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Script doctor: Extension’s postbac premedical program prepares a screenwriter for his next act: medical school
Kim-Long Hua-Rupp made a bold choice: he decided he wanted to challenge himself by going to medical school. Hua-Rupp ultimately decided on UC San Diego’s Post Baccalaureate Premedical Program, which is run by Extension, because the one-year program offered a shorter time commitment compared to...
May 18, 2016
Careers in business analysis and project management
UC San Diego Extension's Career Development week had an informative and interactive presentation on careers in project management.
May 17, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: David Borgo on innovation in jazz
Music is much more than notes on a computer screen to David Borgo. As a saxophonist, ethnomusicologist, and professor, he considers music a way for humans to communicate with respect and to learn from each other.
May 16, 2016
HR specialty to solve what’s keeping CEOs up at night: Finding talent
UC San Diego Extension has developed a specialized certificate in Talent Acquisition within its Human Resources portfolio. The program will offer practical and up-to-date information on identifying, sourcing, selecting and onboarding new employees into organizations.
May 12, 2016
The evolution of SEO: Insights from an expert
While perusing jobs on Craigslist in 2007, Alan Bush came across one that looked interesting—a project manager for search engine optimization (SEO)—so he applied.
May 11, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Chris Yanov on getting low income kids into college
Solving problems is a passion for Christopher Yanov. Whether it’s coming up with the correct answer for a puzzle on “Wheel of Fortune,” or figuring out how to get kids from tough neighborhoods into college, Yanov enjoys putting together the right pieces to create success.
May 9, 2016
The Pulse: New Medical Society CEO brings business education, advocacy chops to benefit San Diego MD’s
Paul Hegyi spent years working in the state capital, even running for State Assembly himself. Today, he brings more than a decade of legislative experience and a zeal for representing the needs of physicians to San Diego’s Medical Society.
May 4, 2016
Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab: Giving students something to think about
It is also a place where dreams begin to take seed, said Ed Hidalgo, senior director of government affairs at Qualcomm and the driving force behind Thinkabit.
May 4, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Amy Jak on Alzheimer's prevention
Dr. Amy Jak doesn't just want us all to live to a ripe old age. Jak wants us to age well -- and that means having a healthy brain as well as a healthy body. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, which is why Jak is devoted to helping reduce the risk and delay the...
May 3, 2016
Cooking up a healthy life
UC San Diego Extension’s new Integrative Nutrition certificate teaches the ingredients for a healthy life.
April 28, 2016
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt projects prove value in industries beyond manufacturing
From human resources to life sciences to hospitality and the military, UC San Diego Extension's Lean Six Sigma program has enabled professionals to find success throughout a number of industries.
April 27, 2016
Latin American workshop arms Venezuelan dermatologist for oncology clinical trials
Dr. Olga Zerpa is battling two stubborn foes. As a dermatologist and a surgeon, her passion is for conquering cancer with new and improved treatments. As a researcher, she wants to bring clinical trials to her homeland of Venezuela.
April 26, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Kate M. Edwards on special needs students
Kate M. Edwards, Ph.D., is a teacher’s teacher. At UC San Diego Extension, she trains educators how to instruct students with special needs. This is key because, as Edwards explains, the future of education is all about inclusiveness.
April 25, 2016
Workshop leads Peruvian physician to CEO role, start-up success
Living and working in Peru, Dr. José Torres, M.D., used his educational degrees and certificates as building blocks in his career. But it was the networking he did at UC San Diego Extension’s Latin American Clinical Trials Workshop that helped him secure a CEO title and the means with which to...
April 20, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: V. Ramanathan on climate change
As one of the world’s leading experts on climate change, Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan is a scientist and also, by necessity, a student in the art of public relations. As he sees it, a critical part of his job is convincing people to take action. Failure to do so would be catastrophic.
April 18, 2016
The Promise of Precision Medicine: Are We There Yet?
The Human Genome Project brought together researchers from around the world to complete mapping and understanding of all the genes of human beings, together known as our “genome.”
April 13, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Brian Keating shares the secrets of the Universe
Brian Keating, a UC San Diego professor of astrophysics, is part of a team of scientists trying to view and analyze the light emitted in the instant after the Big Bang – light that “has traveled since essentially the beginning of time to reach us.”
April 11, 2016
The making of a UC San Diego Extension certificate program (infographic)
Every UC San Diego Extension program offers students an opportunity to examine a new field and demonstrate to others they have the discipline to work toward a specific goal while increasing their earning potential and marketability.
April 7, 2016
Beat the odds: 7 tips on getting into medical school
Here are some tips from recent graduates of UC San Diego Extension’s Post Baccalaureate Premedical Program – who are all now first-year students at the UC San Diego School of Medicine.
April 5, 2016
College Counseling Instructor Steven Mercer On College Costs and Competition
Dr. Steven Mercer makes his living helping kids get into college, and so his professional success depends partly on his ability to spot trends in higher education.
April 4, 2016
The Pulse: Nation’s Alzheimer’s cases and demand for caregiving will soar
Mary Ball, president and chief executive office of Alzheimer's San Diego, discusses the fatal, neuro-degenerative disease’s long duration, costly care, and the absence of a cure or treatment which will have dramatic effects on families, health care systems, as well as financial models in the...
April 3, 2016
Defining roles between business analysis and data analytics
One of today’s hottest jobs has a bit of a PR problem. As big data gets bigger and process technologies rapidly evolve, the traditional role of a business analyst is often confused with tasks otherwise slated for its more technical counterpart the data scientist.
March 29, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Rob Knight examines our microbiomes
Professor Rob Knight aims to enhance our understanding of how microbes' links to human health and the environment. As part of his campaign to democratize and decentralize science, Knight developed and runs the American Gut Project — the largest crowdfunded and crowdsourced research study of its...
March 28, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Exploring augmented reality with Jürgen Schulze
Dr. Jürgen Schulze foresees a future in which each person can create his or her own reality. Technology will enable us to edit our own perceptions, so that we see what we want to see. “What we see will be a combination of virtual things and real things,” predicts Schulze, a research scientist in...
March 21, 2016