Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and Dean Carol Padden invite you to a talk by UC President Emeritus Richard Atkinson, former Chancellor of UC San Diego and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Cognitive Science in the School of Social Sciences. Please join us for an afternoon of listening, learning and conversation with a University of California legend.

Thursday, June 22

Talk + Q&A: 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Reception: 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served.

Paid parking is available on campus in Parking Lot P206 (Faculty Club lot) and the Scholars Parking Structure.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Richard C. Atkinson is president emeritus of the University of California and professor emeritus of cognitive science and psychology at the University of California San Diego. He served as president of the UC system from 1995 to 2003; his tenure was marked by innovative approaches to admissions and outreach, research initiatives to accelerate the university’s contributions to the state’s economy and a challenge to the country’s most widely used admissions examination — the SAT — that paved the way to major changes in the way millions of America’s youth are tested for college admissions.

Before becoming president he served for 15 years as chancellor of UC San Diego, where he led that campus’ emergence as one of the leading research universities in the nation. He is a former director of the National Science Foundation, past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was a long-term member of the faculty at Stanford University. His research has been concerned with problems of memory and cognition. In the 1960s he published a series of papers with Richard Shiffrin describing a general theory of human memory that, five decades later, continues to be predominant in the field. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Education and the American Philosophical Society. He is the recipient of many honorary degrees, the Vannevar Bush Medal of the National Science Board and a mountain in Antarctica has been named in his honor.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Research, teaching and service in the public interest – that’s what drives UC San Diego’s School of Social Sciences. The 16 departments and programs that make up the School of Social Sciences at UC San Diego focus on some of the most pressing and important issues of our time. Together, we do work that matters, now and for the long term. We do the science of society.

ACCESSIBILITY

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you need further assistance, please contact us 48 business hours prior to the date of the event at socialsciencesdean@ucsd.edu.