March 17, 2016
…Encouraged to Pursue Their Educational Dreams Chicano/a and Latino/a students and families learn about how to prepare for college at UC San Diego conference Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla The information they learned about university admission requirements was useful, but what Adriana and Raul Ojeda valued most was the hope inspired…
February 10, 2022
…West Virginia in the early ’60s, the son of a World War II veteran and coal miner, and we lived in a coal mining town (more commonly known as a hollow). I had nine siblings and we were all blessed with the gift of wise parents. My experience was formed…
March 14, 2019
…the betterment of science, education and patient care When she was first transitioning from postdoctoral trainee to assistant professor in the UC San Diego School of Medicine, María Marquine, originally from Uruguay, found the many types of faculty—tenure-track, adjunct, in-residence, clinical and so on—confusing. So too were the “rules” for…
March 1, 2018
…world-class UC San Diego education a reality for ambitious and talented students from all socio-economic backgrounds. Student scholarship recipients expressed how much they have benefited from the support. Many expressed that they would not have been able to attend UC San Diego without the gift of a scholarship. Chancellor Pradeep…
April 11, 2013
…it’s designed to teach children ages 8 to 18 how to program through hands-on activities. “Kids shouldn’t have to wait till college to learn programming—and to learn that it can be fun,” said Stephen Foster, one of ThoughtSTEM’s founding members and a Ph.D. student in computer science at the Jacobs…
April 22, 2021
…is especially high for children, whose bodies aren’t fully adept at temperature control, and older adults who may take medications that affect heat regulation. According to the National Climate Assessment, the number of “extreme heat” days in the U.S. will continue to rise. And the combination of extreme heat days…
November 8, 2012
When David and Janice Katz sold their family business in Chicago, the couple looked forward to a full, active retirement in San Diego. They also planned to continue the philanthropic work that they had begun while in Chicago.
August 9, 2017
Microbiome researchers Rob Knight, PhD, University of California San Diego, Jeffrey Gordon, MD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Norman Pace, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder, will share this year’s Massry Prize, splitting the $200,000 honorarium. These researchers lead a field that works to produce a detailed…
June 19, 2014
…a master’s degree in education from Chicago Teachers College and advanced training at Bank Street College in New York. Jerome was a partner/managing director of Kuhn Loeb in New York City and then Lehman Brothers, where he was one of the nation’s leading experts in financing public works. As longtime…
September 12, 2016
A longtime favorite of students, faculty and administrators alike, former University of California San Diego electrical and computer engineering professor Anthony V. Sebald passed away on July 11, 2016. He was 74 years old. For nearly 30 years, Sebald served the campus, the Jacobs School of Engineering and its Department…
