July 13, 2016
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine Center for Community Health recently received a $3.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase affordable food access to low-income community members who are part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
June 30, 2020
A new report from the U.S. Immigration Policy Center at UC San Diego, released together with the City of San Diego and the Welcoming San Diego initiative, shows that more than one-third of San Diego’s essential workers are immigrants providing critical services to residents and businesses.
February 1, 2018
…the vanguard of progressive social movements and the human rights struggle in the United States. He has served as U.S. Representative of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District since 1986. Event highlights of UC San Diego’s Black History Month Celebration, many of which are free and open to the public, include the…
January 14, 2021
…Political Science, Division of Social Sciences “The large number of Republican members of Congress who voted to object to the Electoral College vote was a tangible and disappointing reminder of the power that primary election voters hold in American democracy. In our recent book “Rejecting Compromise,” my coauthors and I…
January 30, 2024
UC San Diego is now offering a one-year master of science degree in CSS, as well as a PhD specialization and a minor for interested students.
October 11, 2022
How’s the stock market doing? Any investment tips? These are questions economists face and fend off all the time. But most don’t study financial matters like these. Most economists are trying to figure out how people change their actions in response to changing circumstances or changing policies.
September 17, 2020
…how to create a social telepresence for children via a robot, from both a theoretical and qualitative standpoint. UC Irvine researcher Veronica Ahumada-Newhart, who is one of the CO-PIs on the grant, poses with two telepresence robots that her sons are controlling. Photo by UC Irvine Riek and her team…
September 8, 2014
The University of California, San Diego is ranked the 8th best public university in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The publication’s 2015 Best Colleges guidebook, released today, ranks UC San Diego 37th best university in the U.S. among more than 200 public, private and for-profit institutions.
November 15, 2011
…of his upbringing and social experiences. Many people call Ostrovsky the first great Social Realist, as his work depicted the lives of people – in particular the merchant and working classes – that novelists and other dramatists of the time did not. He often exposed practices and behavior until then…
April 13, 2023
An innovative food and nutrition project is uniquely combining artificial intelligence and social enterprise business models to help address the challenge of food deserts in the U.S.
