November 19, 2020
…the Homeless. A non-profit social services organization in New York City, Homes for the Homeless (HFH) operates four shelters and is committed to using family-based approaches to addressing family homelessness. The usual programming for the children includes childcare, after-school and recreation programs for K-12 students as well as camp. Collaborating…
September 26, 2024
Beginning this fall, UC San Diego is implementing the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement (JTCCER), an initiative designed to ensure that undergraduates across all majors on campus are equipped to understand and address climate change. The new graduation requirement is named in honor of the late Jane Teranes, a…
April 21, 2016
…Research in Humanities and Social Sciences Watch Video David Brink is the author of Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics (1989), Perfectionism and the Common Good (2003), and Mill’s Progressive Principles (2013), as well as numerous articles in ethical theory, history of ethics and jurisprudence. His scholarship has been…
October 13, 2016
…spanning 60 years, renowned social researcher and public opinion analyst Daniel Yankelovich has spent decades monitoring social change and public opinion. Dubbed the “dean of American pollsters,” he is perhaps best known for starting The New York Times/Yankelovich poll (now The CBS News/ New York Times poll), and for co-founding…
August 31, 2023
A $4 million grant from UnitedHealth Group (UHG) is changing lives. The grant, which was made in 2020, has enabled the University of California San Diego School of Medicine to create the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence program (CAPIE).
February 3, 2022
…to healing: “As a social worker, I enter people’s lives at their most vulnerable time; it is both an honor and a privilege. I love working with college students because they are just entering adulthood, and for some they are exploring their identity for the first time. It is a…
April 20, 2023
At the 22nd annual César E. Chávez celebration kickoff, four undergraduates were awarded scholarships for their demonstrated commitment to the advancement of Chávez’s core values on campus and beyond.
October 10, 2022
For Sky Yang and Giulia Corno, getting involved with student government seemed like a great way to make a difference. Now, as the presidents of Associated Students and the Graduate & Professional Student Association, respectively, they share what they hope to accomplish this year.
June 4, 2024
Seven formerly unhoused San Diego County residents are contributing their insights and perspectives as co-researchers at UC San Diego’s Homelessness Hub.
November 5, 2020
…see the commitment to social justice by the college faculty and administration at City College, his location placement, and recognizes the need for underrepresented students to benefit from the upward mobility higher education can bring, without being saddled with additional burdens or barriers. “The main role of professors ought to…
