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MAKE Farm’s CSA program trains participants in agriculture, job skills, and English for career growth.

SDSU Mission Valley partners with MAKE Projects to launch MAKE Farm, allowing for community supported agriculture

An urban farm at SDSU Mission Valley, next to the remodeled trolley plaza, cultivates a partnership between SDSU and MAKE Projects, which offers job readiness training for refugee and immigrant women.

A young person, seen in profile with black hair obscuring most of their face, is working on a laptop keyboard placed on top of a large instrument, about four feet high. Behind them we see an estuary, forking off into two branches, surrounbded by flat wetlands.

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.

Adjunct Faculty Gabriela Fernandez, director of the SDSU Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, supervises big data research that localizes the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

SDSU lab dives into big data to localize UN Sustainable Development Goals

At Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, researchers build awareness of climate change and give a voice to vulnerable populations along the U.S.-Mexico border and globally.

SDSU Impact

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SDSU 2024 Year In Review

SDSU celebrates a transformative year marked by record funding, academic milestones, global engagement, and athletic triumphs

SDSU students pose for photos with their Rock the Vote branded t-shirts.

A.S. Rock the Vote aims to increase voter engagement

The Associated Students campaign is providing members of the campus community with information on how to register to vote and participate in civic engagement

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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, SDSU 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.

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SDSU Alumni

SDSU 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

SDSU alumnus dedicated to promoting fellow athletes with disabilities and improving healthcare

Drawing on his own experiences, Peter Phillips uses microbiology and business degrees, plus a passion for athletics and sailing, to give back to the community

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Aztec Voices

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This recognition enhances our ability to attract excellent faculty, supercharges our students’ career readiness, and grows the value and prestige of an SDSU degree everywhere, benefiting our 500,000 living Aztec alumni.

— SDSU President Adela de la Torre, from SDSU earns R1 classification, joins top 5% of research universities in the U.S.