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Finding a Path to the Green Job Industry

UC San Diego Creates the Next Generation of Professionals Creating a More Sustainable Future

“I felt like I was making a difference when I was interning at UC San Diego, but now I feel like my work is making a global difference” said University of California, San Diego alum Ahmina Ahmad, whose green job experience at UC San Diego helped her win her current position with the environment and conservation department at Walt Disney Company. Read More »

 

As part of the Making Connections plan to introduce UC San Diego’s eighth Chancellor, Pradeep K. Khosla is connecting with students, faculty, staff, alumni and leaders, across the campus and in the community.

 
 
We Learn

We Learn: Introduction of Chancellor Continues

Vice Chancellor Penny Rue and Chancellor Khosla met with students at the Price Center on Tuesday.

 
Meet the Beach

Beach Party and Volunteer50 Service Project Combine at ‘Meet the Beach’

Bright green towels covered the beach near Scripps Pier Saturday for Meet the Beach, the finale event to UC San Diego’s Welcome Week. Read More »

  
 

Setting the Stage for UC San Diego’s Future

Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla will soon lead the campus through a strategic planning process to create a shared vision for the future of UC San Diego. The process will be an exercise of collaboration, and all campus members will have an opportunity to be involved and provide input. In this video, Khosla talks about the importance of developing a strategic plan and why the time is right to establish shared goals. Watch Video »

  
Mayoral Debate
 
 
Mayoral Debate

UC San Diego Students Show Civic Pride by Co-Sponsoring Oct. 13 Mayoral Debate

UC San Diego students are organizing an issues debate between San Diego mayoral candidates Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner to be held Oct. 13 at UC San Diego. Read More »

  

W.M. Keck Foundation Awards $1 Million to UC San Diego Researchers Studying Pioneering Breakthrough for Pharmaceutical Sciences

To date, Keck has given $16.8 million in grants to UC San Diego faculty members to support high risk/high reward research projects with global impact

At the University of California, San Diego, two scientists have received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund research into exploring a molecular approach to delivering drugs into cells that could change the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. Read More »

 
 

Blocking Tumor-Induced Inflammation Impacts Cancer Development

  

UC San Diego-based Cancer Consortium Receives 5-Year, $20 Million Grant Renewal

  
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5K

Chancellor’s Challenge 5K Moving to New Date

The Chancellor’s Challenge 5K is moving to a new date—and expanding to become the Triton Family 5K. Mark your calendar for June 8, 2013, so you don’t miss this beloved campus tradition. Registration will begin in spring 2013. Together, we can raise even more scholarships to help deserving students attend UC San Diego. Visit 5k.ucsd.edu for more details.

 

Upcoming Courses

  
 

campus notices

  
 

John Muir College Provost

Policy on Integrity of Scholarship

Closure of UCSD Crafts Center

  

Notice of the Annual Clery Campus Security Report

Revised Student Conduct Code

  
 

athletics

  
 
  • Friday, October 12
    4:30 p.m. - Men'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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National Collegiate Scouting Association Ranks UC San Diego as Top Division II institution in Country in Collegiate Power Rankings

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Tritons Rock Hunger, Oct. 5 to 21

  

Gorder Walk Raises Funds for Melanoma Research , Oct. 6

    
 

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Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning

By Benjamin K. Bergen
Department of Cognitive Science

  

Colleges Receive $10 Million Grant to Study Cyber Crime
U.S. News & World Report, September 28

50 State Universities With Best, Worst Graduation Rates
CBS News, October 1

Bosses Less Stressed Than Workers, Researchers Report
Chicago Sun-Times, October 2

Magazine Hosts Innovators Forum at UCSD
La Jolla Light, October 2

Aquarium Is ‘Window Into Scripps’
U-T San Diego, October 1

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