January 12, 2017
January 12, 2017 —
UC San Diego professors Frances Contreras and Alexander Norbash have been appointed to serve as associate vice chancellors for Faculty Equity, Diversity and Inclusion beginning January 2017. In their new academic leadership role, they will be providing direction in advancing the university’s goal of achieving and sustaining faculty equity, diversity, and inclusion and enhancing the climate for all faculty at UC San Diego.
November 17, 2016
November 17, 2016 —
Wish you could pick up that thing you ordered from Amazon on campus, instead of waiting until you get home? Now you can! Amazon@UCSanDiego is open for business. The fully staffed pickup point inside the UC San Diego Bookstore offers the campus community and area residents a convenient and secure location to pick up and return Amazon orders.
November 10, 2016
November 10, 2016 —
Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion supports faculty through professional development initiatives, access to data and resources, opportunities for leadership in diversity, process improvement efforts and academic policy review
October 31, 2016
October 31, 2016 —
For the past three years, Joy Frieman has been searching to find a suitable way to honor her late husband, Edward A. Frieman, former director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Noting that, “Ed was one of the very early people to identify global warming,” Mrs. Frieman recently gave $2.5 million to endow a faculty chair and two fellowships in climate sustainability.
October 27, 2016
October 27, 2016 —
In fiscal year 2015-16, the University of California San Diego received nearly 46,000 gifts totaling $212.9 million to help ensure the university’s position as an academic and research powerhouse. UC San Diego, ranked one of the top 15 universities in the world, received a 20 percent increase in private support over the preceding year. As of June 30, 2016, the total combined endowment for the campus is $1.177 billion, managed by the UC San Diego Foundation and the UC Regents.
October 27, 2016
October 27, 2016 —
In March, the university will celebrate the kickoff of the public phase of The Campaign for UC San Diego, a bold, ambitious and historic $2 billion fundraising effort. Our alumni are playing an integral role in the campaign, led by Kenneth Kroner, Ph.D. ’88, a renowned global finance innovator who is chairing the International Leadership Committee.
October 20, 2016
October 20, 2016 —
As part of University of California’s systemwide efforts to address food access and security through the Global Food Initiative, UC San Diego students are highlighting campus food resources such the Sustainable Food Expo, Triton Food Pantry, campus restaurants and other programs on national Food Day, Oct. 24 (#FoodDay2016 and #UCFoodForAll).
October 20, 2016
October 20, 2016 —
It’s year two, and not only does the Teaching + Learning Commons have a full suite of programs and services in place to support UC San Diego undergraduates, graduate students and instructors—it also has a new home in Geisel Library. In 2015, the campus established The Commons, a grass-root outcome of UC San Diego’s Education Initiative and part of the Strategic Plan, to change and improve how we teach and learn.
September 19, 2016
September 19, 2016 —
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the appointment of 30 private sector, nonprofit and academic leaders—including UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla—to serve on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). Selected from a pool of more than 200 accomplished applicants, the council members will offer recommendations for policies and programs designed to make U.S. communities, businesses, and the workforce more globally competitive.
July 12, 2016
July 12, 2016 —
The University of California is first in the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents Ranking for 2015. The report, which was released today, is published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). The ranking utilizes data acquired from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to highlight the important role patents play in university research and innovation.
