February 15, 2024
Blanca Meléndrez and Amina Sheik Mohamed of the UC San Diego Center for Community Health received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for their efforts to address health equity in partnership with underserved, immigrant and refugee communities.
July 29, 2013
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) recently presented the University of California, San Diego with a $7.2 million check representing energy efficiency incentives earned through implementation of 30 energy efficiency projects from 2010 to 2012.
October 18, 2018
…achieve is making our communities healthier across the lifespan, and thus more productive,” said scientist, clinician, entrepreneur and philanthropist Herbert Wertheim. “Prevention is, and always will be, the best medicine.” With that mission in mind, the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation has pledged $25 million to the University…
April 21, 2022
…to engage in our community—which enhances our ability to be a student-centered, public service-oriented university.” Decreasing student loan debt while accelerating K-12 support Students can begin to apply now to become part of the first cohort of fellows. For the 2022-23 academic year—the first of the two-year program—120 students will…
July 10, 2013
The high-speed data transmission network of the UC San Diego-based High-Performance Wireless and Research Education Network (HPWREN) is once again showing its utility as a public safety asset as firefighters battle the 7,000-acre Chariot Fire near Mount Laguna, east of San Diego.
May 19, 2016
…involvement with the Native community that played an integral role in her academic success. This summer, Hood will begin to cultivate similar opportunities for community growth at UC San Diego as the inaugural director of the Inter-Tribal Resource Center, the campus’ newest space dedicated to inclusion and outreach efforts. “I…
March 20, 2017
Kyoto University of Japan, one of the University of California San Diego’s international partners, will open an office in San Diego in early April, both campuses have announced.
June 13, 2017
The University of California San Diego and 13 institutions in Baja California announced the launch of the CaliBaja Education Consortium at the Cross-border Innovation Summit that took place on June 9, 2017 on the UC San Diego campus. The new entity will serve the entire CaliBaja region and will allow…
April 29, 2019
Two renowned research centers at University of California San Diego are joining forces to take a deeper look at how components of human milk and the microbiome can change the course of therapeutics for infant and adult diseases.
January 13, 2022
…$929,000 Grant to Foster Community Entrepreneurship Award to support UC San Diego’s Talent Foundry Accelerator over next three years UC San Diego has been awarded nearly $1 million as part of the U.S. government’s Build To Scale initiative, a federal program promoting the growth of technology entrepreneurship in historically underserved…
