April 17, 2014
The 6th annual San Diego Breath of Hope Lung Cancer Walk, benefiting lung cancer research at the University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center, will take place May 4 at Cancer Survivors Park on Harbor Island. Register at sdbreathofhope.ucsd.edu.
March 10, 2022
…all of her 10 children. Love you Mom.” “My mom and grandma! They are powerful Vietnamese women who inspired me to chase my dreams. They couldn’t pursue a college education so I am proud to continue their journey at UCSD.” “My grandmothers. One was meek and cautious by the time…
February 23, 2017
…we transform lives and educate next-generation leaders who will push boundaries and challenge expectations to make our world better.” Scholarship recipient Allen Nguyen graduated in 2015 with a degree in computer science. “It not only helped me financially, but the scholarship allowed me to get to the position where I…
February 11, 2015
…unparalleled clinical care, research, education and community service, the UC San Diego Shiley Eye Center has been renamed the UC San Diego Donald P. and Darlene V. Shiley Eye Institute, encompassing the Shiley Eye Center, the Anne F. and Abraham Ratner Children’s Eye Center, the Hamilton Glaucoma Center and the…
April 28, 2022
…Celebration. The San Diego-based children’s book and graphic novel writer will serve as the keynote speaker for the annual scholarship awards ceremony on May 6, ushering in a monthlong series of events open to the campus community. Each May, UC San Diego curates a wide array of programs that honor…
June 29, 2018
It is with great and wrenching sadness that we announce the passing of Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science Jeffrey L. Elman, who died suddenly on Thursday, June 28. He was 70.
January 23, 2020
…Experiences into ‘Bridges to Education’ for Underrepresented Students When he was 10 years old, Oscar Vazquez-Mena learned that his ancestors, the ancient Mayans, had once been a technologically advanced culture that excelled in mathematics, astronomy, art and architecture. Yet all around him in Chiapas, his home state in Mexico, families…
March 6, 2014
…that it’s never too early to think about college, the Saturday, April 5 event offers information about the college prep necessary so that qualified students who want to go to college can, regardless of income or ethnicity. “It is our responsibility as a public university to provide educational opportunity for…
June 19, 2012
…in Somalia two decades earlier. This fall, Qadi will enter medical school at Johns Hopkins University. Hats off to the Class of 2012 Thousands of students celebrated graduation at UC San Diego’s commencement ceremonies over the weekend. A total of 8,182 undergraduate and graduate students received their diplomas during the…
November 5, 2014
Richard H. Rosenblatt, a world-renowned ichthyologist and professor associated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, since 1958, died at his home in San Diego, Calif., on Oct. 30, 2014, from natural causes. He was 83 years old.
