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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…

Women’s Herstory Month Kicks Off by Exploring Reproductive Justice

March 7, 2023

Each year during March the UC San Diego Women’s Center holds a series of events to honor the many contributions of women in history, culture and society. The celebration kicked off with a keynote from reproductive justice activist Renee Bracey Sherman.

Homegrown Campaign to Combat Hate on National Stage

October 24, 2019

…to speak up for justice and equity—then amplify the messages they make. That’s the basic M.O. of #USvsHate, a messaging project germinated at UC San Diego and grown in local schools, now branching out nationally as part of Teaching Tolerance, a program of the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center dedicated…

It Takes a Network

May 30, 2019

…harnessing the power of social ties long before doing so was popularized by the likes of Facebook and Twitter. For more than 20 years, CREATE has been working together with our region’s educators and youth to help build the real-life connections that support kids’ dreams of college and career. The…

Community Matters

September 26, 2022

Sociology professor Michel Estefan redefines classroom culture.

UC San Diego Alumni Presents 40 Under 40 Awards

April 12, 2018

…medicine, arts, education and social justice who are disrupting the status quo to help build a better world. “UC San Diego is an extraordinary university built on a foundation of challenging convention, pushing boundaries and expectations, and producing breakthrough work for the greater good,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “I’m…

‘Raising Ryland’: Alumna Hillary Whittington Gives Voice to Transgender Youth with New Book

April 28, 2016

…a 2004 Division of Social Sciences alumna, talked about her journey as a parent, including overcoming Ryland’s hearing struggle and facing initial questions about his gender identity. At first, many dismissed Ryland’s insistence that he was a boy as just a phase. But by age 4, Ryland was showing increasing…

A Seat at the Table

March 2, 2017

…first African-American Supreme Court Justice, the words highlight the principles of diversity and equality central to the new campus eatery. After undergoing an extensive remodel, the dining hall hosted a grand re-opening last month to celebrate, among other things, the addition of an internationally themed joint halal and kosher kitchen,…

Hitting It Out of the Park with $3M Boost for Scholarships and Fellowships

December 9, 2021

…San Diego Baseball and Social Sciences Longtime campus champions Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs believe in the power of the next generation to make change for the better. And it is imperative, they say, to “create the opportunity for anybody who is eligible and wants to come to UC San Diego…

Major Gift Supports UC San Diego’s 21st Century China Center

March 4, 2021

…scientific research, economic mobility, social justice and creativity in the arts. The couple are owners of the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty, and the San Diego Seals of the National Lacrosse League. Just in the last year, the duo’s generosity played a critical life-saving role during the COVID-19 pandemic. When…

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