April 18, 2019
…have equal access to social, economic and political opportunities, and they won’t be required to abandon their previous identities and commitments to do so,” he said. “My hope is that putting these ideas on the table will appeal to the better of our nature,” Carens said. A political scientist, Carens…
August 11, 2021
As the Cross-Cultural Center’s inaugural director, Edwina Welch, Ed.D., shares her path to UC San Diego, how the center took shape, origins of her passion for community building and more on her retirement.
February 15, 2024
Blanca Meléndrez and Amina Sheik Mohamed of the UC San Diego Center for Community Health received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for their efforts to address health equity in partnership with underserved, immigrant and refugee communities.
June 15, 2021
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a renowned climate and atmospheric scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, will receive the Blue Planet Prize, the international environmental award sponsored by Japan’s Asahi Glass Foundation.
August 4, 2023
With wildfire season in full swing, experts at UC San Diego are available to discuss wildfires across an array of topics, including climate science, technology, health and policy.
February 13, 2018
Philippe Sands has been dedicated to human rights issues throughout his career and has worked on high-profile human rights cases involving abuse. Now, in his book East West Street, Sands explores the creation and development of legal concepts that came about as a result of Hitler’s Third Reich which changes…
February 2, 2023
Throughout the month of February, UC San Diego will celebrate Black History Month with a series of events that recognize and commemorate the rich history, culture and contributions of African Americans. The annual theme for 2023 is “Black Resistance, The Work Toward Freedom Continues.”
February 27, 2014
…literacy and other academic, social and digital skills. Their notes are chronicled and later discussed in their theory course, where they gain a more dynamic perspective of educational barriers and childhood cognitive development. “It is beautiful to see the exchange that happens between the undergraduates and the child participants—gaining a…
May 3, 2018
…in the Division of Social Sciences, opened the UC showcase of change-making work in global health. Students and Faculty Commit to Healthier World as Part of UC Global Health Day 2018 Event brings ‘well-being warrior’ and 500 other champions of global health to San Diego campus “There are more mental…
October 23, 2014
…people to grow food, socialize with their neighbors and hold events. The Ocean View Growing Grounds (OVGG) is located in the Chollas Creek Watershed where poverty, obesity and environmental degradation pose serious social and environmental public health problems. Compounding these problems is the fact that the majority of residents living…
