TRITON Magazine Winter 2016 | Page 11

POINT

6 WAYS

UC San Diego applicants can now identify gender on undergraduate admissions forms , as part of a nationwide LGBT data collection project :
Male Female
“ Part of your responsibility to yourself is to know that this place belongs to you , that you are a part of it , that it ’ s here because you are here , and for your purpose — and you have to claim it as such .”
Renowned artist
CARRIE MAE WEEMS , M . F . A . ’ 94 , concluded her October lecture encouraging Tritons to take ownership of their university .
Trans Male / Trans Man Trans Female / Trans Woman Genderqueer / Gender Non-Conforming Different Identity
80 MEGAWATTS OF SUNSHINE !
The University of California ’ s recent solar power purchase is the largest from any university in the country .
SHAKE IT OUT
The National Science Foundation awarded a $ 5.2 million grant to support the world ’ s largest shake table through 2020 .
25 YEARS STRONG
The Department of Ethnic Studies celebrates a quarter-century devoted to the study of race , ethnicity , indigeneity , gender , sexuality , class and disability .
TOP NODS
U . S . News & World Report named UC San Diego the 19th best university in the world — one of only five U . S . public universities to make the top 20 ( Out of 750 institutions worldwide )!
CUTE AND CLEVER
Babies smile with purpose — to make others smile in return . The highly social “ toddler ” robot , Diego-San , elicited lots of smiles with little effort . Read more about Diego-San on pg . 33 .

$ 177.5M

New campus fundraising record set this past year .
These critically needed funds will help us realize our Strategic Plan goals , which include a focus on students , research and public service .”
— CHANCELLOR PRADEEP K . KHOSLA
TRITONMAG . COM 9