Diego has once again been named the sixth best public university in the country, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released today. Overall, UC San Diego ranked No. 29 on the complete list of over 400 of the nation’s colleges.
March 11, 2015
Jamila K. Stockman, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and global public health at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has been selected to receive the Linda E. Saltzman New Investigator Award.
August 22, 2024
Neurobiologists studying the emergence of autism spectrum disorders have found evidence of altered early development of the nervous system. They linked environmentally induced forms of ASD to changes in neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers that allow neurons to communicate with each other.
October 17, 2013
…societal impacts. There is social acceptance. We have all these disciplinary experts in these areas on the campus, in addition to the engineering expertise. I feel a pure technology solution to a problem usually doesn’t work. You need to understand the system into which the technology goes. And the technology…
March 14, 2011
…at Revelle College. The social dynamics of the time augmented my education in ways that the curriculum could never have. I was here during the era of Vietnam, the civil rights movement, college campus protests and riots. It was very fresh, dynamic and rich with ideas, and I was this…
March 25, 2021
…have in pushing for social change Five of the world’s most renowned composers and lyricists gathered for a virtual UC San Diego event March 6, outlining how they envision the role of opera in advancing equality and social justice. Moderator Mark Swed. Courtesy photo. Representing the present and future of…
September 24, 2018
For the first time, researchers have developed a data set quantifying what the social cost of carbon—the measure of the economic harm from carbon dioxide emissions—will be for each of the globe’s nearly 200 countries, and the results are surprising.
