Synthesis Programs and Events

The Synthesis Program's annual SYNposium provides an opportunity for Synthesis students to showcase projects completed in the Synthesis Program to the Seventh College and greater UC San Diego community. The event showcases the interdisciplinary and multi-medium student projects spanning across all Synthesis courses.

Event Details:

2024 SYNposium
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 3:30 - 5:00 pm
UC San Diego Climate Action Lab (located in the Public Engagement Building at North Torrey Pines Living & Learning Neighborhood)

The EcoWorld Festival educates and empowers UC San Diego undergraduate students about climate activism and ways to catalyze change for the climate crisis and intersecting global issues.

EcoWorld 2024: Action Towards Decarbonization will bring together UC San Diego community members in a festival-like setting with the goal of educating event attendees about current decarbonization efforts in order to take action. During the 2023-24 academic year, the Synthesis Program and campus partners engaged in a living laboratory to study how to decarbonize UC San Diego. 

EcoWorld 2024 will highlight the student projects developed through the Synthesis Program living laboratory, and will feature student/campus organizations, and live performances by Asayake Taiko and San Diego jazz-funk fusion band, Starsign. EcoWorld strives to be a zero-waste, low-emissions event.

Event Details:
2024 EcoWorld Festival: Action Towards Decarbonization
Thursday, May 30, 2024  •  4 p.m. - 7 p.m.  •  Sun God Lawn

The Synthesis Program hosts discussion-based events featuring presentations by UC San Diego and Seventh College faculty members. Dr. Adam Aron, a professor of psychology, led the first dialogue about social movements and climate change.