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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

The Gus & Emma Thompson Black Resource Center (BRC) is among the various sites across SDSU that will be hosting events throughout February in honor of Black History Month. (SDSU)

SDSU celebrates 'African Americans and Labor' during Black History Month

Campus organizations set to host a monthlong celebration honoring Black history, culture, and contributions, focusing on the theme “African Americans and Labor.”

Graduates in their caps and gowns smile toward the camera.

SDSU 2024 Year In Review

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

A modern building in the final stages of construction

Chula Vista City Council approves key deal points to welcome SDSU program expansion to city

Programs from within SDSU’s School of Nursing and SDSU Global Campus will expand to the City’s Millenia Library building. 

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Los Angeles Wildfires: How to help impacted SDSU students

SDSU has created a fund to support students in crisis. Here’s how to donate.

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

Homecoming 2024: How Kimberly Giardina’s SDSU roots propelled her to a top San Diego County health role

From a master’s in social work to macro-level leadership, Giardina leads a student success and county health partnership to increase workforce

Aztec alumnus leads NASA’s historic Europa Clipper mission

Jordan Evans will be honorary homecoming chair less than two weeks after the launch of the Jupiter probe.

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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.