For exceptional service in support of the university’s mission, Amy and Bill Koman, Gene Lay, and Nancy and Geoffrey Stack are the recipients of the 2023 Chancellor’s Medal. The Lifetime Legacy Award, granted only on the rarest occasions to exceptional campus visionaries, will be presented to Darlene Shiley. Read More»
Over the past three years, 20 faculty members have been hired at UC San Diego through the University of California Advancing Faculty Diversity Program. Get to know five new professors who are advancing equity by centering the perspectives, lived experiences and voices of communities of color in their work. Read More»
Interventions such as television subtitles and hearing aids could be important for reducing the risk of dementia among individuals with hearing impairment, suggests a new study by a team of researchers from UC San Diego and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. Read More»
Persperion, a startup spun off from technology developed at the Jacobs School of Engineering, has secured $4 million in venture capital seed funding to commercialize its sweat-based diagnostic platform technology. Their initial product, a noninvasive glucose test, could potentially remove the need for people with diabetes to use painful finger pricks. Read More»
In this Q&A, Susanne Degher, events specialist and fiscal assistant in the Department of Philosophy at the School of Arts and Humanities, shares her life's adventures as an actor, flight attendant and teacher. Learn what drew her to UC San Diego—a place she calls “heaven on Earth.” Read More»
Still looking for that perfect gift? Visit the Holiday Craft Fair at the Craft Center on Dec. 1 from 5-8 p.m. or Dec. 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to shop for unique, handmade items and enjoy light refreshments. You can even make your own gift during a hands-on workshop—or support food insecurity and nutritional education programs by purchasing handmade pottery through the “Empty Bowls” program. Learn More»
Jorge Poveda, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Donald P. Eckman Award by the American Automatic Control Council. The award annually recognizes outstanding engineers in the field of automatic control who are younger than 35. Read More»
