February 11, 2021
…empowers its outstanding faculty, students, staff and alumni to drive positive impacts in fields ranging from health to social science. In San Diego and around the world, members of UC San Diego’s community are actively channeling their attention, talents and research prowess to define a better future for all. “Each…
February 7, 2019
…range from $8-45 for students, academics and general public. For free or discounted tickets, please contact your department. If you’d like to participate, volunteer or attend Ignite, visit Ignite’s website. Part of the mission of the Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) at UC San Diego is to “empower a…
May 16, 2022
Franklin Antonio, a University of California San Diego alumnus from 1974, co-founder of Qualcomm and generous philanthropist, has died.
February 1, 2018
…June.” Lewis will address graduating students at the invitation-only June 16 All Campus Commencement. UC San Diego, recognized as one of the top ten public universities in the U.S., is committed to public service and inclusive excellence—two areas that align with the work of Lewis. Inspired by the activism surrounding…
April 19, 2018
…social mobility for California students; how countless jobs, technologies and companies can be traced back to UC; and the university giving rise to the birth of the free speech movement. California’s university The University of California was founded on March 23, 1868 on the principle that college should be accessible…
November 29, 2011
…air. Most onlookers were students, faculty and staff members on their lunch break. “I like taking pictures and this is a pretty big spectacle,” said Alex Forencich, an electrical engineering major, a digital camera strapped around his neck He had been watching the project’s progress from the fourth floor of…
January 24, 2022
A joint gift to the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California San Diego totaling $50 million from the Epstein Family Foundation will drive Alzheimer’s research and accelerate the search for treatments and a cure.
February 20, 2014
…can help prepare today’s students for life’s unexpected directions.” Hooper was recently awarded a two-year $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of State to serve as project director for “Filmmaking and TV Journalism for Peace and Tolerance in Bangladesh.” The project enables students from four universities in Bangladesh to…
June 2, 2015
Distinguished alumni of the University of California, San Diego including filmmaker and animator Mike Judge, as well as all three members of the YouTube sensation, Wong Fu Productions will be recognized during the campus’s annual Alumni Weekend, June 4-7. Also honored will be San Diego Unified School District superintendent Cindy…
August 3, 2023
A new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography uses a multidisciplinary approach to unravel the complexities of the two deadly earthquakes of nearly equal strength that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, 2023.
