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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
A change in the marketplace – Extension’s Lean Six Sigma Program breaks bottlenecks, improves efficiency
As a computer programmer for more than two decades, Tina Mata has learned that technology doesn’t solve every problem. In fact, many times, inefficiencies in the workplace can be improved the “old fashioned” way — through problem solving; identifying and removing unnecessary processes; and...
December 2, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Ed Abeyta on preparing students for success in college and beyond
As the job market changes, so, too, must education. The impact of technology has an immense impact not only on our everyday lives but on learning and teaching as well. Innovation is pushing the idea of personalized education in order to support students’ individual talents and abilities.
November 29, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Mike Stevenson on the craft of brewing
Craft beer has been the fastest growing sector of alcoholic beverages in the nation, and with 130 breweries, San Diego County is considered a capital for beer connoisseurs. For many, brewing starts as an experiment in hopes of turning a passion into a quaffable product.
November 22, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Elizabeth Komives on keeping humans healthy
Despite all the medical advances in history, we still know remarkably little about disease. “We only know the causes of probably 20 diseases out of the thousands of things people suffer from,” says UC San Diego’s Elizabeth Komives. “And that’s because we don’t understand how the system works.”
November 14, 2016
Bringing wellbeing to the world: Deepak Chopra teams up with UC San Diego on new UC Wellbeing Channel
Deepak Chopra wants to beam himself into your living room. He’ll be there to help you meditate, or improve your breathing techniques, or understand your relationship to the universe. The technology is almost there.
November 10, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Blair Thornley on finding artistic inspiration
Blair Thornley is an award-winning illustrator, painter and animator whose work has garnered a national following and appeard in publications such as The New York Times and Vanity Fair as well as prominent ad campaigns.
November 7, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Stacey Pennington on revitalizing East Village
Stacey Pennington, a principal at SLP Urban Planning, has long been a driving force in the effort to revitalize the Downtown neighborhood. Currently, Pennington is part of the team working on Makers Quarter, a six-city block mixed-use district in the East Village that aims to create a vibrant...
October 31, 2016
Inspiring the next generation to reach for the stars: Sally Ride’s science education legacy
When Sally Ride made history in 1983 as the first American woman in space, she found herself suddenly famous. Being in the spotlight was uncomfortable for the low-key physicist. But as she traveled the country giving talks and meeting the public, one thought struck her. Her example was a powerful...
October 27, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Kirby Brady on analyzing regional economic trends
Fantastic weather and world class beaches aren’t the only things that make San Diego attractive. The region is also a leading center for innovation and entrepreneurship and provides a range of economic opportunities for global business as well as a diverse makeup of residents who help offer a...
October 24, 2016