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Student Profile: Luca Messerschmidt
"I am so happy about my choice to study at UC San Diego Extension because I learned a lot about myself, the UC culture, and the way the American university system works."
March 13, 2017
Aaron Checkwood On His Passion for Surf Photography
Learn the history of capturing images of surfing and surfers with an eye on technological advances.
March 9, 2017
Google Doodle Honors Pioneering Women, Including Sally Ride, on International Women's Day
Google marks International Women’s Day celebrating 13 historic women from around the world.
March 8, 2017
Free Concert features Jazz Camp alumni
Young Lions Series showcases UC San Diego Jazz Camp alumni at Panama 66 in Balboa Park.
March 7, 2017
Labor Insights: Accounting
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, starting with the professional certificate in Accounting.
March 6, 2017
Academic Connections Advantage
Student realizes her dream of attending UC San Diego with the help of Extension’s college prep program.
March 2, 2017
The Pulse | State Assemblyman Brian Maienschein Weighs in on the Future of the ACA in California
State Assemblyman Maienschein says bipartisan cooperation will further health, care for homeless in California, but says impact of federal health initiatives is not yet clear.
March 2, 2017
Darren Bigelow On Making Friends All Over the World
"Go abroad...You’ll have a fantastic time overseas, learn a lot about teaching and enrich your pocketbook."
February 28, 2017
Celebrating 15 years of UC San Diego’s Jazz Camp
A veritable hotbed of musical activity, UC San Diego’s Jazz Camp is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this year. Held on the UC San Diego campus, the camp will run June 26–30.
February 23, 2017
This Educator Loves Going On Adventures With Her Students
Susan Moerder’s been a teacher for more than four decades with experience that spans the education spectrum.
February 21, 2017
UC San Diego Extension launches new website
Today UC San Diego Extension launched its new website, which is designed to make it easier to find all of Extension’s education and training offerings while keeping up with its public initiatives and events.
February 17, 2017
Medical Research Goes Global
Extension’s clinical trials training keeps life science professionals current in a fast-changing world.
February 16, 2017
How to Achieve Your [Photographic] Vision
For photographer Amanda Quintenz-Fiedler, teaching others her craft is as important as practicing it. “My entire life is photography,” she writes on her website. “Learning it. Teaching it. Writing about it.”
February 13, 2017
Free OSHA Safety Training Classes Offered in San Diego and Hawaii
UC San Diego’s OSHA Training Institute Education Center is hosting the 2017 Pacific Coast Safety Fest on March 7-9 at two regional locations.
February 10, 2017
Tips and Trends for Filing Your 2016 Taxes
By Andrea Siedsma With football season officially over, it’s time to touchdown on your 2016 taxes. For some – who are scrambling to collect W-2s and 1099’s and assembling write-offs to prepare their tax returns – this process can be stressful and daunting, especially with constant changes from...
February 9, 2017
UC San Diego Sees Downtown As Innovation’s Next Frontier
Since its inception more than 50 years ago, UC San Diego has been an agent of change in the region. But its transformative role was hardly by chance.
February 9, 2017
The Pulse: Continuing Childhood Obesity Crisis Requires Population Health Approach
San Diego expert shares collective impact results and community partnership wins.
January 12, 2017
New partnership brings Extension’s clinical trials expertise to Mexican students
Investment in clinical research in Mexico is predicted to triple in upcoming years, with a potential to reach $500 million USD, according to the Mexican Association of Pharmaceutical Research Industries.
January 12, 2017
Lean Six Sigma produces results for UC San Diego
As a global leader in higher education, UC San Diego strives for excellence in all aspects of campus life – from offering world-class educational opportunities to leading the industry in research accomplishments – that ambition transcends to employees as well.
January 9, 2017
Coding boot camp to launch at UC San Diego Extension
“A lot of people who graduated boot camps … with a couple years of experience, they’re competitive with top computer science undergrad majors.” UC San Diego Extension’s first coding boot camp, where students train for careers as full-stack web developers in just 24 weeks, will begin this winter...
December 21, 2016
Launch pad: Taking successful product management to the next level
In today’s fast-paced, consumer-driven market, having the best product or technology doesn’t always equal success. In fact, companies are faced with mounting pressure to define, develop and launch the right products and services at the right time and in the right market.
December 21, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Margaret Leinen on advances in oceanography
As much as we know about our planet’s ocean, it contains countless mysteries we have yet to solve, countless secrets we have yet to decipher. Dr. Margaret Leinen, director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, notes that “we have more images of Mars than we do of the bottom of...
December 20, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Todd Hylton on the rise of robotics
San Diego has the potential to become what scientist Todd Hylton calls “Robot Valley.” Hylton, executive director of UC San Diego’s Contextual Robotics Institute, believes the region has all the ingredients to become the nation’s leader in robotic innovations: great universities, a critical mass...
December 13, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Anthony Davis on musical innovation
Anthony Davis’ cutting-edge operas exude all the drama and power of the art form, while exploring relevant and often charged topics. His eight operas (he is working on his ninth) include “X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” “Five” (about New York’s Central Park Five) and “Wakonda’s Dream,”...
December 6, 2016