WHAT ’ S THE MOST NONTRADITIONAL THING ABOUT UC SAN DIEGO ?
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MANAGING EDITOR Malinda Danziger ’ 00
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Paula Thomas ’ 87 Jason Horger Allison Schneider
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Everybody skateboards . Even the nerds .
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Armin Afsahi ’ 90 Steph Barry ’ 94 Charles Bergan ’ 87 , MS ’ 88 Karen Bergan ’ 88 Paul Bergman ’ 92 Annamarie Bezzerides ’ 91 Neville Billimoria ’ 82 Manuelita Brown , MS ’ 76 Nadine Corrigan ’ 78 Kimberly Phillips Boehm ’ 82 Samantha Dabish ’ 00 Emily Deere ’ 90 , MAS ’ 13 Casey Eades ’ 05 Sheldon Engelhorn ’ 72 Diana Fakhrai ’ 01 , MPIA ’ 04
CHANCELLOR Pradeep K . Khosla
PUBLISHER Steph Barry ’ 94
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jarrett Haley
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mario Aguilera ’ 89 Heather Buschman , PhD ’ 08 Christine Clark ’ 06 Malinda Danziger ’ 00 Brittany Hook Hallie Jacobs Erika Johnson ’ 11 Deborah Jude Inga Kiderra Anthony King Liezel Labios , MS ’ 10 , PhD ’ 12 Ioana Patringenaru Judy Piercey
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Jack Beresford ’ 88 Christine Clark ’ 06 Derek Danziger ’ 95 Pam Hardy-McFarland ' 97 Judy Piercey Roger Showley ’ 70
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Jeff Fenton ’ 80 Dustin Finer ’ 91 Tony Fiori ’ 98 Brandon Freeman ’ 08 Taner Halicioglu ’ 96 Jarrod Hammes ’ 00 , MBA ’ 08 William Jessee , MD ’ 72 Dylan Kelly , MS ’ 05 Sam Knight ’ 73 Edward Lee ’ 85 Joseph Lima ’ 87 Tony Lopez ’ 07 Kevin MacDonald ’ 94 Jerrilyn Malana ’ 86 Gabriela Manriquez ’ 89 , MPIA ’ 97 Peggy Matarese ’ 82 , MD ’ 86 Bart Meltzer ’ 90 Honorable Richard Monroy ’ 85 Matt Newsome ’ 91
Sun God !
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Erik Jepsen ’ 10 Tom Kubik Taylor Sanderson Wonderstruck Photography
EDITORIAL INTERNS Kat Aranda ’ 17 Regina Limcaoco ’ 17
Dr . Seuss is part of our campus culture
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Robert Brownlie ’ 85 Jeff Belk ’ 83 Karen Garsson ’ 88 Michelle Molko ’ 05
Christopher Ottinger ’ 90 Luis Pineda ’ 84 Barbara Sawrey , PhD ’ 83 Alexander Schafgans ’ 05 , MS ’ 07 , PhD ’ 11 Mark Stickel ’ 02 Mark Suster ’ 91 Carl Tsang ’ 05 Alonzo White ’ 76 Ping Yeh ’ 99 , MS ’ 01
Surfing scientists !
Contributors
Triton Managing Editor Malinda Danziger ’ 00 had dreams of becoming an astronaut as a child . “ It was such a privilege to speak with fellow alumna and astronaut Kate Rubins . It ’ s not every day you get to talk to someone who has seen the entire planet from that perspective . That sense of wonder brought me right back to my childhood .”
Says Triton Editor-in-Chief Jarrett Haley , “ The spirit of nontradition gave us not only the license to have a seemingly crazy idea for this issue , but the obligation to see where it led . It was an experiment in chasing possibility , living up to UC San Diego ’ s decades of boundary-breaking and reflecting the innovative thinking that is the hallmark of being a Triton . I welcome your thoughts and feedback : alumnieditor @ ucsd . edu
Frequent Triton contributor Anthony King is no stranger to cross-campus collaboration as one of the best ways to make real change , most notably in this issue ’ s feature , Together We Go . “ Watching faculty , staff and students bring their expertise together to solve really big problems — climate change , anyone ?— is not just uplifting , but empowering .”
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Triton magazine , a publication of UC San Diego Alumni , received a silver award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education ( CASE ), District VII , representing universities and educational institutions in the western United States .
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