October 8, 2015
…thousands of students in sociology and education studies over the course of nearly four decades. He devoted his scholarly attention to researching the cultural, organizational and interactional bases of educational practices, and how these create distinct identities for students—sometimes positively, but all too often, negatively. Over the years, he has…
October 29, 2024
The Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society, presented by UC San Diego Extended Studies, was founded to provide a dedicated platform for exploring the big questions that religion was meant to answer. This season, the lectureship, which celebrates its 40th anniversary at UC San Diego in April 2025, presented two…
June 4, 2024
Seven formerly unhoused San Diego County residents are contributing their insights and perspectives as co-researchers at UC San Diego’s Homelessness Hub.
January 7, 2016
…Amy Binder, professor of sociology in the Division of Social Sciences Binder’s most recent work explores the ways that college cultures influence students, from their political behavior to career choices. She calls on universities to do more for students who are the first in their families to attend a four-year…
December 6, 2022
Researchers from a broad range of fields at the University of California San Diego are making waves as they push the boundaries of science and medicine to develop groundbreaking, real-world solutions to longstanding health inequities.
April 16, 2015
…in the journal American Sociological Review arguing that infibulation could end much like foot-binding in China had. The “pivotal innovation,” he maintained, were associations of parents publicly pledging not to bind their daughters’ feet and to not let their sons marry foot-bound women. He sent the paper to 25 different…
October 29, 2015
…including physical, emotional and sociological, Gupta explained. “Contextual robotics systems will understand context and apply known capabilities. These systems will also derive new capabilities from context and even change the context in a controllable manner by applying new capabilities,” said Gupta. Getting to this level of autonomy will take significant…
November 3, 2016
…added though was the sociological research that was needed to understand the impediments that kept families from using the stoves permanently. The coincident development of carbon markets and mobile phone technology that enables individuals to interact with those markets has also proved fortuitous. Surya added a sensor in each clean-burning…
November 15, 2012
The 3D Virtual Cell could do for cell biology what the Large Hadron Collider has done for particle physics. But instead of building a multi-billion-dollar facility, backers of the 3D Virtual Cell project believe they can build a virtual, rather than physical, resource that could be used by biologists and…
August 3, 2017
Physicist Elizabeth H. Simmons has been appointed executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of California San Diego effective September 18, 2017. Her selection follows an extensive international search.
