HOW DID YOU GET “ WILD ” AT UC SAN DIEGO ? ( SEE P . 50 )
We ’ d head down to Ortega ’ s in Puerto Nuevo for amazing lobster and Coronas . $ 6 dinners — a splurge back then !
MANAGING EDITOR Malinda Danziger ’ 00
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Paula Thomas ’ 87
STUDENT WRITER Savannah Muñoz ’ 21
ART DIRECTION Traina Design
ADVERTISING Malinda Danziger ’ 00 mdanziger @ ucsd . edu
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Erikk Aldridge ’ 91 Neville Billimoria ’ 82 Hui Cai , MBA ’ 07 Adan Chavez ’ 18 Ellen Chen ’ 95 Gloria Corral ’ 93 Lakshya Datta ’ 11 Kelly Du ’ 12
Breaking into the tunnels and leading chanting sessions — great acoustics !
CHANCELLOR Pradeep K . Khosla
ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR Alumni , Annual Giving & Pipeline Development Cheryl D . Harrelson
SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR , ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT Natalee Ellars
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jarrett Haley tritonmag @ ucsd . edu
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mario Aguilera ’ 89 Katherine Connor Lauren Fimbres Wood ’ 01 Erika Johnson ’ 11 Chase Martin , MAS ’ 15 Inga Kiderra
UC SAN DIEGO ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Kimberley Phillips Boehm ’ 82 Brian Baumgartner ’ 09 Jeff Belk ’ 83 Karen Bergan ’ 88 Jarrod Hammes ’ 00 , MBA ’ 08
DIRECTORS
Sheldon Engelhorn ’ 72 Diana G . Fakhrai ’ 01 , MPIA ’ 04 , JD Janet Fisher ’ 76 Melody Gonzales ’ 02 Dylan Kelly , MS ’ 05 Sam Knight ’ 73 Chau Lai ’ 97 Philip ( PJ ) Loury ’ 13
Outkast played a free show at Price Center during my second year . Definitely wild !
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Erik Jepsen ’ 10 , UC San Diego Publications
Flying alongside a falcon for this issue ’ s story is definitely up there !
Gabriela Manriquez ’ 89 , MPIA ’ 97 Carl Tsang ’ 05 Alonzo White ’ 76 Ping Yeh ’ 99 , MS ’ 01
The sauna liberation committee , AS “ movie ” nights , getting caught up in SDS ’ s building occupation — even made the news for that one !
Bosco Luján , MBA ’ 12 Michelle Molko ’ 05 Luis Pineda Jr . ' 84 Trisha Rassatt ’ 09 Wayne Rong ’ 02 Denise Whisenhunt ’ 90 Jennifer Winward ’ 06 , MA ’ 09 , PhD ’ 14
Contributors
Triton managing editor Malinda Danziger ’ 00 had the opportunity to work with artist Evelyn Walker , MFA ’ 18 , for our art feature — and this portrait ! “ I have a great appreciation for art ,” says Danziger , “ the inspiration , the various media , and the thought-provoking dialogue it generates among viewers . It was fun to be take part in Evelyn ’ s process and see the finished product .”
The book Laboratory Yellowstone by Bob Lindstrom ’ 73 was a revelation for Triton editor Jarrett Haley : “ I always thought all things DNA were done exclusively in labs , start to finish . But the role of Yellowstone microbes in optimizing PCR was mind-blowing , as is the potential of other microscopic natural resources . What a truly wondrous world .”
With a firefighter brother and parents who live in a fire-prone area outside L . A ., Lauren Fimbres Wood ’ 01 , director of strategic communications for Scripps Institution of Oceanography , knows how terrifying California wildfires can be . “ UC San Diego is really dedicating its intellect and resources to help fight and prevent these disasters . It ’ s powerful to see how wide our technology is being used on the front lines .”
CORRECTION : Our spring issue ’ s bio for Alumni Award honoree Emily Koch , MAS ’ 19 , was inaccurate . It should have read : A humanitarian and social ecologist , Emily “ Emi ” Koch founded the nonprofit Beyond the Surface , providing positive youth development tools , training and safe-spaces for children from small-scale fishing villages to cultivate attuned , caring relationships with themselves , society and their marine environment . Her global approach is grassroots , personally engaging youth and their families to celebrate their strengths while addressing challenges impacting their social – ecological wellbeing and sustainable futures .
Triton magazine FALL 2021 , Volume 18 , Number 3 . Triton magazine is published by UC San Diego Alumni , Price Center East , 9500 Gilman Drive , La Jolla , CA 92093- 0083 , ( 858 ) 534-9468 . Any opinions expressed herein are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the editors or the position of UC San Diego . POSTMASTER : Send address changes to UC San Diego Alumni , Price Center East , 9500 Gilman Drive , La Jolla , CA 92093-0083 . Class notes , news , obituaries and other editorial material can be sent to Triton magazine , UC San Diego Alumni , Price Center East , 9500 Gilman Drive , La Jolla , CA 92093-0083 or via email at classnotes @ ucsd . edu . Advertising : Contact ( 858 ) 534- 9468 . Visit us online at : tritonmag . com
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