USD Dean to Address Tedx San Diego

Dr. Patricia Marquez, Dean of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego will be presenting at this Saturday’s Tedx San Diego. Dr. Marquez’s will speak to the question “Can Universities be Central to World Change?”

Tedx talks are 12 minutes in length and closed to the media. Media availability will be available outside of Copley Symphony Hall throughout the day.

For more information, or to set-up an interview with Dr. Marquez, please call 619/ 260-4659 x4.

About the University of San Diego

Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is the youngest independent institution on the U.S. News & World Report list of top 100 universities in the United States. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.