February 15, 2018
…alumni profiles featuring an astronaut, a 100-year old oceanographer, and a professional poker player at the top of her game. Advancement Services Responsible for the management of all accounting and investments of the UC San Diego Foundation, the Advancement Services team provides an array of diverse services to partners in…
May 12, 2022
…E. McNair, a NASA astronaut who tragically died during the launch of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. Dmitri Young The McNair Program is one of many research opportunities led by the Undergraduate Research Hub, a unit of the Office for Student Retention and Success. In the McNair Program, students…
October 10, 2023
UC San Diego Today reached out to members of the Latinx campus community to gather their recommendations on what to read, watch and listen to during Latinx Heritage Month—and all year long.
October 26, 2017
…physics, where she chose astronaut and physics professor Sally Ride as her advisor. Today, this UC San Diego graduate is searching for exoplanets—planets outside of Earth’s solar system—and inspiring a new generation of students to get interested in science. From the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, Quintana sifts…
May 9, 2024
Sally Ride Science @ UC San Diego is gearing up for its sixth annual Women in Leadership event on the evening of May 23, 2024. Sponsored by the Vertex IWILL Employee Resource Network (Inspiring Women in Leadership and Learning) and the UC San Diego Office of the Chancellor, the anticipated…
June 16, 2022
…250 miles above, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir has a passion for our planet. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumna was invited to speak with graduates about how her experience at UC San Diego prepared her for the rigors of space travel, as well as offer words of wisdom to the…
October 11, 2018
…study pulmonary function in astronauts. The program was approved and funded until 2006. West joined the UC San Diego School of Medicine faculty in 1969, where he continues to his work. Currently, he is addressing the basic biological question of how the blood-gas barrier of the lung is regulated so…
November 29, 2018
…poses to two fictional astronauts in a specific vision of what’s now 17 years in the past for us. But to this day, every time a new AI technology is introduced, HAL is often referenced as a way to help us understand it and its implications.” UC San Diego has…
May 30, 2013
…for the late pioneering astronaut and UC San Diego physics professor. The new vessel will be in a category known as “Ocean Class” and come outfitted with advanced hull-mounted seafloor imaging equipment and Doppler current profilers. R/V Sally Ride will continue the relationship between Scripps and the Navy for the…
November 19, 2020
…of alumni includes NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, #BlackLivesMatter founding member Alicia Garza and Switchfoot drummer Chad Butler. Throughout the last 60 years, every single alumni has played a role in forging the university’s collaborative culture of seeing things differently to drive progress locally, regionally and globally. “When I arrived, I…
