Scripps Oceanography Receives nearly $5.5 Million in Recent Gifts
Science & EnvironmentScripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego received a string of major private donations in early 2012 that exceeded $5.2 million.
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Cables Spanning Pacific Ocean Seafloor to Give Ocean Science a New Edge
Science & EnvironmentMarine scientists and a commercial telecommunications company are exploring partnerships that could dramatically advance scientists’ ability to observe and study ocean processes, provide early alerts for potential disasters and study deep Earth geodynamics.
Archive Chronicling History of San Diego’s Chicano Movement to Go Digital
HumanitiesIn 2004, the University of California, San Diego Libraries acquired one of the region’s most significant archives—the papers of Chicano activist Herman Baca— documenting the struggles and achievements of the Chicano Movement in San Diego from 1964 to 2006.
Amgen Scholars Program Supports Young Scientists at UC San Diego
Science & EnvironmentLeandro Gallo, a graduate student in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, grew up in a working class family in Brazil where the possibility of pursuing higher education seemed an impossible dream for him.
Theatre and Dance Alum Returns to Direct Campus Production of ‘June Moon’
HumanitiesBoy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy may get girl in the end? The plot is simple. But the real story behind “June Moon,” the next offering from the UC San Diego department of theatre and dance, is about the quest for love and the price of fame, according to director Jonathan Silverstein.
Scholarship Connects Hollywood Actor with Budding UC San Diego Talent
HumanitiesWith dreams of seeing his name in lights on Broadway, UC San Diego theatre and dance major Brian Bose was astonished to learn that he had received the James Avery Scholarship to help support his educational studies at UC San Diego. The fund was established by UC San Diego alumnus and acclaimed actor and poet, James Avery ’76.
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