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School of Medicine Student on Finding Love as a Trans Woman

March 22, 2023

Like most people her age, Daniella McDonald spent a lot of time talking with friends about relationships and using dating apps. But, as a transgender woman, the experience for her was much different. She shares insights about her path to meeting her fiancé.

New Student Health Leader Envisions Holistic, Gender-Affirming Care

February 7, 2023

UC San Diego welcomes Susan Fila, Ph.D, L.C.S.W., as the new Executive Director of Student Health and Well-Being (SHW), a cluster that includes Student Health Services, Counseling & Psychological Services, Health Promotion Services and Administration.

Women’s Incomes Improve When Democrats Hold Public Office, Study Finds

October 8, 2020

…impact on narrowing the gender gap New research from the University of California San Diego reveals that Democratic control of state houses leads to substantial improvement in women’s incomes, wages and unemployment relative to men. The study, to be published in Legislative Studies Quarterly, finds that especially in the recent…

Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego Celebrates Trailblazers at Fifth Annual Women in Leadership Event

June 8, 2023

June 18, 2023, marks the 40th anniversary of the day Sally Ride blasted off aboard shuttle Challenger to become America’s first woman in space. Today, the Women in Leadership event is presented annually by Sally Ride Science @ UC San Diego to honor a decades-long legacy of blazing new trails.

Q Camp Invites Incoming UC San Diego Students to Discover Campus’ LGBT Community

August 25, 2015

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center at the University of California, San Diego will host Q Camp on September 23, a day-long program for incoming LGBT freshman, transfer and graduate students as well as returning students who are newly out. The goal is to introduce students to LGBT…

Closing Gender Gaps in Career Advancement

March 21, 2024

Despite broad progress toward achieving equity in the workplace and educational achievement, data shows women still ascend the corporate ladder slower than their male peers and lag behind men in salary earnings.

A Will to Ensure Change

April 20, 2017

…as well as Critical Gender Studies majors at UC San Diego. A Will to Ensure Change $200,000 planned gift supports scholarships for LGBT and Critical Gender Studies students at UC San Diego It was time to give back, he decided. As David Gubser started to revise his will, he began…

Computer Engineering Student Awarded Fellowship for Women in Aerospace

February 14, 2023

Akshara Kuduvalli, a computer engineering undergraduate student at the University of California San Diego, has been selected as a 2023 Brooke Owens Fellow. The Fellowship is awarded to exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities in aerospace.

UC San Diego LGBT Center Begins 15 Year Anniversary with Transgender Symposium

October 28, 2014

The UC San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center will begin a year-long celebration of 15 years on UC San Diego’s campus with a transgender symposium on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Student Services Center Multipurpose Room on the main campus in La Jolla.

Workforce Diversity Report Reveals Gains but Little Progress for Women in STEM

July 23, 2020

…when it comes to gender parity, both nationally and locally. The UC San Diego Extension Center for Research and Evaluation analyzed the most recent publicly available data for Athena, a high-profile San Diego-based leadership advocate for women in STEM. Using U.S. Census data and other sources to better understand the…

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