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$150 Million Gift Takes Stem Cell Research to New Heights

September 6, 2022

Noted businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford has committed $150 million in new funding to expand and, in some ways, quite literally launch stem cell research and regenerative medicine at University of California San Diego into new spaces and endeavors.

Philanthropists Leo and Emma Zuckerman Support Revitalization of UC San Diego Emergency Department

August 18, 2022

When local residents Leo and Emma Zuckerman had need for emergency medical care in late 2021, they were grateful to be able to rely on the nearby Gary and Mary West Emergency Department at Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health. In gratitude the Zuckermans were inspired to make a gift.

UC San Diego Raises $3.05 Billion as Campaign for UC San Diego Concludes

July 14, 2022

The University of California San Diego has reached the conclusion of its landmark Campaign for UC San Diego, raising a total of $3.05 billion in philanthropic support over a span of 10 years.

RIMAC Arena is Named LionTree Arena in Honor of Scholarship Gift

June 16, 2022

Since it was established nearly three decades ago, UC San Diego’s RIMAC Arena has been home to countless athletic competitions, graduations, concerts and other events that are imprinted on the memories of thousands of UC San Diego alumni, students, friends and visitors.

UC San Diego Becomes Nation’s Youngest University to Reach $3 Billion in Fundraising Campaign

June 9, 2022

The university announced a new landmark milestone today: it has surpassed its original $2 billion fundraising goal for the Campaign for UC San Diego by $1 billion, raising a total of $3 billion. The Campaign for UC San Diego will conclude June 30, 2022.

Two Gifts Help Establish San Diego’s First Large-Scale, University-Based Resource on Homelessness

June 2, 2022

UC San Diego is launching the region’s first large-scale, university-based research and data hub focused exclusively on homelessness, thanks to campus friends Phyllis and Dan Epstein and Hanna and Mark Gleiberman. Each couple has donated $1 million to the university.

UC San Diego Alumnus, Qualcomm Co-Founder and Philanthropist, Franklin Antonio, Has Died

May 16, 2022

Franklin Antonio, a University of California San Diego alumnus from 1974, co-founder of Qualcomm and generous philanthropist, has died.

UC San Diego’s New Downtown Hub Park & Market Opens to the Public

May 12, 2022

From performances by renowned local musicians and a Family Arts Open House, to a conversation with Los Angeles Times columnist and award-winning author Jean Guerrero, UC San Diego Park & Market—the university’s long-planned presence in downtown San Diego—opened to the community with a bang last week

Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox Named in Honor of $7.5M Gift from UC San Diego Alumnus

May 12, 2022

University of California San Diego alumnus David Goeddel, ’72, and his wife Alena, have donated $7.5 million to drive leading-edge research, discovery and training in the UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences, which includes support for the newly named Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox.

Kavli Foundation Donates $5M to UC San Diego Brain and Cognition Research

April 27, 2022

The Kavli Foundation has given $5 million to UC San Diego for the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, matching the gifts of generous donors including Joan and Irwin Jacobs; William and Marisa Rastetter; Sandra Timmons ’81 and Rick Sandstrom ’72, Ph.D.
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