February 2, 2017
…the Jacobs Healing Arts Collection. “I like the art because it makes me feel better, even though I’m not the patient,” said Jennifer, whose companion is receiving cancer care. “Being in a hospital is sometimes a waiting game. Waiting for a surgery to end. Waiting for test results. Waiting to…
November 13, 2018
UC San Diego’s Visitors Tour Program offers free tours to local residents, new faculty and staff, first-time visitors and the general public. These Sunday afternoon tours are led by knowledgeable adult volunteer guides. Walking tours are conducted the first Sunday of every month, while tours are by bus for the…
March 4, 2016
…unique architecture, public art collection and vibrant living and learning neighborhoods. The free, two-hour tours highlight the history of the university and its role in the biotech boom; the evolution of UC San Diego’s six colleges; its green building designs and strategies; and other notable points of interest across the…
October 10, 2013
…by UC San Diego’s Stuart Collection of public art. The Grand Orchid is the top award in Orchids & Onions, San Diego Architectural Foundation’s annual review of good (and bad) local design. Also doing UC San Diego proud: Galbraith Hall, whose renovation was honored with an Orchid for interior design,…
January 29, 2013
After retiring from a 20-year career as a physician with the U.S. Air Force, John Meyers settled in San Diego and began his own private medical practice. He was drawn to San Diego in part because of the new School of Medicine that was taking shape at the University of…
July 21, 2022
…Kathy Whelan at the Stuart Collection’s “La Jolla Project” outside of the Theatre District construction trailers. Name: Kathy Whelan Position: Project Specialist, Capital Program Management Years at UC San Diego: 7 years What she does at UC San Diego: As project specialist for the Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood,…
January 18, 2018
…audio tour of The Stuart Collection at UC San Diego with director Mary Beebe. From Terry Allen’s “Trees” installation near the UC San Diego Library to the iconic “Sun God” sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle, the free tour will explore “the sculpture of sound,” ending at the 2017 installation…
November 19, 2020
…in UC San Diego’s Stuart Collection of public art, which is today recognized as one of the world’s premier public sculpture collections. 1995 saw the inception of the Cross-Cultural Center, or “The Cross,” UC San Diego’s first space dedicated to work in equity, inclusion and diversity. Now, the university is…
April 11, 2019
The NASA Twins Study is the most comprehensive integrated multi-omics, molecular, physiological, and behavioral analysis of how the human body responds to space flight to date. Study results were published in the April edition of Science
December 3, 2020
…Visual Arts Buildings, a Stuart Collection art installation and the construction of Rupertus Walk, which will connect the university to a stop on the UC San Diego Blue Line Trolley extension. Adjacent to the trolley is the Design and Innovation Building, which will open in the spring of 2021 as…
