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The UCSD Guardian

UC San Diego's independent student newspaper since 1967

The UCSD Guardian

UC San Diego's independent student newspaper since 1967

The UCSD Guardian

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Engineering for the People

Chanelle Wang May 26, 2014

Engineers Without Borders at UCSD, a chapter of a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving communities at home and abroad, talks about its attempts to bring water to Bungwe, Rwanda. In...

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Get Your Spray On

Teiko Yakobson May 26, 2014

On Monday, May 19, University Centers offered part two of their on-campus graffiti art event Graffiti Hill in an overall effort to give students an eventually permanent space for graffiti art.  It was...

Bridging Health and Diagnostics

Bridging Health and Diagnostics

Raquel Calderon May 11, 2014

AJ Cawood and Nathan Klarer discuss BridgeCrest Medical, a mobile platform for monitoring employee health in high-risk industries. Over a year ago, Eleanor Roosevelt College fifth-year senior Nathan...

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A New Frontier

Sydney Reck May 11, 2014

Dr. Steffanie Strathdee and Daniel Yee speak about Health Frontiers in Tijuana, a free student-run health clinic in Tijuana, Mexico that began offering a new undergraduate internship this year. One...

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She Came to Liberate the Girls

Teiko Yakobson May 4, 2014

Bestselling author and transgender activist Janet Mock spoke at UCSD last week about her experiences with gender and her latest book. For those seeking a role model in what seems to be an endless struggle...

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A Seasoned Musician

Chanelle Wang May 4, 2014

UCSD music professor Anthony Davis speaks about his latest jazz album, “Notes from the Underground,” and creating music.  From his vinyl record released in 1988 called “The Ghost Factory”...

Autism: A Battle For Awareness

Autism: A Battle For Awareness

Sydney Reck and Soumya Kurnool Apr 21, 2014

Autism is an increasingly common disorder, identified in one out of every 68 children, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because April is National Autism Awareness Month,...

Ghosts, Mangoes and Battlestar Galactica

Ghosts, Mangoes and Battlestar Galactica

Meryl Press Apr 21, 2014

Playwrights of the Wagner Festival at UCSD share the inspirations behind their plays, performed from April 16 to 26 at the La Jolla Playhouse. UCSD’s Wagner Festival is a platform for graduate students...

Inventor and Mentor

Inventor and Mentor

Raquel Calderon Apr 14, 2014

UCSD computer science professor Yuanyuan Zhou discusses her latest application, Whova, and the problems women face in the technology industry. As a dedicated professor, three-time company founder, respected...

Medication Education

Medication Education

Soumya Kurnool Mar 31, 2014

The director of Partners in Medication Therapy talks about the recent launch of meducship.org and the program’s goal to educate students about taking medications responsibly.   Prescription drug...

Game-Changing Service

Game-Changing Service

Sydney Reck Mar 31, 2014

UCSD sophomore Sneha Jayaprakash, sponsored by Microsoft, is working to help promote social change through gaming techniques in a mobile application called Bystanders to Upstanders.   To Sneha...