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Even during the #COVID pandemic, we must not lose sight of the importance of computer science education, argue Minh Mai of CREATE at UC San Diego and Beth Simon of the UC San Diego Department of Education Studies in this op-ed in The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Saluting all those who worked to get out the vote and all the students who voted! UC San Diego topped the list of University of California campuses for number of registered voters. #TritonsVote #GOTV

Tonight at 6! With LaGina Gause and Tom Wong of UC San Diego's Department of Political Science, a KPBS and National Conflict Resolution Center - NCRC Community Conversation on "Keeping Our Democracy." Hope to see you there!

Alicia Garza, #BLM co-founder and UC San Diego Social Sciences alum, with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show

Feast on these free talks if you're interested in the archaeology and history of Israel. Tom Levy, UC San Diego Department of Anthropology, presents on Sunday - on David, Solomon and Edom.

"A Gift Guide for the Social Good" from UC San Diego Social Sciences Dean Carol Padden: https://socialsciences.ucsd.edu//Gift-Guide-for-the-Social

We're thrilled and proud to have this meaningful support for the Black Studies Project, founded in 2016 as a research center in the Division of Social Sciences. Thank you, UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Simmons, for this commitment - which helps BSP increase its impact on curriculum, research, programming, institutional structure and campus life.

"Politics, Protests and a Pandemic," with UC San Diego , UCLA and UC Davis faculty and alums. Check it out, University of California and UC San Diego Alumni. That's 9 a.m. Pacific Time for folks in CA (and 5 p.m. in the U.K. ) Register: https://bit.ly/35gTtJ5

"Helping Others with Purpose in the Age of #COVID19" by UC San Diego psychology professor Michael McCullough, author of the book "The Kindness of Strangers." https://socialsciences.ucsd.edu//2020-psychologist-michael #COVID19

UC San Diego political science profs Dan Butler and Thad Kousser discuss how the U.S. Electoral College works in this explainer from 10News ABC San Diego KGTV. The system's effects, Kousser says, are not all bad.

ICYMI, you can still check out the UC San Diego-KPBS issues forum with #SanDiego mayoral candidates Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria or http://bit.ly/SD-Issues-Forum-YouTube

Happy Thanksgiving, all! Hope you're having a special and safe day. From of all of us at UC San Diego Social Sciences: We're grateful for you -- our students and alums, our staff and faculty, and our friends. <3 Link is to latest edition of The Social Scientist.

If you didn't get a chance to register for the UC San Diego-KPBS San Diego Mayoral Forum, you can watch it live on YouTube now or later: https://www.youtube.com/watch

60 is the new 30? Add a smile to your day with this fun video of birthday messages to UC San Diego - from students, alumni, faculty, staff and local leaders. #UCSD60

Two weeks after the election, UC San Diego political science faculty continue to discuss "What Now? What Next?" Register at http://bit.ly/whatnownextnov. And, ICYMI, check out video of Part 1 (on Nov. 5) in comments. #Election2020 UCSD Department of Political Science

Reminder: UC San Diego-KPBS Mayoral Forum with candidates Todd Gloria and Barbara Bry is tonight (Oct.8), starting at 6p. Register for the Zoom webinar at http://kpbs.org/ucsdmayoralforum. Deep dive into issues of social justice, #SanDiego's housing crisis, and post-pandemic economic recovery.

In case you missed it: UC San Diego faculty from the UCSD Department of Political Science in a non-partisan post-election discussion, "What Now? What Next?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs2I5F7tD3o&feature=youtu.be

Congratulations to UC San Diego alum Mary L. Gray on being selected as a 2020 MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Fellow! The anthropologist and media scholar earned her doctorate from the UC San Diego Department of Communication. UC San Diego Alumni Learn more: https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1061/

Thank you for your service and sacrifice, UC San Diego veterans. #VeteransDay

Join us virtually on Oct. 8 for a deep dive on three of the issues facing San Diego: Social justice, the housing crisis and the post-pandemic economic recovery. UC San Diego-KPBS Mayoral Forum with candidates Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria.

#BlackLivesMatter co-founder and UC San Diego alum Alicia Garza is one of TIME's 100 most influential people of 2020! https://ti.me/2EoAToM Garza graduated with degrees in Anthropology and Sociology and was part of UCSD Thurgood Marshall College. UC San Diego Department of Anthropology, Sociology at UCSD, UC San Diego Alumni

Want to say "Happy Birthday" to UC San Diego? The university would love to include your video! Please see this Google form for details: bit.ly/2IbBL1L and please send in by Nov. 12. Note: Any and all languages welcome!

Celebrate #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth with us! Today, starting at noon, you can hear from Dr. Evan Adams, a Chief Medical Officer of the First Nations Health Authority, and see a live performance by Jim Ruel, an Ojibwe Native American, comedian, writer and actor. Register at link for the event put on by the UCSD Intertribal Resource Center and UC San Diego's Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Folks need to set aside their desire to know election results immediately. Media-called results can be wrong and can cause trouble. -- op-ed in The Hill by UC San Diego political scientists David Lake and Peter Gourevitch, UCSD Department of Political Science and School of Global Policy and Strategy. #Election2020

Reminder to the UC San Diego community: Register, if you haven't already, for a non-partisan "What Now? What Next?" #Election2020 conversation with UCSD Department of Political Science faculty. bit.ly/whatnownext

The teachers are not ok. Some insights on how/why from UC San Diego's Amy Bintliff in this Psychology Today blog post. Sneak peek on study by Bintliff and Department of Education Studies / Partners at Learning UCSD Education Studies colleagues.

It's Election Day in the United States! If you haven't already voted, vote. And then sign up for "What Now? What Next?" - a post-election event for the UC San Diego community, with UCSD Department of Political Science professors Marisa Abrajano, LaGina Gause, Thad Kousser, David Lake and Tom Wong. #vote #Election2020 Register: bit.ly/whatnownext

Necessity may be the mother of invention but policymakers have a role to play too. UC San Diego health economist Jeffrey Clemens writes in The Conversation about insights from research that could help us with PPE and vaccines during COVID-19.

Feast on these free talks if you're interested in the archaeology and history of Israel. Tom Levy, UC San Diego Department of Anthropology, presents on Sunday - on David, Solomon and Edom.

ICYMI, you can still check out the UC San Diego-KPBS issues forum with #SanDiego mayoral candidates Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria or http://bit.ly/SD-Issues-Forum-YouTube