December 10, 2012
After an academic theater career that spanned nearly 40 years, Arthur Wagner—founding chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of California, San Diego—is still passionate about training the next generation of theater and dance artists. As a result of budgetary cuts at the University of California,…
March 20, 2013
…liquefied molten rock in Earth’s mantle that may be acting as a lubricant for the sliding motions of the planet’s massive tectonic plates. The discovery may carry far-reaching implications, from solving basic geological functions of the planet to a better understanding of volcanism and earthquakes.
February 27, 2024
New research from the UC San Diego Rady School of Management and Texas A&M University finds that having self-control is often what leads to power.
January 8, 2018
Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla recently received certification from the Joint Commission to be a Comprehensive Stroke Center. This certification is in addition to the existing accreditation at UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest. This expansion makes UC San Diego Health the only…
November 9, 2015
Teachers often inspire students, but students can move teachers, too. Such was the case during a recent visit to UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance by long-time educator and arts supporter Lois Chant. Her $1.25 million legacy gift will boost the department’s efforts to continue its top-ranked theater…
November 17, 2016
…is over Gordon Hanson, acting dean of the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications New research from the University of California San Diego finds the great migration surge of Mexico-born workers crossing into the United States is over—and will remain…
June 6, 2024
New research led by Lia Siegelman, a physical oceanographer at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, shows that the roiling storms at the planet Jupiter’s polar regions are powered by processes known to physicists studying Earth’s oceans and atmosphere. The geophysical commonalities spanning the 452 million miles between the…
August 22, 2013
…the Wagner Endowed Graduate Acting Fellowship, the Arthur and Molli Wagner Endowed Chair in Acting (the only one of its kind in the nation) and have made the lead gift to the Student Production Fund Endowment, for which they are also serving as co-chairs. The endowment seeks to provide continued…
February 5, 2013
he University of California, San Diego takes the No. 4 spot among large California schools on Peace Corps’ 2013 Top Colleges list, ranking No. 13 nationally. The annual list recognizes the highest volunteer-producing colleges and universities for small, medium, large and graduate institutions. There are currently 70 undergraduate alumni from…
August 5, 2019
The past two weekends have been full of sorrow with three horrific shootings taking place in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas as well as closer to home, in Gilroy, California. To the families, loved ones and friends of all those affected by these terrible tragedies we extend our deepest…
