The UC San Diego School of Arts and Humanities and Department of Visual Arts celebrated the 13th annual Adam D. Kamil Media Awards, awarding top prize to student Citlalli Martinez Cano for their film "Les Girls."
More than 9,000 graduates took part in commencement ceremonies at UC San Diego's undergraduate colleges, professional schools and graduate divisions. More than a dozen ceremonies took place between June 17 and 18. Captured here are the smiles, cheers, tears and hugs as graduates showed off their creative cap designs, received applause as they crossed the stage at their college ceremony and rejoiced with family and friends.
June 18, 2023, marks the 40th anniversary of the day Sally Ride blasted off aboard shuttle Challenger to become America’s first woman in space. As she broke through the atmosphere, so too did she break NASA’s gender barrier. In the ensuing years, Ride established her legacy as a champion of equity in science education and a beacon for girls and young people from diverse backgrounds striving to realize their dreams.Today, the Women in Leadership event is presented annually by Sally Ride Science @ UC San Diego to honor a decades-long legacy of blazing new trails and promoting equity and inclusion.
The newly opened Ted and Jean Scripps Marine Conservation and Technology Facility at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is dedicated to marine biodiversity and conservation research, discovery and education.
The School of Arts and Humanities celebrated the opening of the UC San Diego Center for Taiwan Studies with a community celebration in early May 2023, held at the Conrad Prebys Music Center in the Department of Music.
Established with an endowment from longtime campus supporters Chiu-Shan Chen Ph.D. ’69 and Rufina Chen, the Center for Taiwan Studies aims to connect local and international communities with diverse events and programming that expands the cultural understanding of Taiwan and Taiwanese Americans.