February 14, 2011
…undergraduate tutors who take leadership roles in mentoring students and sharing their passion for design. At the senior level, I teach a mechanical engineering capstone design course where student teams work on real-world design projects. The range of projects is especially broad. Students have developed toys for children with disabilities,…
September 27, 2012
…Affairs, she has extensive leadership experience with a proven record of success in areas relating to equity, diversity and inclusion. She led a strategic hiring initiative to increase the number of women in science and engineering, and minority faculty in general, and promote new areas of interdisciplinary scholarship and curricular…
December 16, 2014
It’s a testament to the excitement building around emerging fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies that with only one month’s notice, 130 key experts from academia, government and industry met at the University of California, San Diego for the recent CWC 5G Forum on Next-Generation Wireless Systems – an opportunity to share…
October 3, 2019
…recently launched a Civic Leadership Academy, which provides professional development for locals working in public service and policymaking roles. The aim of the academy is to provide learning opportunities and access to our university’s faculty and research expertise to address current and challenging topics affecting the San Diego region. Destination…
November 20, 2014
…Pauline Foster, who made leadership gifts, as well as all of the other donors who participated in meeting this challenge. These visionaries support UC San Diego’s commitment and vision to create a healthier world through new science, new medicine and new cures.”What’s Inside: Jacobs Medical CenterJoan & Irwin Jacobs“Jacobs Medical…
October 15, 2020
…careers and positions of leadership in STEM. For nearly 50 years, the nationwide organization has worked to support underrepresented communities in STEM, noting that America’s population demographics are changing. Its website states that by 2060, for example, Hispanics will comprise 29 percent of the country’s population. Franklin Garrett is the…
October 3, 2024
OxyLo, Personal.ai, Wild Genomics and AirSurgical were among 25 university-powered startups that took center stage at San Diego’s annual Innovation Day.
January 21, 2021
…those valuable teamwork skills: leadership, followership, communication and taking care of the team,” said Meir. “Especially in a harsh environment like Antarctic and space, there are so many parallels and all of that training, all of my Scripps mentors were really invaluable to that process.” She said one of the…
July 18, 2014
The Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego has given the green light to 35 new projects that are part of the institute’s Calit2 Strategic Research Opportunities (CSRO) program. Each one-year seed grant is worth up to $50,000 in support for researchers in areas of critical interest to…
May 14, 2024
Four of UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance alumni are among the talented directors, actors and scenic designers to be nominated for a 2024 Tony Award. And one of their works—a new musical by singer Alicia Keys called “Hell’s Kitchen”—crowns the list as the musical with the most…
