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30 Years of Critical Funding for Junior Faculty

Over three decades, the Hellman family has given over $18 million to support more than 400 UC San Diego junior faculty in their research and progress toward tenure.

Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth H. Simmons with the 2024-2025 UC San Diego Hellman Fellows.

UC San Diego Rises to No. 6 in The Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges 2024

The University of California San Diego has risen to the No. 6 public university in the nation for students seeking stellar academics and a great career foundation at an affordable cost, according to the Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges for 2024 ranking.

Students relax out front of Geisel Library.

UC San Diego Once Again Named 5-Star College by Money

The University of California San Diego has once again achieved a 5-star rating in Money's Best Colleges in America 2024 list. This recognition, awarded annually to colleges that excel in both quality and affordability, places UC San Diego among one of the 18 public universities in the country to earn 5 stars.

UC San Diego Scientist Named Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research

Shiri Gur-Cohen, PhD — a stem cell biologist with the University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center and Sanford Stem Cell Institute — has been named a 2024 Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research.

UC San Diego Expands Undergraduate Library Research Prize

Seven UC San Diego students have been selected to receive 2024 Undergraduate Library Research Prize (ULRP) awards and honorable mentions. An annual awards program that enriches the undergraduate student experience at UC San Diego, the ULRP celebrates the strategic use of UC San Diego Library services, resources and expertise in support of the university’s mission.

Photo of the UC San Diego Library's 2024 Undergraduate Library Research Prize winners with members of campus and Library leadership.

U.S. News & World Report Names UC San Diego’s Engineering and Pharmacy Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best

U.S. News & World Report has unveiled its 2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings in Engineering and in Pharmacy, spotlighting the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences as among the top in the nation.