Bridging the Hearts & Minds of Youth Conference, Feb. 4-5
December 14, 2011
…a tool to positively impact children’s psychological, physical and social well-being.
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UC San Diego’s Graduate Programs Earn High Marks in U.S. News and World Report Rankings
March 14, 2017
UC San Diego graduate programs in engineering, medicine and social sciences are ranked in nation’s top 20 by U.S. News & World Report.
Inspiring Political Engagement Among Students and Society
October 23, 2014
…discussed the role of social media in ethics. From left to right: Steve Erie, Kristin Olsen, Stephen Ferruolo, Robert Price, Scott Peters. Photo by Melissa JacobsInspiring Political Engagement Among Students and SocietyUC San Diego hosts Conference on Ethics, Transparency and CivilityLike any other successful relationship, political leaders and citizens must…
UC San Diego Debuts on Teach For America Top Contributors List for 25th Anniversary Corps
September 8, 2015
UC San Diego, ranks for the first time among the schools contributing the most graduates to Teach For America, debuting at no. 12on the list of contributing schools and universities released today by the national nonprofit organization. The graduates who join Teach For America commit to teaching for at least…
UC San Diego Visual Arts Graduate Student Honored for Initiating Art Practices
March 17, 2016
…WCA mission of creating community through art, education and social activism.
In the Midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Xenophobia Flares Up
March 26, 2020
…far as we know…we’re socialized to evolve in small groups. And because most of the important infectious diseases that wiped out groups of people were brought in by foreigners, if you think about Europeans settling in the Americas [they] brought influenza and smallpox, which wiped out the indigenous people.” So,…
Confidence Counts: Accuracy of Eyewitness IDs Increases With Degree of Certainty
December 21, 2015
When it comes to accurately identifying a criminal suspect, it makes a difference how sure an eyewitness is, finds a study led by a memory expert at the University of California, San Diego. The American justice system should take note of eyewitness confidence, but only at the time of the…
Decolonization and the Settler-Indigenous Relationship
March 22, 2019
In new work by UC San Diego assistant professor Julie Burelle, the relationship between two groups of people in Quebec, Canada come into play in an important conversation about settler-indigenous relationships and decolonization, deeply adding to the growing field of Indigenous studies.
The Marshmallow Test Revisited
September 9, 2020
When kids “pass” the marshmallow test, are they simply better at self-control or is something else going on? A new UC San Diego study revisits the classic psychology experiment and reports that part of what may be at work is that children care more deeply than previously known what authority…
UC San Diego Pivots to Offer a Virtual Triton Day Experience
April 2, 2020
…Experience As Californians practice social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, a new wave of first-year and transfer students will take to the internet to discover all that UC San Diego has to offer during the upcoming Virtual Triton Days. While there is nothing like exploring campus and seeing…
