February 26, 2015
Sawrey Re-elected to American Chemical Society Board of Directors Barbara Sawrey Barbara A. Sawrey, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of Undergraduate Education at UC San Diego, has been re-elected director-at-large of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. She began…
February 26, 2015
Change Agent Professor and National Geographic ‘Emerging Explorer’ sets out to address food production’s footprint on global climate change Fieldwork has led Burney to develop technologies to help farmers in Africa adapt to climate change. She helped develop solar irrigation systems that enable African farmers to grow more fruits and…
February 26, 2015
Transcending Borders Through Education Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego is one of several U.S. and Mexican institutions of higher education to join together and launch the CaliBaja Consortium for Higher Education with the goal of becoming a leader in cross-border education by 2020. “We are…
February 26, 2015
UC San Diego to Receive $750,000 Bequest from Alumnus and Chancellor’s Associate James Kaplan Funds will go to support campus’s greatest needs Jim Kaplan It was some 12 years ago that James Kaplan remembers first receiving an invitation to attend a Chancellor’s Associates event at UC San Diego. “I remember…
February 26, 2015
Looking Back and Ahead, Shiley’s Vision Remains Clear Time may blur, but the first quarter-century of the Shiley Eye Center–it celebrates that anniversary this year–remains sharply defined in its accomplishments and focus on the future. When the $8 million center debuted in 1991, launched by a $1 million leadership gift…
February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015
Scott LaFee
February 25, 2015
Scott LaFee
