Today, UC San Diego announced the recipients of the campus’s most prestigious awards for its supporters. The 2025 Chancellor’s Medal recipients are David Goeddel ’72; Ken Kroner, PhD ’88; and Sally WongAvery ’75. The university will also bestow the Lifetime Legacy Award upon San Diego-based philanthropists and community leaders Evelyn and Ernest Rady. Read More»
With the goal of deepening U.S.-India ties and collaboration, the Motwani Jadeja Foundation, founded by philanthropist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist Asha Jadeja, has donated a significant gift to the 21st Century India Center, housed in the School of Global Policy and Strategy. Read More»
Lillian Lu, an assistant professor of literature in the School of Arts and Humanities, has always been drawn to gothic stories. In this interview, she discusses her paper on the 2022 television adaptation of Anne Rice’s “Interview with the Vampire,” and shares her gothic horror reading list for the Halloween season. Read More»
UC San Diego’s Equity in Mental Health series kicked off its second year with workshops held in both Spanish and English, entitled “Mental Health: Practical Strategies to Manage Emotions in Our Daily Lives.” Dalia Pimentel, a bilingual mental health expert, visited the campus to share practical tools to enhance resilience and navigate mental health challenges. Read More»
The success of the $1 trillion that was recently invested by the U.S. federal government to mitigate climate change largely depends on how well state and local governments spend the money, according to a commentary published in Nature that was co-authored by researchers from the School of Global Policy and Strategy. Read More»
Open enrollment for 2025 benefits begins today at 8 a.m. and ends on Friday, Nov. 22, at 5 p.m. PST. During this window, University of California employees and retirees may change their coverage or add eligible dependents onto their health insurance. All changes are effective Jan. 1, 2025. Read More»
