News Archive - Jade Griffin

UC San Diego Announces 2025 Lifetime Legacy and Chancellor’s Medal Awardees

From supporting the health of our youngest patients, to driving innovative research and education in business, finance and biotechnology, to ensuring library resources for generations to come, UC San Diego’s 2025 Chancellor’s Medal and Lifetime Legacy Award honorees are making a remarkable impact on the world around us. The campus has announced the recipients of the campus’s most prestigious awards for its supporters.

UC San Diego Campus Arts Strategy Is Evolving

Already known — and beloved — for its large-scale art installations across campus, UC San Diego is expanding its programs and offerings, including a new gallery in the upcoming Triton Center: The Strauss.

Stepping Up to Support our Scholars

In an effort to support outstanding students – and tomorrow’s leaders – Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla established the Chancellor’s Alumni Council Scholarships Match to raise new funds for scholarships endorsed by UC San Diego alumni councils including the Asian Pacific Islander Alumni Council, Black Alumni Council, Chicanx Latinx Alumni Council and the Pilipino/a/x Alumni Council.

Matthew Strauss, Dedicated Supporter of the Arts, Education and Health Care, Has Died

San Diego-based business leader, art collector and philanthropist, Matthew Strauss, died on Aug. 20. He was 91. Together with his beloved wife of 70 years, Iris, Strauss made a major impact on San Diego with support in areas including arts, culture and cancer research.

A Commitment to the Future: UC San Diego Founders’ Pledge Launched

Entrepreneurial spirit and groundbreaking innovation have become synonymous with UC San Diego and its alumni. With that same ethos, the campus has launched the UC San Diego Founders’ Pledge. The new initiative allows entrepreneurs, equity holders and early investors to commit a portion of their anticipated equity gains to UC San Diego, with the ultimate goal of helping to address some of the world’s most pressing problems.

Cognitive Science Researcher Establishes UC San Diego’s First Fellowship in the Field

Susan Chipman, a pioneer in the field of cognitive science, has pledged a $1 million planned gift to the University of California San Diego’s Department of Cognitive Science. The Susan E.F. Chipman and Robert G. Fitzgerald Graduate Fellowship Fund in Cognitive Science is the first of its kind in the UC San Diego department, which was the world’s first department established in cognitive science.

$21 Million Gift to UC San Diego Honors Unique Efforts to Link Chemical and Nano Engineering More Strongly

A $21M gift from Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff) and his wife, DongDong Li (Doreen), honors unique efforts at UC San Diego to link chemical and nano engineering more strongly. In recognition of this gift, the department will be named the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering.