News Archive - Giving

Researchers Unveil New Approach to Flip the Script on Drug Addiction

UC San Diego scientists are working to flip the script on drug addiction with a $1.3 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. Their new approach, called negative feedback chemogenetics, works by leveraging the body’s biochemical feedback processes to disrupt pathways associated with addiction.

$25 Million Gift to UC San Diego Establishes the McGrath Outpatient Pavilion

The San Diego-based McGrath Family Foundation has pledged $25 million to support the new outpatient pavilion at UC San Diego Health – Hillcrest Medical Campus, slated to open in 2025. In recognition of the gift, the facility will be named the McGrath Family Foundation Outpatient Pavilion.

UC San Diego Chancellor’s Medal and Lifetime Legacy Award Recipients Announced

The University of California San Diego announced the recipients of the 2023 Chancellor’s Medal and the Lifetime Legacy Award, who have all helped advance health care and medicine in unique, impactful ways.

Endowed Chair Established in Spinal Surgery at UC San Diego

The University of California San Diego has announced that Richard (Todd) Allen, MD, PhD, has been appointed as the inaugural chair holder of the Behrooz A. Akbarnia, MD and Nasrin A. Owsia, MD Endowed Chair in Spinal Surgery.

Swimming with ‘Sickie’

Ronald “Sickie” Marcikic has coached Masters Swimming at UC San Diego since 1983, recently celebrating 40 years training swimmers on campus. An anonymous donor has given $1 million in his honor, setting up an inspirational challenge to name the Canyonview Aquatic Center pool in Sickie's honor.

Impact Like None Other

When Joan and Irwin Jacobs arrived at UC San Diego in 1966, it was just a fledgling campus, Urey Hall was still under construction and appropriately, “California Dreamin” was the year’s No. 1 top single. Fast-forwarding to 2023, Joan and Irwin's impact on the campus is immeasurable.