November 10, 2022
Walt Kanzler, UC San Diego’s senior director of Project Quality Management, has been selected as a 2022 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) fellow joining the ranks of fewer than 300 LEED fellows around the world.
September 19, 2023
The Jacobs School of Engineering is celebrating 25 years of being, well, the Jacobs School of Engineering. In 1998, a generous gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs put the relatively new school of engineering on a trajectory to become the powerhouse of engineering and computer science that it is today.
October 27, 2022
Eminent biotechnology innovator and entrepreneur Gene Lay has committed $25 million through the through the Laygend Foundation to name the Department of Bioengineering in honor of his mentor, Professor Emeritus Shu Chien.
February 8, 2024
Through his company CorDx, entrepreneur and philanthropist Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff) and Dongdong Guo (Doreen) have pledged $3 million to the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The gift will support research, education and entrepreneurship in the Sustainable Power and Energy Center (SPEC).
November 28, 2023
A startup spun off from technology developed at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has secured $4 million in venture capital seed funding to commercialize their sweat-based diagnostic platform technology.
June 9, 2022
…San Diego. The late Franklin Antonio ’74 became the first alumnus to have a building named in his honor—Franklin Antonio Hall—after making a $30 million gift to support the Jacobs School of Engineering. Set to open in fall 2022, the 200,000-square-foot engineering building is designed to foster collaborative research, active…
October 4, 2022
With Homecoming just weeks away, the energy across campus is electric as UC San Diego gears up to welcome its Triton family home. Get ready to sport your blue and gold and take part in a full schedule of events that will include all your old favorites, plus some exciting…
September 26, 2023
This fall, UC San Diego will be able to provide on-campus housing to nearly 14,000 undergraduate students. Beyond beds, new projects bring space for a new undergraduate college, innovative green features, diverse dining, campus-inspired art and open space for all to enjoy.
October 3, 2019
…Jacobs School of Engineering. Franklin Antonio Hall, a 200,000-square-foot building to be completed in 2021, will feature laboratories, classrooms, faculty offices, meeting spaces, an auditorium and café. It will be a hub for innovation across diverse fields of research, working together to advance critical health, energy, autonomy and security challenges…
November 19, 2020
…(7th floor) of Urey Hall. In 1978, San Diego’s first biotechnology company, Hybritech, was co-founded by two UC San Diego faculty members. Today, more than 1,000 companies around the world use or have used technology created at UC San Diego. In 1983, “Sun God” became the first sculpture in UC…
