November 21, 2013
UC San Diego Foundation Welcomes Seven New Trustees Much more than financial advisors, UC San Diego Foundation trustees work as a team to connect the university with community partners and discover resources needed to launch innovative programs. Some of the campus’s most impactful initiatives—such as the Qualcomm Institute, the Preuss…
May 14, 2015
Representatives from the first seven companies admitted into the Qualcomm Institute Innovation Space wowed the campus community at a press briefing and networking reception to mark the official opening of the new 6,000-square-foot facility inside Atkinson Hall on the UC San Diego campus. The event took place May 7.
May 16, 2017
Clarke Center Director Sheldon Brown discusses a shared virtual reality environment called Assembly. Photo courtesy of the Clarke Center UC San Diego’s Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination Takes Audiences to Places They Can’t Wait to Get to UC San Diego’s Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination is…
March 28, 2019
Developing how the heart forms and brain works. How to analyze sarcasm computationally. Harnessing computers to develop campaign rhetoric across the spectrum. Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute announced innovative undergraduate research scholarship projects across academic disciplines.
November 2, 2023
Psychedelic research has taken place at UC San Diego since the 1970s. But today, thanks to an interdisciplinary team from departments all across campus, that research has expanded to include human clinical trials exploring a range of treatments including chronic pain and mental health.
October 17, 2013
UC San Diego Says “Welcome” With Wide-Ranging Tour New UC leader sees first-hand the interdisciplinary research that has made the campus a top-ten public university. Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla provided background about the campus to President Napolitano (center) and Provost Aimee Dorr, detailing the strategic planning process underway and the…
September 24, 2015
UC San Diego Raises $177.5 Million to Break Campus Fundraising Record Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Public universities must increasingly rely on philanthropy to support academic excellence Today, the University of California, San Diego celebrates its latest breakthrough—a record-breaking year of private support for the campus. UC San…
October 28, 2021
Making Space Travel Inclusive for All AstroAccess Ambassador Mary Cooper, an aerospace engineering student at Stanford and below-the-knee amputee, experiences a weightless, microgravity environment on the Zero-G Flight. Photo credit: Al Powers for Zero Gravity Corporation. UC San Diego researchers participate in zero gravity flight to understand ability, disability in…
January 15, 2015
First UC San Diego MacArthur Foundation Chair Holders Named Sheldon Brown and Emilie Hafner-Burton will hold University of California endowed faculty chairs, each supported by a $1 million endowment For the first time, two distinguished UC San Diego faculty have been appointed to hold University of California endowed faculty chairs…
June 19, 2014
Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego Announces Chancellor’s Medal and Revelle Medal Honorees Awards to Sue and Steve Hart, T. Denny Sanford, Shu Chien and Peter Gourevitch among the most prestigious given by UC San Diego The University of California, San Diego today announced that UC…
