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SDSU professor takes his skateboarding skills to 2024 Olympic Games
Dr. Neftalie Williams has parlayed his passion for skateboarding into directing San Diego State University's new Center for Skateboarding, Action Sports and Social Change. “We’re looking at how skateboarding helps young people build communities, and particularly at a time when people who have dis-similar backgrounds and at a time when in the US right now we need more reasons to see each other or see the other is the self, " said Dr. Williams.
UC San Diego Proposes $2B Campus Housing Village
US San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla will ask University of California regents Wednesday for preliminary permission to create a $2-billion village on the eastern edge of the main campus to house up to 6,000 students, reported the San Diego Union-Tribune. It’s among the largest and most expensive housing plans presented...
Grant gives Lincoln High School athletes free swim lessons
SAN DIEGO — The Jackie Robinson Family YMCA just received a grant to help high school kids learn how to swim. Jack and Jill of America, the organization behind the grant, says its especially important for low income children and people of color who are at much higher risk of drowning than others.
San Diego Unified Begins Campaign to Curb Social Media Use, Addiction Among Youth
The San Diego Unified School District is launching an initiative to raise awareness about the risks associated with social media use among children and teens. Proposed by SDUSD Board President Shana Hazan and Vice President Cody Petterson at Tuesday’s board meeting, the resolution calls for the district to share research-backed information with students, families and educators about the “negative impacts of social media on student wellbeing and academic success,” a district statement reads.
OpEd: The Folly of Academic Boycotts Against Israel
SAN DIEGO – I’ve read about student groups and even faculty members calling on their universities to boycott relations with universities in Israel. By closing off avenues of communication, boycotts could work to the detriment not only to U.S. universities but also, by extension, to the American people.
Is Your School Doing Something Cool? Brag About it
Schools are always changing, and rightly so. Every generation faces different challenges, and every year brings innovations to try to meet those challenges. In the shadow of the pandemic, during which students faced unprecedented upheavals that set many behind, new approaches are even more vital. But what do those innovations...
School's out but an educational summer's in
It's summertime and kids are on vacation mode. But that doesn't mean they have to take a hiatus from learning. Across San Diego County, a variety of spaces like aquariums, bookstores, libraries and museums are making learning accessible, even while school is out. On Midday Edition Tuesday, we're joined by...
City of San Diego has issued the final EIR associated with the UC Plan Update; Hearing Tuesday, August 23
From email communication released by Help Save UC on July 16, 2024; excerpt:. The City of San Diego has issued the final EIR associated with the UC Plan Update. It is known as the “Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the Blueprint SD Initiative, Hillcrest Focused Plan Amendment to the Uptown Community Plan, and University Community Plan and Local Coastal Program Update”, or Final PEIR.
SDSU, USD Announce Joint Law and Master of Public Administration Degrees
San Diego State University and the University of San Diego announced a dual degree program Wednesday allowing students to earn both a Juris Doctor of Law and a Master of Public Administration, set to launch in fall 2025. As part of the dual degrees, qualifying students can earn a JD/MPA...
SDSU Alum Named 2024 Inductee in Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame
Pearl Burgin, a graduate of San Diego State University, has been named a 2024 inductee in the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame. Burgin, who is currently on the staff of the SDSU Student Disability Services Office, is one of six candidates to receive the honor this year.
Deepen Your Connection to San Diego Bay: Apply Now for the Portside Community Academy
SAN DIEGO—The Port of San Diego is seeking applicants for the next cohort of the Portside Community Academy, a program designed to build stronger ties between the Port and surrounding communities. This program offers a chance to explore groundbreaking advancements in the maritime industry that directly impact health and quality of life around San Diego Bay.
Meet Times of San Diego’s Three Summer Journalism School Interns
Times of San Diego is proud to welcome three summer interns from journalism schools in Arizona and San Diego. The three are Shi Bradley and Keller Brown from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University and Hannah Ramirez from San Diego State University. They...
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