Adela De La Torre

San Diego, California - August 22: PhD student Hannah Johnson puts a Trichonephila clavipes commonly known as golden silk orb-weaver spider to sleep before silking at the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department in San Diego State University on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023 in San Diego, California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Doctoral degrees are finally coming to CSU campuses. Here’s why that’s good for San Diego.

November 15, 2023 at 1:58 a.m.

De la Torre is an economist and public health researcher and the first Latina to serve as president of SDSU. She lives in the College Area. Madanat is a researcher...

How discriminatory policies in education linger resiliently and how we can address that

July 22, 2023 at 5:33 p.m.

De la Torre is president of San Diego State University.Over 40 years ago, I was fortunate to enter one of the nation’s best public universities: the University of California Berkeley....

Snapdragon Stadium parking lots will be replaced by parking structures amid residential, retail, research development.

Here’s how SDSU fulfilled its promise to bring a Major League Soccer team to San Diego

June 8, 2023 at 8:51 p.m.

De la Torre is president of San Diego State University. She lives in the College Area.Cities in the United States and Canada that have introduced Major League Soccer teams have...

SDSU has had 10 players enter the transfer portal since the regular season ended, but also gained some transfer commitments.

SDSU has not stood by idly since rape allegations involving football players were reported

June 16, 2022 at 5:41 p.m.

De la Torre, Ph.D., is president of San Diego State University. She lives in the College Area. I will not stand by while our university and community are maligned based...

The historic core the campus of San Diego State University taken in 1931.

I’m president of SDSU. On our 125th Anniversary, we’re seizing the moment and making history.

March 13, 2022 at 7:07 a.m.

De la Torre, Ph.D., is president of San Diego State University and lives in the College Area. San Diego State University impacts our community every single day. Take a moment...

Howard Lipin??U-T Students leave Hepner Hall at San Diego State University, flowing onto the Campanile Walkway. College students in California are advised to check insurance options through Covered California.

The pandemic isn’t going away any time soon. Here’s how SDSU has adapted.

January 20, 2022 at 1:32 a.m.

De la Torre is the president of San Diego State University and lives in the College Area. Oren is the interim director of SDSU’s School of Public Health and an...

SAN DIEGO CA - JULY 14: SDSU and of Clark Construction Group held a steel topping-out ceremony for Aztec Stadium at the SDSU Mission Valley site on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 in San Diego, CA. The last steel beam was raised for topping-out ceremony, marking the end of that phase of construction. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The SDSU stadium is proof community action can quickly advance the common good

July 20, 2021 at 12:15 a.m.

De la Torre is president of San Diego State University. She lives in the College Area.Last week’s topping-out ceremony at the San Diego State University Mission Valley site was a history-making...

Rendering of SDSU Mission Valley stadium.

SDSU president explains what SDSU wants in a Mission Valley stadium site deal

October 12, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

Last November, when 54% of voters approved Measure G, they reaffirmed their trust in San Diego State University. Today, SDSU is close to answering the voters' mandate for Mission Valley....

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