May 7, 2015
When he realized he had neither the talent nor the dedication to be a career musician, San Diego builder Conrad Prebys chose a different path. But his passion for music never wavered, and since 2007, he has generously given to the Division of Arts and Humanities at the University of…
October 31, 2016
…global warming,” Mrs. Frieman recently gave $2.5 million to endow a faculty chair and two fellowships in climate sustainability.
November 21, 2019
…of any great university. Endowed faculty chairs are vital to help UC San Diego stay competitive in attracting and retaining distinguished scholars, Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize recipients, academic leaders and innovators of all kinds. Since the launch of the Campaign for UC San Diego in 2012, donors have established 92…
October 29, 2015
…of ResMed’s founder and chairman of the board, Peter C. Farrell, PhD, DSc. ResMed is the global leader in pioneering new and innovative solutions for the diagnosis, treatment and management of sleep-disordered breathing, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other key chronic diseases. The funding, totaling $5 million, will establish…
June 1, 2023
Christine Alvarado, associate dean in UC San Diego’s Division of Undergraduate Education and a Teaching Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department, will hold the inaugural Paul R. Kube Endowed Chair of Computer Science.
September 13, 2017
…with Building Naming, Inaugural Chair Holders Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla welcomes audience members to the Sept. 12 dedication of Tata Hall for the Sciences, a new building for the Divisions of Biological and Physical Sciences. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego celebrated the dedication of a…
August 8, 2023
Gentry Patrick, a professor of neurobiology and director of the Center for Empathy and Social Justice in Human Health at UC San Diego, has been named as the inaugural holder of the Kavli and Dr. William and Marisa Rastetter Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Neurobiology.
September 20, 2013
…bequest has been allocated by the Foundation to support endowed faculty chairs in UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management and the Jacobs School of Engineering, to create an endowed scholarship and fellowship program for all students, and provide funds for the UC San Diego Shiley Eye Center.
June 25, 2014
…Ben and Wanda Hildyard Chair for Diseases of the Eye. The chair is one of three established by a bequest from Ben and Wanda Hildyard to help UC San Diego School of Medicine recruit and retain top faculty members. The bequest provided endowment funds of more than $6 million to…
October 31, 2013
…makes founding gift to endow The Stanley and Pauline Foster Endowed Chair, the university’s first $5 million endowed faculty chair. 2007 First FlexEvening MBA class matriculates Rady School moves to its permanent facilities at Otterson Hall. Funded almost entirely with private support, the building was named in honor of the…
