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Meet Dr. Brookie Best, Dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

August 11, 2022

…associate dean for pharmacy education. Dr. Brookie Best Her contributions span the school’s missions of research, education and clinical care. She has mentored more than 130 students and been named Professor of the Year by the Associated Students three times. Her research, which includes 20 years of designing and conducting…

Stories of Transformative Impact Shared During Changemaker Fellow Showcase

May 9, 2023

Last month at the UC San Diego Faculty Club, the university’s Community Engaged Learning and Anti-Racist Pedagogy Learning Community graduate student and faculty fellows showcased their transformative work to the campus community for the first time.

Achyuta Adhvaryu to Lead the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy India Center

October 27, 2022

Achyuta Adhvaryu has been appointed as the inaugural director of the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy India Center and will serve as professor of economics at the school effective Jan. 1, 2023.

Pharming the Microbiome

January 24, 2023

The gut microbiome plays a critical but poorly understood role in how drugs work or don’t work in the body. It also presents therapeutic possibilities unto itself.

UC San Diego School of Medicine Receives $2.6M for Health Equity Programs

September 2, 2021

UC San Diego School of Medicine receives $2.6M to fund their PRIME-Health Equity program and launch a new program on Native American health. These medical education programs provide financial support to medical students interested in addressing health disparities and serving local communities.

“Jazz Gone Global” Premieres at UC San Diego Jan. 29

January 17, 2012

The 16th annual Lytle Scholarship Concert returns to the University of California, San Diego with “Jazz Gone Global,” a celebration of the history and spirit of jazz music featuring world renowned musician Cecil Lytle on piano and Gilbert Castellanos on trumpet, with friends.

Record Number of UC San Diego Students to Serve as Teach For America Educators

June 19, 2014

…as Teach For America Educators 37 UC San Diego students to begin teaching in underserved schools across the nation this fall As the first in her family to attend a four-year university, Sierra Turner learned that it takes heart and commitment to achieve success. Upon graduating from UC San Diego…

May You Be Well: New Ways to Build Resilience

April 29, 2021

…thoughts, she began to transform her life. Beginning in community college, Villa-Agustin started visiting the tutoring center, took initiative to gain an internship at the local city government office and transferred to UC San Diego where she is now studying cognitive science with a specialization in design and interaction. A…

UC San Diego to Host First-Ever Social Mobility Conference

January 31, 2019

…on-demand technologies for higher education and co-sponsor of the conference. CollegeNET, Inc. selected UC San Diego as the host university based on its strong track record of promoting upward social mobility. For example, the campus has been listed among the top 10 percent of schools in CollegeNET’s Social Mobility Index…

UC San Diego Designated as a Changemaker Campus

April 4, 2017

The University of California San Diego has been designated as a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka U for its role as a leader in social innovation education. Only 40 universities around the world have received this designation and UC San Diego is the first University of California campus to be recognized.

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