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The Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox is Open for Research

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DERConnect Test Bed Helps Shape Future of Energy Management

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Staff Members Recognized for Exemplary Service to Campus and Community at Annual Employee Awards

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When Cesar Figueroa, assistant resident dean at Warren College, learned that students at Bayside Elementary lacked basic classroom supplies, he decided to take action. An underserved school located in Imperial Beach, the majority of Bayside students come from low-income families and many qualify for free or reduced lunch. Determined to make their lives better, Figueroa has recruited UC San Diego students and staff to join in revitalization efforts as volunteers and mentors and has cultivated community partnerships to garner resources for the school.

Staff Members Recognized for Exemplary Service to Campus and Community at Annual Employee Awards

UC San Diego Neonatal Neurologist Awarded Grant from The Hartwell Foundation

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MJ Harbert, MD, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has been named a recipient of an Individual Biomedical Research Award by The Hartwell Foundation for her project “Brain Activity During Birth for Prediction of Newborns at Risk for Brain Injury.”

UC San Diego Neonatal Neurologist Awarded Grant from The Hartwell Foundation

Retired Physician Creates a Legacy at Shiley Eye Center with Endowed Faculty Chair

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The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine will establish a new endowed chair thanks to a legacy gift from Trude Kahn Hollander, M.D. A longtime friend of the UC San Diego Shiley Eye Center, which houses the department, Hollander has made arrangements in her estate plan to fund the Dr. Trude K. Hollander Endowed Chair. The endowment will support a faculty member in the Division of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Retired Physician Creates a Legacy at Shiley Eye Center with Endowed Faculty Chair

Academic Senate Honors Campus Scholars for Distinguished Teaching

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After a well-attended and sun-lit reception al fresco, UC San Diego’s Academic Senate presented the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Awards to 12 campus scholars in a formal ceremony. Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and Academic Assembly Chair Kit Pogliano were featured speakers for the event, held May 27 in the Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club.

Academic Senate Honors Campus Scholars for Distinguished Teaching

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center’s Survivor Beach Brings Community Together June 15

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The University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center will host the 8th annual Survivor Beach on Sunday, June 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa in Mission Bay. The event will culminate Cancer Survivor Week, a week-long series of annual special events hosted by Moores Cancer Center. Survivor Beach will feature a beach festival, barbeque, live music, stand-up paddleboard (SUP) competitions for all skill levels and ages, and a paddle out for cancer survivors. Hundreds of community members are expected to gather for the day-long event in solidarity with and celebration of survivors and their caregivers.

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center’s Survivor Beach Brings Community Together June 15

Chancellor Expands Education Opportunities Available to Students in Imperial Valley

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Kathia Cortez, of Imperial Valley, and her twin brother Martin, will both be attending UC San Diego this fall as the first in their family to attend a four-year university, a dream realized because of the Chancellor’s Associates Scholarship program.