The Science of Society: Research,
Teaching and Service in the Public Interest.

Some of UC San Diego’s Most Dynamic Grads
Hundreds of amazing students are graduating from Social Sciences this year. This story profiles just two of them: Political Science and Urban Studies and Planning major Gabe Schneider and Cognitive Science major Leon Sanchez Reyes.

Teaching Impacts of Technology
Beth Simon of Education Studies has launched a Coursera specialization for K-12 teachers that helps support the requirements of the California supplementary authorization to teach computer science.

Sign Here
American Sign Language has been, for a long time, an important part of both research and teaching in the UC San Diego Department of Linguistics, which recently put on a two-day event celebrating Deaf culture and ASL.

Students and Faculty Commit to Healthier World
UC Global Health Day 2018 brought “well-being warrior” Vikram Patel and 500 other champions of global health to UC San Diego. As part of his keynote speech calling for universal mental health coverage, Patel urged global health practitioners to “step out of the universities and engage communities,” engaging in particular those who are affected and young people to demand change.

Kutas Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Marta Kutas of Cognitive Science to its class of 2018. This year’s new members also include actor Tom Hanks and former president Barack Obama.