Discover the recent student innovations and awards presented at this year’s Demo Day and Pitch Competition, hosted by The Basement under the Office of Innovation and Commercialization at the Design and Innovation Building on May 21, 2026.
UC San Diego’s Black Staff Association brought the campus together for its 6th Annual Juneteenth Celebration and I Am Black Excellence Awards Celebration in the Great Hall. This year’s theme for the sold-out event was “A Family Affair: Embrace Our Progress.”
The sport of pickleball has surged in popularity, rising to become the fastest-growing sport in the United States. Former Triton tennis standouts Naomi Nguyen and Daniel Traxler '24 have put down their tennis racquets to play pickleball professionally on the Carvana PPA Tour.
An internationally recognized scholar whose work focuses on digital politics, information, China and U.S.-China relations has been appointed director of the 21st Century China Center at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy.
Two faculty members and two alumni from UC San Diego's Department of Music have received fellowships and awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a prestigious honor society that recognizes exceptional achievement among contemporary composers, writers, visual artists and architects.
UC San Diego marine microbiologist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Farooq Azam has been selected as the 2026 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences.
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