Center for Health Innovation Expands with $22 Million in Gifts
February 8, 2023
With a generous $22 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, UC San Diego Health will bring its Center for Health Innovation into full reality.
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Together We Build
August 2, 2012
…industry, and to boost philanthropy at the university. We must do everything we can to ensure the success of our faculty, staff and students. They are our current and future leaders; they advance knowledge, improve our quality of life, give back to our community and contribute to our economy. Although…
UC San Diego Launches Gene Therapy Initiative, Targeting Treatments for Rare Diseases
August 29, 2023
A $5 million gift from the Nancy and Geoffrey Stack Foundation has established the UC San Diego Gene Therapy Initiative to find novel therapies for children and adults with genetic diseases.
A Gift from the Heart: Pauline Foster Gives $7.5 Million to Cancer Care Hospital
May 15, 2014
For Pauline Foster, community philanthropist and longtime supporter of the University of California, San Diego, giving $7.5 million in support of the new cancer care hospital at the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center is a gift from the heart—both her husband and brother died of cancer. The campus announced…
Two Billion Reasons to Celebrate
August 19, 2019
…students enthusiastically participated in u.give—UC San Diego’s first Giving Day—raising $662,156 from 3,523 gifts of all sizes, demonstrating that giving together results in powerful outcomes. Giving Day donors had many opportunities to multiply their impact, thanks to challenges that offered gift matches. For example, UC San Diego alumnus Norberto Salazar…
Helping San Diegans Return to Work
June 4, 2020
…life. Now, they are giving back to needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Nearly 300,000 San Diego County residents have lost jobs because of COVID-19,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “Our economy is struggling, so the sooner people can get back to their jobs, the better for…
Swimming with ‘Sickie’
November 16, 2023
Ronald “Sickie” Marcikic has coached Masters Swimming at UC San Diego since 1983, recently celebrating 40 years training swimmers on campus. An anonymous donor has given $1 million in his honor, setting up an inspirational challenge to name the Canyonview Aquatic Center pool in Sickie’s honor.
Birch Fellows Create Immersive Experience for New R/V Sally Ride Gallery
October 20, 2016
…newest research vessel and give an insider’s look at the realities of conducting seagoing science. The gallery is a precursor to a major new exhibit at Birch Aquarium, The Expedition, opening in 2017. “We want people to realize that Scripps scientists, right at this very moment, are all over the…
Joan Klein Jacobs, Beloved Philanthropist and Community Leader, Has Died
May 7, 2024
Joan Klein Jacobs, a dedicated and visionary philanthropist, civic leader and patron of the arts died on May 6. She was 91.
Ernest Rady Pledges $1 Million Matching Gift to Fund Fellowships at Rady School of Management
May 19, 2014
Local philanthropist and campus supporter Ernest Rady has pledged a $1 million matching gift to fund fellowships that will help attract outstanding MBA students to the school. Rady has pledged to donate one dollar for every sixty cents raised by the school for fellowships, up to $1 million. Fellowships provide…
