The Neurosciences Graduate Program expects that all of its members, including students, faculty, and staff will adhere to the principles and practices set forth in UC San Diego’s Principles of Community.

• We value each member of the UC San Diego community for his, her, or their individual and unique talents, and applaud all efforts to enhance the quality of campus life. We recognize that each individual's effort is vital to achieving the goals of the University.

• We affirm each individual's right to dignity and strive to maintain a climate of justice marked by mutual respect for each other.

• We value the cultural diversity of UC San Diego because it enriches our lives and the University. We celebrate this diversity and support respect for all cultures, as both individuals and the University as a whole.

• We are a university that adapts responsibly to cultural differences among the faculty, staff, students, and community.

• We acknowledge that our society carries historical and divisive biases based on race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, and political beliefs. Therefore, we seek to foster understanding and tolerance among individuals and groups, and we promote awareness through education and constructive strategies for resolving conflict.

• We reject acts of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, and political beliefs, and, we will confront and appropriately respond to such acts.

• We affirm the right to freedom of expression at UC San Diego. We promote open expression of our individuality and our diversity within the bounds of courtesy, sensitivity, confidentiality, and respect.

• We are committed to the highest standards of civility and decency toward all. We are committed to promoting and supporting a community where all people can work and learn together in an atmosphere free of abusive or demeaning treatment.

• We are committed to the enforcement of policies that promote the fulfillment of these principles.

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• Graduate student organization founded by Neuroscience Graduate Program and Cognitive Science Program students in 2016

• Colors of the Brain (CoB) is committed to diversifying STEM graduate education by providing underrepresented undergraduate students invested mentors who have gone through the transition into PhD or MD/PhD programs

• Mission: Through undergraduate mentorship, CoB hopes to share its members' enthusiasm for the brain sciences by providing disadvantaged students real conversations about academia, graduate school applications, and the chance to jump into neuroscience research

• Received UCSD BEARLS Award (Celebrating all Cultures category)

• Host informational panels:

  1. Graduate school application

  2. REU/funding opportunities

  3. Gap years

  4. Conferences/travel awards

• Personal statement editing workshops

• Collaborations:

  1. STARTNeuro

  2. Pathways to STEM

  3. IMSD

  4. UCSD Academic Enrichment Program