UCSD Black Alumni Council

09/22/2025

Celebrating the life of D.r Phil. He passed from this life on Saturday (Sept. 20, 2025). He supported many students at UC San Diego by hosting the Campus Black Forum.
He loved to travel and here he is at the Dead Sea in Israel.

10/08/2022

UCSD Alum at work!

Alfred Stieglitz’s iconic photograph “The Steerage” is often used to illustrate the American immigrant experience. Through conversations with curators and hi...

08/23/2022

Your fellow Black Alum...

How did the “Blue Marble,” as it is now known, come to be? Host Vincent Brown learns just how extraordinary a technical feat it was for Apollo 17 astronauts ...

08/09/2022

Another UC San Diego Alum making a mark. Check it out

Can the spectacle of modern politics today be traced back to a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken during the presidential election in 1860? Host Vincent Bro...

04/27/2022

Executive producer, Vincent Brown, is an alum.

This short film offers an introduction to the first phase of the initiative’s work—the history—and is intended to be presented in the context of the committee's recommendations for action.

02/06/2022

Learning more about our contributions is a great way to celebrate.

The American History You Weren’t Taught in School. Streaming free during Black History Month

02/07/2021

"When we examine Black History, we’re starting behind because generations of professionals that we inherited our historiography from just didn’t really think there was a subject there. For me, it’s still extremely important to show people—my readers, my students, the general public and whoever encounters my work—that Black History is just as rich, dynamic, important and consequential as anybody else’s history."

Historian and author Vincent Brown '90 on Black History, then and now.

01/28/2021

Join us in mitigating the cost of college for Black students at U C San Diego by contributing to our Black Alumni Scholarship Fund: https://www.givecentral.org/UCSD_BASF

12/04/2020

Vincent Brown is a UC San Diego Alum, Muir College.

In 2020, the Cundill Forum returns for its second year, inviting our finalists Vincent Brown, William Dalrymple and Camilla Townsend to draw on their own exp...

11/10/2020

I, Manuelita Brown, received the following message from Kit Wells: "We are currently seeking to hire an Investment Associate for our Portfolio Management Team and would very much appreciate connection to your networks. I am attaching a link to the candidate description for the position we are seeking, and ask that you forward this email and/or link to anyone you feel might make an appropriate candidate, or anyone who might know of one.

The candidate description can be found by clicking on cweil.com/jobs.

Thank you so much for the part you are playing in helping us to strengthen our team. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (858) 724-6046 or email me at [email protected].

My best,
Kit Wells
Kit-Victoria (Weil) Wells
Culture & Communications Officer
Christopher Weil & Company, Inc.
Registered Investment Advisor
Investors - Managers - Advisors

11236 El Camino Real, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92130
858-724-6046 (direct)
800-355-9345 (toll free)
858-724-6080 (fax)
www.cweil.com

If you are not interested but know someone that may be interested, please forward this message.

08/18/2020

Alum Samuel Bostick and partners are supporting the Black Alumni Scholarship Fund through their business Good Fishing, Inc.--Attractive Simple clothing including organic cotton Tees. By a great Tee and support student scholarships at the same time.