May 25, 2017
…peer leaders. Through workshops, social media and other projects, student ambassadors teach other students about sustainability issues, from climate change to food systems and renewable energy. “What I enjoy most about my job is working with students,” said Bowser. “I believe in protecting our planet’s resources for their generation and…
September 22, 2022
This week marks the beginning of classes, and the campus is abuzz with the addition of about 9,500 first-year students who are ready to use their diverse talents and ambitions to enhance the UC San Diego community.
March 23, 2017
…as a process of social justice. Local figures include Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez, community activist, artist and educator who was one of the founders of Chicano Park; Irene Mena, a Filipina-Mexican who is considered to be the honorary grandmother of the San Diego Brown Berets of Aztlan; and many more. Undergraduate…
October 25, 2022
The University of California San Diego has received two five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling $6.6 million to fund research hubs in Southern California and Puerto Rico.
January 24, 2019
…the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which settles international disputes, were created in the hopes of a more peaceful future. There may be erosion in the power of the international regime, however. At least where China is concerned. Swift spoke about the territorial dispute between China and the…
March 21, 2023
The University of California Board of Regents recently approved two key campus projects, Triton Center and Ridge Walk North Living and Learning Neighborhood.
February 13, 2018
The first datasets from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States—a project headed by a team of scientists at UC San Diego—were released to researchers around the world today by the National Institutes of Health.
October 29, 2020
…workforce representing the changing social, racial and economic demography of California’s children, youth and families. Desiree Shapiro, associate clinical professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the Child and Adolescent Inclusive Excellence Summer Program. When it comes to serving the mental…
May 26, 2022
…Haile Wright, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Haile Wright joined CAPS in June 2021, drawn to UC San Diego for the chance to support college student mental health—the population she is most passionate about. She explained that her personal lived experience offers an important inroad to connecting with students. “I identify…
June 20, 2019
…tolerance, mutual respect and social mobility with which you are identified. Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be appointed U.S. secretary of state, gave the keynote address. “We are all proud of the distinctions that give us our separate identities; and loyal to the groups to which we belong,” she…
