Building the Future for Big Data
May 9, 2013
What does it mean to have 100G connectivity? Just how much data is a 100G connection capable of transmitting? The answer, it turns out, is quite a bit.
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The Preuss School UCSD Ranked Best High School in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report
April 23, 2013
The Preuss School UCSD—a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college—has been ranked the best high school in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report, which released its annual list of “Best High Schools” today
Chancellor Announces New Undergraduate Scholarship Program
April 18, 2013
Graduates from three local high schools will be eligible for a new undergraduate scholarship program–the Chancellor’s Associates Scholars–announced yesterday by Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla.
Celebrate The Preuss Promise April 19
April 10, 2013
Alicia Thomas knows the transformative power of The Preuss School UCSD firsthand. A 2009 graduate of Preuss—a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students whose parents have not graduated from college—Thomas was born to Mexican and Panamanian immigrants who had little more than a high school education.
The Preuss School UCSD Named Local Peacemaker
March 20, 2013
The Preuss School UCSD was honored with the Local Peacemaker Award by the National Conflict and Resolution Center (NCRC), a San Diego-based nonprofit organization specializing in alternative conflict resolution services, mediation training and credentialing. The Preuss School was honored during NCRC’s 25th annual Peacemaker Awards, which recognizes individuals and organizations for their creative and effective collaborations and solutions to crises and conflict.
UC San Diego Scholars Honored with Faculty Excellence Awards
March 14, 2013
They represent diverse fields ranging from biology to political science and family medicine to literature, but six University of California, San Diego professors now share something in common: They are all recipients of Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards. The prestigious awards are presented annually by the UC San Diego Chancellor’s Associates donor group for excellence in teaching, research, community service and performing and visual arts.
California Energy Commission Awards More Than $1.8 Million for UC San Diego Microgrid Projects
January 17, 2013
The University of California, San Diego is on track to having the largest, most diverse range of electric vehicle charging stations at any university in the world thanks, in part, to recent awards from the California Energy Commission.
Make Your Voice Heard: UC Campus Climate Survey to Kick Off at UC San Diego
January 17, 2013
If you think your voice doesn’t count, think again. Starting next week, UC San Diego students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to share their opinions by participating in the University of California Campus Climate Study Survey. The systemwide effort—believed to be the largest survey of its kind ever conducted—asks more than 430,000 individuals about their experiences with diversity and inclusion at work and on campus.
Robertson Foundation for Government Pledges Nearly $1 Million for UC San Diego Graduate Students
October 29, 2012
Several University of California, San Diego graduate students will receive full financial support over the next few years thanks to an additional $500,000 gift from the Robertson Foundation for Government. This most recent gift is an extension of the foundation’s initial commitment of $450,000, which was pledged in 2010 and created the Robertson Fellows Program at UC San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS).
Nobel Laureate to be Honored at 19th Annual Luau and Longboard Invitational August 19
July 26, 2012
For Nobel laureate Roger Tsien, the drive to help find a cure for cancer stems from personal experience. His father battled prostate cancer and ultimately lost his life to pancreatic cancer. As a professor of pharmacology, chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, he has worked to develop a novel way to image and possibly even deliver specially targeted drugs to cancer tumors.
