June 13, 2011
From artwork to outreach, the University of California, San Diego continues to institute programs and policies aimed at enhancing campus climate and welcoming a diverse community.
September 8, 2022
…from NSF to Empower Transfer Students to Earn Engineering Degrees With a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of California San Diego is leading a new effort to support low-income transfer students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in engineering. The five-year program, called EMPOWER, will support…
November 20, 2013
…its UniversityLink program, providing guaranteed admission for eligible local students to encourage them to attend UC San Diego. The initiative seeks to increase the number of students who transfer to UC San Diego from participating community colleges in the San Diego and Imperial counties.
March 7, 2023
UC San Diego recently held its 24th annual Hearts & Scholars event, bringing together scholarship recipients with the donors who have helped make their educations a reality.
February 24, 2023
A total of 150,772 prospective Tritons from California and around the globe applied for Fall 2023 undergraduate study at UC San Diego. The university received 130,830 first-year applications and 19,942 transfer student applications.
October 2, 2014
Before thousands of students populated the University of California, San Diego campus, approximately 1,200 acres of the university were occupied by soldiers-in-training and at least 15 shooting facilities, including rifle, pistol and skeet ranges. From 1917 to 1964, over a million marines and other shooters received their rifle marksmanship training…
April 14, 2022
Newly Admitted Black Students Welcomed to Triton Family Third-year Kennedy Cofield and fourth-year Jaida Day welcome guests to the Black Resource Center for the Black Family Get Together event. Cofield and Day are chairs of the Black Student Union, which co-led the event for newly admitted students. Photos by Erik…
December 6, 2012
…state funding cuts, increasing student fees and accessibility, Sheldon’s expertise as a problem solver will give the Regents an important voice at the table,” said Armin Afsahi, executive director, UCSD Alumni and member of the selection committee. “As a reflective leader, Sheldon will be instrumental in advancing the ideal of…
October 9, 2014
…BIT Counts” Part Three: “Students Work to Prevent Sexual Assault on College Campuses” “Sexual assault is an intolerable and serious crime,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “Combating sexual violence is a major priority for UC San Diego. Through the work of the Sexual Assault and Violence Prevention Resource Center, the…
July 9, 2020
…Standout in Supporting First-generation Students UC San Diego receives ‘First-gen Forward Advisory’ designation, a national honor for commitment to first-generation student success When Aysia Pease—the first in her family to go to college—started her first year at UC San Diego, she was worried that she knew less about the experience…
