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Extension cybersecurity instructor: Sony attack is 'the first strike'
Cybersecurity expert Sameh El Naggar, a UC San Diego Extension instructor, doesn’t hesitate to describe the cyberattacks on Sony Corporation as “the Pearl Harbor of cybersecurity.”
December 18, 2014
That’s one Smart Puppy (and kitten): Talking dogs and cats offer science tips
What do cute puppies and kittens know about science? Plenty, if you’re talking about the puppies and kittens in “Smart Puppy and Friends,” a new series of lighter-side learning videos produced by UCSD-TV’s Rich Wargo and UC San Diego physics professor Ivan Schuller.
December 11, 2014
Teaching teachers: 'We’re able to freely acknowledge and embrace new ideas'
Since joining UC San Diego Extension in 2006, Morgan Appel has served as the Educational Studies department’s chief academic and administrative officer. He supervises four full-time program representatives, 100 instructors and over 5,000 students per academic year.
December 9, 2014
Fit to teach fitness trainers: 'Exercise should be something you desire to do'
Born and raised in the southern African nation of Zambia, Fabio Comana found his life’s calling in sports — first as an international-caliber rugby player and later, as a fitness and exercise expert.
December 4, 2014
Examining Alzheimer’s disease: 'We try to find the black box'
The oncoming epidemic of Alzheimer's disease is staggering to consider. It will have an enormous impact on our personal lives, our communities, and our collective healthcare.
December 1, 2014
As a reminder: Extension presents historian Kevin Starr
Eminent California historian Kevin Starr will explore how San Diego has expressed its civic ambitions through the development of Balboa Park on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 7 pm, at UC San Diego’s Price Center East Ballroom.
November 25, 2014
The Pulse: Suicide prevention expert 'pulls back the layers'
Stan Collins, a nationally-known suicide prevention specialist, has spent the last 14 years educating more than 500,000 adults and youth about how they can help prevent suicide.
November 25, 2014
Center for Research on the Regional Economy: San Diego's unemployment down to 5.8%
The unemployment rate in San Diego followed the local weather recently, with a slight decrease in unemployment as well as the temperature.
November 24, 2014
Breaking barriers to higher ed: How to improve test-prep for low-income students
In January 2014, the White House published a report in which leading experts convened to identify the barriers to increasing college opportunity. Test preparation was one of the barriers noted in the report.
November 23, 2014
Coding boot camps: Programming immersion with a future
Is the popularity of traditional four-year degrees in danger of falling? Most likely not, but the variety of alternatives is increasing.
November 18, 2014
Panelists to med school prospects: Persistence counts
UC San Diego Extension presented a 90-minute discussion addresses careers in medicine.
November 12, 2014
HR LearnAbout visits Provide Commerce and the Padres
HR students and professionals alike enjoyed the sunshine and sweets that highlighted Extension's HR LearnAbout program on October 22. Attendees first visited Provide Commerce, a premier gift company comprised of several brands including Shari’s Berries and ProFlowers.
November 9, 2014
Behind 'Health Matters': Ten questions for host Dr. David Granet
Back when Dr. David Granet was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, he fulfilled his passion for sports by calling radio and TV play-by-play action for Penn’s Ivy League basketball team. Since 1995, he has served as the only host of “Health Matters,” a 30-minute interview show...
November 6, 2014
You're invited to join UC San Diego's annual Founders Celebration (2014)
UC San Diego will celebrate Founders Celebration 2014 on Thursday, Nov. 13, and Friday, Nov. 14.
November 3, 2014
Center for Research on the Regional Economy: 'Metro renters' dominate 92122 zip code
An interesting new tool categorizes 35% of the residents of 92122 as “Metro Renters,” having those characteristics.
November 2, 2014
Center for Research on the Regional Economy: San Diego's unemployment down to 5.9%
Look out Orange County, San Diego County is hot on your trail.
October 30, 2014
Let’s get technical: 'Short, direct, simple and to the point'
Bonni Graham Gonzalez has a distinctly technical bent. Over the past 18 years, she has created large-volume instructional manuals for employees of such corporate giants as Sony, Kenwood USA, Nissan North America, and Hewlett-Packard.
October 30, 2014
NYT columnist Frank Bruni: Avoiding the 'customized cocoons' of technology
What fuels Frank Bruni’s unflinching curiosity — and often, his New York Times opinion column — frequently comes down to his penchant for seeking out the strange over the familiar.
October 29, 2014
U.S. News & World Report: UC San Diego ranked no. 18 in world
UC San Diego is one of only five top public universities in the U.S. to make the top 20 list in a new ranking of the world’s top 500 colleges.
October 28, 2014
Teaching an ever-elusive art: 'Living a sensory-rich life is the best kind of poetry'
A published poet and teacher, Christina Burress has taught a wide range of poetry classes at UC San Diego Extension over the past four years.
October 26, 2014
A matter of eating right: 'Every day we are faced with numerous food choices'
Katie Ferraro, a UC San Diego Extension instructor, discusses smarter snack-food choices to imrpove health.
October 21, 2014
Pre-collegiate program student pipeline: A model of inefficiency?
Edward Abeyta, who directs UC San Diego Extension’s Academic Connections K-12 programs, recently published a bylined article in "The Evolllution," a grassroots online newspaper devoted to innovative ideas in higher education.
October 9, 2014
The future of Cleantech: 'We're going back to the idea of learning from nature'
An expert on biomimicry, the science that studies nature’s systems and then imitates those designs and processes to solve current real-world challenges, Jacques Chirazi serves as manager of the City of San Diego's Cleantech program.
October 9, 2014
Doing the dirty work of clean tech: 'It starts within your own sphere of influence'
For Jacques E. Chirazi, who has managed the Cleantech program for the City of San Diego since 2007, the phrase for the future is biomimicry innovation.
October 6, 2014