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A modern building in the final stages of construction

Chula Vista City Council approves key deal points to welcome Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ program expansion to city

Programs from within Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s School of Nursing and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Global Campus will expand to the City’s Millenia Library building. 

Karen and Kit Sickels with Seth Mallios

Gift endows chair to promote Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Heritage and Community Engagement

A $2.5 million gift by Kit and Karen Sickels is intended to emphasize and strengthen the relationship between Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ and the community it serves.

Court Turner returns to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ to teach “From Invention to Patient†course

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ alumnus launches innovative course to guide STEM students beyond traditional careers

A lawyer, businessman, venture capitalist, psychology grad and now teacher, Court Turner shows students the wide world of opportunity STEM degrees offer

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Impact

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ students unveiling the grand total of donations raised at the Aztecs Rock Hunger Results Reveal: over $1 million in lifetime contributions.

Aztecs Rock Hunger celebrates its million-dollar year

Since 2010, the annual Aztecs Rock Hunger campaign has raised $1,019,978 in lifetime donations to benefit the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Economic Crisis Response Team, A.S. Food Pantry and The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank.

Jeffery Osborne, Huan Qin and David Kanaan pose for a photograph in their new Regional Resilience (R2) Center.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Imperial Valley faculty launch the Regional Resilience (R2) Center

With the new center, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Imperial Valley faculty are partnering with area organizations to create evidence-based research to support local issues.

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Binational research effort addresses toxicology, public health

The collaboration by faculty and students at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Imperial Valley and UABC in Mexicali includes projects targeting cross-border environmental issues.

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Solutions

A sign pointing the way to the San Andreas Fault in Southern California (Courtesy: Adobe Stock).

Q&A: Southern California’s earthquake forecast following 7.0 quake in Northern California

Pat Abbott, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ geology professor emeritus, talks about the significance of the Dec. 5 earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County and what it means for Southern California’s earthquake future.

Image showing Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Imperial Valley researchers acknowledged for their work

New projects by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers aim to improve patient care, outcomes

The three new projects focus on diabetes related research, adverse pregnancy outcomes and social screenings as part of their work with the Imperial County Clinical Research Network.

A microscope view of cells infected with fluorescent green T. cruzi parasites

Monsters inside cells could help explain treatment failure and improve drug development

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ scientists use parasites to explore a scarcely studied phenomenon that may render drugs useless against infections

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Alumni

A different kind of high school reunion

Fifteen years ago, Amir Harrison was taught by an Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ credential candidate named Timothy Farson. Now, Harrison has returned as the candidate — and Farson is the principal.

Purpose, camaraderie and honor

From military missions to mentoring students, U.S. Coast Guard veteran and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ alumnus Jeremy Rodrigues reflects on his career transformation after 9/11 and honoring the values of dedication and community impact.

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.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ is fast-forwarding into a new era at Homecoming 2024

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s Homecoming 2024 festivities begin Oct. 21 and culminate with the football game on Oct. 26.

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Aztec Voices

Marissa Vasquez is photographed under trees in a park-like setting at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.
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.

— Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ associate professor Marissa Vasquez, from New AAHHE chair-elect feels ‘sense of urgency’