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Men’s hoops jump into AP Poll at No. 24
San Diego State makes its 111th appearance in the poll since the start of the 2010-11 season, which is the most of any California school in that timeframe.
Recent News
- Making San Diego’s Chicana/o history available around the world
- Five SDSU professors earn 2024 Outstanding Faculty Global Engagement Awards
- SDSU’s Department of Women’s Studies gets a new name
- Director Oliver Stone leads lecture on impacts of Vietnam War 50 years later
- Common ground: SDSU global seminar examines grassroots peacebuilding in Colombia
Campus News
SDSU lands International Impact Award for driving global engagement across the university
The Association of Public and Land Grant Universities recognized SDSU for its wide ranging commitment to global initiatives
SDSU named Fulbright HSI Leader for fourth straight year
Designation highlights multilingual and multicultural character of SDSU campuses as a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution.
International Student Center’s Ambassador Program helps incoming global enrollees feel like they belong
Volunteers provide support and mentorship to incoming international students as they adjust to the culture at SDSU and in the U.S.
SDSU Impact
Thermal-infrared aerial imagery maps intensity of Thomas Fire as it happened
Analysis could help decision makers allocate firefighting resources, protect public safety during active wildfires, and prepare for future fires.
Exploring girlhood and culture through Black dolls
Assistant professor explores history through the lens of the girl child to highlight scholarly research in girlhood studies
San Diego farming studied for insights on regenerative agriculture, climate change
SDSU geography students shared their research findings with farm and vineyard owners after a year-long internship.
Solutions
Sensors prove feasibility of real-time water quality reporting
The instruments were deployed in the Tijuana River Estuary, polluted by raw sewage flows from Mexico.
Dust from the drying Salton Sea pollutes nearby communities
Joint study finds increased particulate air pollution following 2011 diversion of water to San Diego.
SDSU Alumni
Alumna Sophia Rodriguez receives Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Award
Community-centered work is at the heart of Rodriguez’s research in environmental and medical humanities.
SDSU alumna empowers change through advocacy and service
SDSU alumna Stephanie Hernandez ('17) was honored with the Heart of Service award for her commitment to providing support to asylum seekers.
Aztec Voices
I had this feeling of responsibility. This organization has given a lot to me professionally and personally — the networks, the friendships that I've developed over the years. It contributed so much to my own growth as a scholar and educator. In that moment, I decided this was something that I wanted to do.
— SDSU associate professor Marissa Vasquez, from New AAHHE chair-elect feels ‘sense of urgency’