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UC San Diego Grad Student Receives Prestigious National Book Collecting Award

Jordan Haug, a Ph. D. candidate in Anthropology, has been named the 1st prize winner of the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest, a competition sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA), the Fellowship of American Bibliographic Societies (FABS), and the Center for the Book and the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress.

December 12, 2012Awards, Social Sciences, Students

San Diego and Imperial County Community Colleges Invited to A Morning with UC San Diego

The University of California, San Diego is inviting students from throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties to A Morning with UC San Diego, an event dedicated to educating community college students on the various pathways to transferring to UC San Diego.

December 03, 2012Events, General, Students

World AIDS Day Recognized with Week of Events Nov 26-30 at UC San Diego

The University of California, San Diego’s recognition of World AIDS Day will be expanded into a full week from Nov. 26 to Nov. 30 to focus attention on and raise awareness of the impact that HIV/AIDS has had in the San Diego community.

November 26, 2012Events, General, Students

UC San Diego Graduate Student Wins Inventors Competition

For work toward a safer approach to treating cancer, electrical engineering Ph.D. student Inanc Ortac from the University of California, San Diego has won first prize in the graduate student category at the 2012 Collegiate Inventors Competition.

November 19, 2012Health, Science and Engineering, Students

Sony Gifts Help Former Foster Youth at UC San Diego

Five UC San Diego students who are former foster youth were recently chosen to receive state-of-the-art Sony Electronics products. Two junior faculty members were also awarded digital tools to enhance their innovative teaching and research projects. This is the fourth year that Sony has partnered with UC San Diego and other campuses nationwide to provide scholars with equipment that will allow them to succeed in a technology-driven learning environment.

November 16, 2012Awards, Giving, Students

Students Reach Out to San Diego Families in Need for “Operation Santa”

Students at the University of California, San Diego are spreading the holiday spirit with the annual service project, “Operation Santa.” The campus’s service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, sponsors “Operation Santa” each year to bring holiday joy to families in need throughout San Diego County.

November 15, 2012Events, General, Giving, Students

UC San Diego Embraces Student Wellness, Raises Awareness of Mental Health

The University of California, San Diego has a message for its students: your emotional wellness is a top priority. The campus offers a variety of resources to help students achieve a healthy and balanced lifestyle, including UC San Diego’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). The goal of CAPS is to support and educate students and to offer a welcoming and confidential space for learning about and addressing mental health issues.

November 14, 2012Events, General, Students

Students Flock to New All-Campus Writing Center at UC San Diego

The University of California San Diego’s first campus-wide Writing Center opened its doors for business this fall. In its first three weeks, the center provided academic assistance to almost 400 UC San Diego students on papers for some 40 different courses.

November 13, 2012Arts, General, Students

UC San Diego’s International Students Get a Home for the Thanksgiving Holiday

This year, international students at the University of California, San Diego will be celebrating Thanksgiving with host families across the San Diego region. The campus’s International Center is sponsoring the Thanksgiving Exchange Program for the second year due to the program’s success in 2011.

November 08, 2012Events, General, Students

Students for a Democratic Society Founder Tom Hayden to Speak on Activism at UC San Diego

Tom Hayden – activist, founder of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and former Calif. state Senator and Assemblyman – will deliver a talk titled “Student Movements: Then and Now” at 6 p.m., Nov. 5 at the Robinson Auditorium on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Chicano/a~Latino/a Arts and Humanities (CLAH) minor, Thurgood Marshall College, the Department of Political Science and the Department of literature.

October 31, 2012Arts, Events, General, Social Sciences, Students

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