February 27, 2014
…Development, Campus Initiatives/Diversity Diversity giving at UC San Diego is focused on securing private philanthropic support for initiatives that enhance our campus and welcome a diverse community—including scholarships to help make a college education more accessible and affordable. UC San Diego welcomes Duca as director of development, campus initiatives and…
April 18, 2023
UC San Diego recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the Viterbi Family Vision Research Center at Shiley Eye Institute, which is supported by a $50 million gift made in 2018 by philanthropist Andrew J. Viterbi.
September 26, 2022
The lasting impact of a transformational scholarship. This story was published in the Fall 2022 issue of UC San Diego Magazine.
November 17, 2022
Researchers at the University of California San Diego may soon be closer to finding ways to reverse the effects of glaucoma, thanks to $20 million in support from Hanna and Mark Gleiberman. The gift will establish the Hanna and Mark Gleiberman Center for Glaucoma Research at UC San Diego.
February 15, 2018
…Paula Waxman Through a philanthropic gift, UC San Diego alumnus J. Mark Waxman (B.A. Economics ‘70) and his wife, Paula, have helped launch a Mentorship Initiative at the California Institute for Innovation and Development (CIID) at the Rady School of Management. The institute was founded to support and catalyze the…
November 5, 2015
…late arts patron and philanthropist Elizabeth “Betty” W. Russell. Images From Judith Barry’s, “Voice off,” 1998-1999 still image from 2-channel video projection, each projection approx. 16’ x 22’,© Judith Barry. Photo: Courtesy of Rosamund Felsen Gallery. This year, the formidable team has invited established artist and writer Judith Barry to…
October 12, 2018
Tamara Strauss has been living with high-grade, stage IV pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer for more than three years. Current treatments, although effective for her, are highly toxic. Tamara enrolled in a first-of-its-kind, pilot study at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health to test a personalized vaccine using her unique…
April 19, 2017
The SPARK Gala, an annual UC San Diego Health highlight, returns Saturday, May 13 to celebrate recent advances in the fight against cancer and spur on new discoveries. Proceeds from the event will benefit research and patient care at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, including the Center…
November 5, 2018
The Design Lab at the University of California San Diego, under the direction of founder Don Norman, has received a $250,000 gift from global communications company, Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT). The investment will support efforts at the Design Lab’s Center for Design-Driven Transformation (CDDT) to assist companies in using leading-edge…
October 4, 2012
…To date, Keck has given $16.8 million in grants to UC San Diego faculty members to support high risk/high reward research projects with global impact Steve Dowdy At the University of California, San Diego, scientists have received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund research into…
