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Some schools say they cannot legally require vaccinations because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has only allowed the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines and hasn’t given them its full approval. Still, other colleges are opting to recommend shots without requiring them. -
UC San Diego announced Wednesday that it plans to have the campus operating at nearly full capacity this fall, citing positive trends regarding vaccinations and the school's "Return To Learn" COVID-19 response. -
San Diego State University will return primarily to in-person education and reopen on-campus housing for students in the fall term, it was announced Wednesday. -
UC San Diego plans to return to in-person teaching with normal classroom occupancy for the fall term, university officials said Monday, citing the school's "Return To Learn" COVID-19 response and increasing vaccination numbers. -
UC San Diego students will be among those participating in a study which seeks to evaluate infection and transmission of the virus among college students.
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New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance issued Friday allows desks inside of classrooms to be spaced three feet apart, instead of six. -
City finances get a major boost from the latest COVID-19 relief package, a look back on one year since the pandemic shutdowns began, and the superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District prepares for the scrutiny of a senate confirmation hearing. -
The Mexico Violence Resource Project, began last fall by UCSD's Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, has the stated goal of facilitating better analysis of the facts on the ground of our neighbor to the south. -
A deep freeze in Texas and elsewhere becomes the latest political fight over how to deal with climate change, San Diego's push to step up enforcement of COVID-19 violations doesn't materialize and local college students weigh in on the debate over whether to forgive student loan debt. -
KPBS Midday EditionSara Kaplan, who is an associate professor of Ethnic Studies and Critical Gender Studies at UC San Diego joined Midday Edition to talk about why Black History Month is needed and how our education in black history shapes policy.
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