September 13, 2017
…San Diego’s Center on Gender Equity and Health in the Department of Medicine. She is also a professor of Education Studies in the Division of Social Sciences. Trained as a development psychologist, Raj has worked in global public health for over two decades, with a focus on public health issues…
June 7, 2022
…all too familiar with gender discrimination. She wants to be part of the movement to recognize the talent and potential of Afghan women and demonstrate what they can accomplish. “When I was 9 years old, my parents made the courageous decision to immigrate to the United States,” Javaheri said. “They…
November 12, 2020
UC San Diego was the first university in California to connect 40,000 student health records to the electronic health record platform of its top-ranked academic medical center, UC San Diego Health. The experience has created a model for other colleges.
November 12, 2021
…and the environment; race, gender, and the environment; and the politics of food. Impact: “By partnering with local environmental organizations, our students will be able to support the needed environmental work they are doing and will build an awareness of the diverse ways in which the environment impacts their lives…
February 25, 2016
…help close an ongoing gender gap. Currently, women receive 57 percent of all of the bachelor of science degrees awarded, but they are woefully underrepresented in such areas as computer science, where they represent only 18 percent of the degrees awarded, as well as in engineering and physics, where they…
November 21, 2019
…the United Arabic Emirates. Single-gender classes, as well as more scholastic and career choices for women in Western nations, may account for this. “None of these are providing evidence for biological factors,” said Cosman. “These all provide evidence for social factors, and I think, in a way, this is good…
October 11, 2018
The UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts welcomes the return of celebrated artist Carrie Mae Weems, a distinguished alum who received her MFA from the department in 1984. Weems’ visit anchors a dynamic fall lineup of guests meant to engage and inspire an active student population and artistic community…
September 29, 2022
The winner of the inaugural Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sally Ride STEM award is Anna Tifrea, who begins the joint MD/PhD program at UC San Diego this fall.
April 4, 2024
A $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the UC Sentencing Project to drive work – inside and outside of prison – that disrupts the narratives that legitimize the racialized and gendered criminalization of people in California’s women’s prisons.
May 18, 2017
…promoting diversity of all types—gender identity, ethnic, regional—a high priority. “It’s not easy and it takes work,” he said, “but it’s worth it. It helps when we have leaders who are committed to it, and when they are diverse themselves.” Lizarraga is quick to say he owes much of his…
