60th Annual Watermelon Drop
June 13, 2024
Photos by Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego
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Students Give Back in Record Numbers
October 25, 2012
…Focus on: Giving Back Alumni Entrepreneurs Build Business Models Around Giving Back Private Support to UC San Diego Tops $130 Million for 2011-12 Fiscal Year “If it weren’t for financial aid, I wouldn’t be at UC San Diego,” said Billy Jamili, a fourth-year cognitive science major and president of the…
New Venture Capital Fund to Commercialize Innovations from UC San Diego Community
April 10, 2014
…of UC San Diego alumni has created a venture capital fund—the Triton Technology Fund—that is specifically focused on commercializing innovations by UC San Diego faculty, students and alumni. The fund will offer an additional option for UC San Diego innovators looking for the investment and expertise that is often crucial…
UC San Diego Joins National #GivingTuesday to Open the Holiday Giving Season
November 20, 2012
…look forward to welcoming alumni, students, parents and friends as donors this year thanks to the visibility of #GivingTuesday.” #GivingTuesday began with organizations such as New York’s 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation and quickly grew as hundreds of nonprofits and corporations, including Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Blackbaud and…
Career Center Offers Connections in Time of Social Distancing
April 2, 2020
…university’s Career Center and Alumni offices, the call for social distancing meant transforming the third edition of their successful Take a Triton to Work (TATTW) program into a fully online experience for the first time. Over spring break, more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students as well as new graduates…
Striking Alumni Tower Planned for UC San Diego Center
May 1, 2024
UC San Diego was founded on the former U.S. Marine Corps base Camp Matthews, and students have lived and learned among its decommissioned buildings ever since. Now, a new center of campus is taking shape: the Triton Center and its eye-catching tower, the Triton Alumni and Welcome Center.
Rady School of Management’s Full-Time MBA Program Ranked Among Top in the World
December 6, 2018
The Full-Time MBA program at the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management has been ranked 14th by The Times Higher Education (THE)/Wall Street Journal Ranking. The Rady School’s ranking places its two-year Full-Time MBA program among the world’s most elite programs.
UC San Diego Alumnus Edward Lee ’85 Leads with Care as a u.care Ambassador
April 7, 2022
…Diego alumnus and former Alumni Board member Edward Lee ’85 was among more than 200 u.care ambassadors in 2021 whose influence within his social and professional networks resulted in close to $65,000 raised in fewer than two days. Lee topped two of the leaderboard categories with the highest number of…
UC San Diego Ranked 20th Best University in the World
July 16, 2014
The University of California, San Diego has been ranked the 20th best university in the world by the Center for the World University Rankings (CWUR) which measures universities’ quality of research, faculty, influence, enterprise and successful alumni.
UC San Diego Again Recognized as Top College by Peace Corps
February 19, 2015
The University of California, San Diego ranks 15th nationally among large schools on the Peace Corps’ 2015 Top Colleges list. This marks the fifth consecutive year that UC San Diego has been named in the top 15 in Peace Corps’ rankings and the ninth straight year that it has appeared…
