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Making Connections: Chancellor Khosla Forges Community Ties in Visits to Campus Mural, Chicano Park

Sophomore Gracy Uriarte might not be attending classes at UC San Diego today had it not been for “Chicano Legacy – 40 Años,” a permanent campus art installation that depicts the struggles and dreams of underrepresented communities and pays tribute to social justice. Uriarte shared her story and what "Chicano Legacy" means to her with Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and a group of UC San Diego students, faculty and staff at a meet-and-greet Saturday that kicked off a full day of activities themed "We Learn: Exploring Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture and Heritage." Read More »
 
Atlantic Meets Pacific

Pioneering Thinkers Converge at Atlantic Meets Pacific Forum to Discuss Everything From Art of Happiness to How New Technologies Will Shape Future

Author Gretchen Rubin’s “formula for happiness” could have very well been the cri de coeur for this week’s Atlantic Meets the Pacific forum—the second annual collaboration between The Atlantic magazine and the University of California, San Diego. Read More »

 
Founders

History in the Making: Founders’ Celebration 2012

For the past two years, we’ve celebrated the anniversary of UC San Diego’s founding by honoring the visionary leaders and innovators who helped this campus become one of the top 10 public universities in the nation. Now, as part of the 2012 Founders’ Celebration Nov. 15 to 16, we will celebrate history in the making: The investiture of UC San Diego’s eighth chancellor, Pradeep K. Khosla. Read More »

  
 
Onward California
 

Onward California Tour to Stop at UC San Diego

Did you know that a UC San Diego alumnus was the first to sequence the human genome? Or that Vitamin K was discovered at UC Berkeley? Did you know that the University of California community includes musician Jack Johnson, a UC Santa Barbara graduate, and UC Irvine alumnus Roy Fielding, co-founder of the Apache HTTP Server Project and architect of the HTTP/1.1 protocol used worldwide for Internet access? Read More »

  
 

U.S. - Israel Center Established at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management

  

BPA’s Real Threat May Be After It Has Metabolized

  
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Tritons Rock Hunger, Oct. 5 to 21

  

Family Weekend 2012,
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Campus Participates in iCommute Challenge For First Time

UC San Diego is competing for the first time in the San Diego iCommute Corporate Challenge. Sponsored by SANDAG, the annual contest challenges local commuters to use alternative transportation to help reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, 59 percent of the campus community uses alternative transportation. For each trip that you log, UC San Diego will get a point in the race against fellow competitors in the “Mega Company (5,000+)” category, including the Naval Medical Center San Diego, Qualcomm and Sharp HealthCare. You will also be entered to win prizes from SANDAG. So click here to register and start logging your trips! The challenge runs until Oct. 31. Register »

 

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Excellence in Stewardship Awards

The UCSD Faculty Mentor Program

  

Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD)

Freshman Seminar Program and Senior Seminar Program - Proposals for Spring Quarter 2013

  
 

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  • Friday, October 12
    7 p.m. - Women's Soccer vs. Cal State L.A.
  • Friday, October 12
    6 p.m. - Men's Water Polo vs. Long Beach State
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UC San Diego's Men's Cross Country Team Takes First Place at 20th Annual Triton Classic

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The Power of American Governors

Coauthored by Thad Kousser
Department of Political Science

  

Strict Moms Influence Kids’ Friends: Study
Health, October 8

Writing For Teens Vs. Adults: Rowling As Case Study
The Daily Beast, October 3

UCSD Recruits Two Renowned Cancer Scientists
U-T San Diego, October 9

Signature School Blossomed from Lifelong Passion
U-T San Diego, October 9

How Much Language Do Babies Understand?
U-T San Diego, October 8

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