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UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Receives $1M Donation from Pfizer for Early Cancer Detection

March 27, 2025

Moores Cancer Center has received a $1 million donation from pharmaceutical company Pfizer to support an innovative new program designed to bolster early cancer detection and prevention efforts.

Groundbreaking Step in Battling Angioedema at UC San Diego

March 18, 2025

UC San Diego has established the Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) Community Endowed Chair in Angioedema Clinical Excellence, marking an important milestone in the fight against hereditary angioedema, a rare and potentially life-threatening genetic condition.

Prebys Foundation Supports Vision for Downtown Arts with $5M to UC San Diego for The Depot

February 13, 2025

Prebys Foundation has awarded $5 million to support The Depot, the University of California San Diego’s new multidisciplinary arts incubator and cultural hub in Downtown San Diego.

Annual Kyoto Prize Symposium Slated for March 12-13 at UC San Diego

February 11, 2025

The University of California San Diego, together with Point Loma Nazarene University, will co-host the 24th annual Kyoto Prize Symposium on March 12-13, 2025. The event is free and open to the public.

Community of Giving

February 7, 2025

Philanthropic support is helping improve health outcomes and advance medical discoveries to benefit people near and far.

Campus Partners Join Forces for Triton Giving Day, ‘Unlocking Possibility Together’

January 23, 2025

UC San Diego will hold its 7th annual Triton Giving Day on April 30. The campus will hold two kickoff parties on Jan. 28 and 29 to offer information about leveraging Triton Giving Day to make an impact in a wide range of areas on campus.

Joint $3M Grant Strengthens Pathway for Transfer Students to Study and Work in the Arts and Humanities

January 21, 2025

A multiyear collaboration between UC San Diego’s School of Arts and Humanities and the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) to increase the number of students studying and embarking on successful careers in the arts and humanities is receiving a $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation, the third grant garnered since the program’s inception in 2016.

$3M Gift to UC San Diego Celebrates Entrepreneurship Efforts at the Jacobs School of Engineering

January 21, 2025

San Diego-based business leader and philanthropist Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff) and his wife DongDong Li (Doreen) have made a new $3M gift to the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The gift celebrates the Jacobs School’s ongoing efforts to empower researchers to translate their innovations to the marketplace.

Nancy Guy Named Inaugural Chiu-Shan and Rufina Chen Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies

January 16, 2025

Nancy Guy, an ethnomusicologist and professor of music at UC San Diego, has dedicated her career to studying the music of Taiwan. From the way environmental concerns seep into songs to how politics proliferate opera, Guy is passionate about discovering and sharing the diverse ways music shapes culture and society in Taiwan. Now, Guy has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Chiu-Shan and Rufina Chen Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies in the School of Arts and Humanities in support of her research and teaching activities.

Archaeo-Diplomacy in Action

January 15, 2025

UC San Diego and the University of Haifa expand a regional partnership to study 10,000 years of Mediterranean history and climate change, and to preserve cultural heritage through cutting-edge marine and cyber-archaeology technologies.
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