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.
February 22, 2018
…in political science and sociology with a concentration in science and medicine, she said, “A key benefit we offer to UC San Diego students is space free of judgment. They can all share their ideas, and express their likes and dislikes on a particular topic through a circle process that…
November 6, 2015
For more than half a century, the events and personalities of San Diego were chronicled, analyzed and brought to life by journalists Judith Morgan and her late husband, Neil. Now, The Judith and Neil Morgan Endowed Fellowship at UC San Diego will carry forth their spirit of civic engagement, passion…
June 12, 2012
…thousands of students in sociology and education studies over the course of nearly four decades. His impact spread far beyond the walls of the university into the local community and beyond. Mehan has made major contributions to educational reform in San Diego, helping countless students from around the county become…
March 12, 2015
…for the state’s future. Sociologist David FitzGerald, co-director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS) at UC San Diego, is principal investigator on the project. Called the California Immigration Research Initiative, the project will assess current policy practices and will also collect fresh data on how newcomers to California…
October 19, 2017
…the classics, linguistics, and sociology, among others. Most recently, Jann Pasler received a $70,000 fellowship for her research in the Department of Music, and Matthew Wills, a Ph.D. student in the Department of History, received a pre-dissertation grant of $5,000. Advised by professor Karl Gerth, the Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu…
October 22, 2020
…Richard Madsen, Distinguished Professor, Sociology Richard Madsen Richard Madsen is a highly respected scholar and public intellectual who first joined the UC San Diego community in 1978. A distinguished professor of sociology, serving now as the director of the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China, he is credited with both being…
October 29, 2015
…upward mobility problem,” said sociology professor Lane Kenworthy, director of the Yankelovich Center in the UC San Diego Division of Social Sciences. “What we lack, and what policymakers most need, is information about the relative merits of such strategies.” With the support of a $100,000 gift in start-up funding from…
June 25, 2024
Over three decades, the Hellman family has given over $18 million to support more than 400 UC San Diego junior faculty in their research and progress toward tenure.
July 26, 2017
UC San Diego computer science professor Gary Cottrell has been elected a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society, an honor reflecting his “impact on the Cognitive Science community and… sustained record of excellence in research contributions.”
