October 3, 2019
…Meir’s favorite spots on campus. The event featured an acoustic performance by recording artist Grace Potter, a close friend of Meir’s, and an immersive VR experience of the ISS recorded by Félix & Paul Studios. Commemorative cookies, Tang, and freeze-dried Space Ice Kream were served to guests, who also received…
June 1, 2017
…sense of community on campus,” he said. “UC San Diego has really become a home away from home for me and I’ve grown so much here.” Graduating from Marshall College with a degree in human biology, the San Diego native has been intent on nurturing young students just as he…
June 18, 2015
…pursue a master’s and eventual Ph.D. in education to study the effects of education on undocumented students, an issue she feels strongly about as it relates to her own story. Esparza was born in Mexico and moved to San Diego with her family when she was 2 years old. She…
January 21, 2015
Few institutions have ignited such passionate public debate over their roles and activities than the National Security Agency (NSA). As the lead agency for the U.S. government on cryptology, its missions encompass collecting foreign information for intelligence purposes and preventing foreign adversaries from gaining access to U.S. national-security information.
June 13, 2024
UC San Diego’s all campus commencement is going to be different this year. Because we couldn’t pick just one, eight student speakers will offer words of gratitude and inspiration to their fellow 2024 graduates via video at the June 15 ceremony.
May 5, 2015
Dr. John Wooley, the long-time associate vice chancellor for research and professor of pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, passed away in April after a long battle with cancer.
September 30, 2011
Four undergraduate students at the University of California, San Diego have received the 2011 Undergraduate Library Research Prize for their outstanding research skills. The prize, which is co-sponsored by the UC San Diego Libraries, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, and the UCSD Alumni Association, includes cash awards of $1000…
September 26, 2013
…began in France and eventually led them to Mexico City in 1938. Blanco went on to receive his B.A. from Harvard and his Ph.D. from the Colegio de México with a dissertation on the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno. Together with Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz and others, Blanco was a…
September 26, 2013
…with the goal of eventually discovering how this language came to life. Related Stories Chancellor Khosla Powers Up Incoming Tritons Students Explore Campus Resources at Student Services Fair Padden’s recent arduous travels are just a small part of the professor’s efforts to achieve her mission at UC San Diego: helping…
October 15, 2015
…Gentry Patrick arrived on campus with sterling academic credentials: An undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a Ph.D. from Harvard University and a postdoctoral fellowship from Caltech. But his rapid success as an up-and-coming neurobiologist would not have been possible, he concedes, without the help of mentors who…
