 Are you following the immigration debate? So is Tom K. Wong of Political Science who blogs about it at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies.
UC San Diego is playing a key role in President Obama’s BRAIN initiative and has created the Center for Brain Activity Mapping.
Would a ban on large soda drinks backfire? A UC San Diego psychology experiment says “yes.”
Anthropologist Kathryn Woolard and linguist David Perlmutter have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
 “Game of Thrones” language consultant and linguistics alumnus David Peterson discusses the art of constructing languages.
Is this the end of men? Not even close, says a report on gender in the professions by Mary Blair-Loy of Sociology.
Social sciences students are breaking down barriers to online education with a free web app.
Political scientist Alan Houston named UC San Diego’s Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.
Political Science recently lost a valued, dear colleague – Ellen Turkish Comisso. A pioneer in the study of East European political economy and a beloved mentor, she will be missed by many.
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UC San Diego’s department of communication, established in 1982, was the first department of its kind in the University of California system and is now one of the best-known communication departments in the world. Longtime faculty member Michael Cole – who helped shape the department – is both an exemplar and an advocate of some of the department’s most distinctive characteristics: scholarship and teaching that deal with issues of democracy, diversity, justice and social change. 
This past year has been an exciting one for the campus. It has also been a time of deep soul-searching. We – faculty, staff and students, as well as alumni and other members of UC San Diego’s extended community – have been seeking, in the words of Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla, to “establish a unifying shared vision for our entire campus.” What has emerged clearly so far is not only a renewed focus on education and the student experience but also that the value of a public university lies in its impact on the public. 
