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50 Voices of the Future: Paul Roben on how innovation can change the world
UC San Diego’s Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Commercialization, Paul Roben, believes he and his colleagues at other schools can help facilitate extraordinary advances in the next few decades in fields ranging from health care to climate-change.
July 18, 2016
Celebrate the “science of beer” on Saturday, July 23rd
On Saturday, July 23rd, SILO in Makers Quarter will transform into a liquid laboratory for a one-of-a-kind “Science of Beer” festival fueled by beer ‘science’ activities with UC San Diego Extension’s Brewing Certificate Program.
July 13, 2016
Students add employable skills to academics through grAdvantage certificate program
Following years of commitment to education, job seekers soon realize that in order to land a job they’ll need to possess a combination of applied leadership and project management traits in addition to the technical expertise acquired through the rigors of academics and research.
July 12, 2016
Marketing by the numbers
If you’re fascinated by human behavior or you have a knack for capturing someone’s attention, you might want to consider a career in marketing. An added bonus is that the jobs of market research analysts and marketing specialists are among the hottest careers both in San Diego and nationally.
July 12, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: William Mobley imagines life without Alzheimer's
Dr. William Mobley believes a cure for Alzheimer’s disease is a distinct possibility.
July 11, 2016
Specialized mobile programming curriculum helps resolve Android versus iOS debate
In this mobile-first world, there has been much debate about whether programmers should specialize in Android or iOS or try to learn both. While it might sound similar to the age-old Microsoft vs. Apple comparison, it’s much different as the requirements in those are more general than that of...
July 10, 2016
The Pulse: 20 Million people newly insured, 87,000 lives saved: Public policy during pivotal times in healthcare with Rick Kronick
“What do you want to be doing in five years?” That’s the question Pulse podcast guest Rick Kronick’s wife posed to him in 1987, five years before he would fulfill his dream and join the Clinton administration in tackling health care finance reform. Reform itself took much longer to effect, but...
July 5, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Wesley Schultz on creating sustainable behaviors
Like most of the scientific community, social psychologist Wesley Schultz believes human beings have caused many of the environmental problems facing our planet; but he also believes that we can be the main factor in improving the health of our environment.
July 4, 2016
Job security in an insecure world: Information security analysts
According to UC San Diego Extension’s recent “Emerging Careers for 2016” report, which detailed the most in-demand jobs with the highest growth potential for recent college grads, information security analyst ranked in the top ten.
June 30, 2016
The biggest conservation challenge: Transforming human behaviors
What if changing human behavior could solve most conservation problems seen throughout the world? As it turns out – it can.
June 28, 2016
Jeff Lievense on creating a healthier planet
Jeff Lievense has spent his entire career developing technologies to manufacture chemicals in ways that have minimal impact on the planet - and he believes we’ll soon see dramatic advances in this field.
June 27, 2016
Arts integration takes its place in the spotlight in education reform trends
UC San Diego Extension’s Morgan Appel was among arts integration experts and advocates who gathered in June for an invitation-only summit at Los Angeles’ J. Paul Getty Museum. Arts educators, non-profit leaders, and policy makers met to plot the future of arts integration and take advantage of a...
June 21, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Tim Mackey’s prescription for global health
Timothy Ken Mackey is working to ensure that global health goals are at the forefront of domestic and foreign policy decision making.
June 20, 2016
Healthy career path: Medical and health services managers
When it comes to the booming health care field, you don’t need an M.D. or nursing degree to have a great career. There is increasing demand for people who can manage healthcare facilities and departments as well as a growing need for employees in the area of healthcare IT.
June 14, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Lin Chao on understanding evolution
Dr. Lin Chao has devoted his life to the study of evolution. His research on how oxidation can damage and age bacteria has lead to a greater understanding of how and why aging has evolved in human beings. Dr. Chao works as an evolutionary biologist at UC San Diego’s Section of Ecology, Behavior...
June 13, 2016
Sustainability courses from UC San Diego Extension receive U.S. Green Building Council accreditation
As the boom in energy efficient commercial and residential construction continues, demand for green building professionals also continues to rise. Through a recent designation as a U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Education Provider, UC San Diego Extension is helping to accommodate that...
June 8, 2016
Grant will help more girls take part in summer STEAM workshops
Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego has received a $30,000 grant to allow more middle school and high school girls to attend summer STEAM workshops. The grant from the San Francisco-based Hellman Foundation will fund scholarships over the next three years for students attending the Sally Ride...
June 7, 2016
UC San Diego's Don Norman On Thoughtful Design
Don Norman is a guy who tinkers for a living. He’s spent his life thinking about how to make things work better, whether it’s a door, a computer or an entire health care system. His obsession with improving the way a device or system operates has led him to a variety of jobs in academics and...
June 6, 2016
The Pulse: The Changing Public Perception and Treatments for Substance Abusers with Jerry Synold
The public perception of substance abuse is changing dramatically, opening up unprecedented opportunities to treat addicts rather than just incarcerating them, says Jerry Synold, drawing on more than 40 years of specialization in drug and alcohol treatment with the U.S. Navy.
June 6, 2016
The "language" of success
UC San Diego Extension Grad Runs Multilingual Company From Around the Globe.
May 31, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Jim Sallis on advocating for healthy living
Dr. James Sallis, chief of UC San Diego’s Division of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, spends much of his professional life preaching the benefits of physical activity as a means of reducing obesity and all its associated health risks.
May 30, 2016
Five trends shaping education in the 21st century
For Morgan Appel, director of Extension's education and behavioral science department, the work he does is always informed by the fundamental traditions of research universities, which are based on the three pillars of research, service, and teaching. While service and teaching are critical to...
May 25, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Christine DiDonato on ‘energizing’ millennial workers
Through her organizational development firm Career Revolution, Inc., Christine DiDonato, a highly sought after employee development expert, aims to help companies best integrate millennials into the workplace. For DiDonato, it’s all about bridging the mindset gap between companies and young...
May 23, 2016
UC San Diego Extension instructor ‘pays it forward’ with free wheelchair mission in Ecuador
When Robert Fernandez asked the people who have guided and encouraged him throughout his life how he could repay them, their answers were simple and consistent: Just pay it forward. Fernandez, who is an instructor at the OSHA Training Institute Education Center at UC San Diego, took that advice...
May 19, 2016