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Five Great Reasons to Become a Paralegal
From the salary you can earn to providing a service to the community, there are a variety of reasons to consider this profession.
May 25, 2017
Labor Insights: College Counseling
The UC San Diego Extension research team is doing the legwork for you by finding the latest employment facts and figures on each of our certificate programs including the specialized certificate in College Counseling.
May 23, 2017
The Next Chapter for Libraries
New partnership reimagines libraries as education and training hubs.
May 19, 2017
Sally Ride Science Gets Hands-On
Sally Ride Science Open House visitors preview summer STEAM workshops.
May 16, 2017
Nick Vent On Staying Safe in the Workplace
"Don't limit yourself on what you can do. And have fun — make sure you enjoy it." Nick Vent
May 15, 2017
Behind the Lens with Photographer Caity Fares
“More than ever before, photographers of all ages and skill levels are embracing technology — not only to create and manipulate images but also to promote their art and market their businesses.” Caity Fares
May 11, 2017
John Adams on the Foundations of Good Writing
"To be a writer, write often and let the writing take you where it wants to go—to the darkest depths, to the shining stars." John A. Adams
May 8, 2017
Continuing the Nontradition
UC San Diego breaks new ground with a grand and unconventional vision.
May 4, 2017
Student Profile: Melissa Nguyen
How to go from coding novice to hackathon winner in no time.
May 2, 2017
Building better bridges to global health / El desarrollo de puentes académicos hacia una salud global
UC San Diego Extension intensive course brings clinical trials professionals together to investigate latest protocols and practices in Latin America / El curso intensivo de UC San Diego Extension reúne a los profesionales de ensayos clínicos con el fin de investigar los protocolos y prácticas más...
April 28, 2017
Discovering the economic power of philanthropy
Patrick Rooney and the Center for Research are working together to analyze the economic power of philanthropic investment.
April 26, 2017
Student Profile: Ashley Morgan
Meet Ashley Morgan, nonprofit operations and financial manager, and now, data analyst extraordinaire.
April 25, 2017
Get ahead in your cloud computing career
Learn how to become a qualified professional in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
April 24, 2017
Labor Insights: Business Analysis Tools and Strategies
The UC San Diego Extension research team is doing the legwork for you by finding the latest facts and figures on each of our certificate programs including the specialized certificate in Business Analysis Tools and Strategies.
April 21, 2017
Five reasons to learn another language
Learning another language has a number of benefits. Here are five important ones.
April 20, 2017
Customer experience is revolutionizing the business world
Ready or not, the customer experience revolution is here. Author, educator and business leadership consultant Jeofrey Bean helps us make the transition.
April 18, 2017
The science of making good decisions: Evelyn Gosnell on behavioral economics
Why do people make the decisions they do? It’s an age-old question that has now spawned an entire field of study called behavioral economics.
April 17, 2017
Instructor Spotlight: Rich Mayhew on creating good leaders
“When you inspire people to follow you and achieve something greater than they could have achieved on their own, you are unleashing one of the most powerful forces within humankind. This inspiration is not generated by over the top speeches or hyperbolic rallies.” Rich Mayhew
April 7, 2017
Labor Insights: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM)
The UC San Diego Extension research team is doing the legwork for you by finding the latest facts and figures on each of our certificate programs including the specialized certificate in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM).
April 6, 2017
Gretchen Laue On Combining Activism and Teaching
Connecting university resources to communities in need.
March 24, 2017
Around the World in 7 Days: High School Students Explore Biosphere 2
Imagine being able to explore Earth’s many habitats in just one week.
March 22, 2017
Customer experience revolution storms San Diego, May 4-5
UC San Diego Extension brings together top CX experts from REI, AirBnB in upcoming workshop
March 21, 2017
Harriet Levine on the Magic of Language and Literacy
"I am constantly reminded of how exciting it is to watch a child break the alphabetic code and discover the magic of language and literacy." Harriet Levine
March 20, 2017
Paralegal Education in the e-World
If a paralegal program has not adapted to the e-world by incorporating instruction in those e-words, they risk their graduates falling prey to the biggest E word of them all: Ethics.
March 17, 2017