March 17, 2022
…thanks to practical support (scholarships, awards, conference invitations) and social support (family, friends and mentors), she’s now become one. “My question is, how do we make science a space where anyone interested can serendipitously arrive and feel comfortable? How do we remove barriers that prevent people from following their interests…
October 16, 2015
Four undergraduate students at the University of California, San Diego have been awarded the 2015 Undergraduate Library Research Prize in recognition of their superior research skills. The annual award, sponsored by the UC San Diego Library, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, and the UCSD Alumni Association, recognizes students who…
May 2, 2024
Two UC San Diego faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Stephan Haggard, Distinguished Research Professor of political science in UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy, and Kenneth Intriligator, Distinguished Professor of physics.
October 29, 2020
…individualized mentorship, medical student scholarships and financial educational support for participating residents. Together, these initiatives will build a stronger community of trainees pursuing careers in this field, and ultimately help create an inclusive, skilled workforce representing the changing social, racial and economic demography of California’s children, youth and families. Desiree…
May 24, 2023
Applying imaging technology to plant roots, researchers have developed a new understanding of chemicals that are responsible for plant growth. The chemical “roadmap” identifies where key molecules are distributed along corn roots and how their placement factors into the plant’s maturation.
January 29, 2015
…travel as well as scholarship. He participated in the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. He was there in 1965 as the faculty sponsor of the student non-violent coordinating committee at the University of Illinois. He lived in India as a Fulbright scholar and taught for six months…
May 26, 2016
More than 8,000 students of the University of California San Diego will graduate during the campus’s commencement weekend June 11 and 12, beginning with the All Campus Commencement featuring keynote speaker Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and founder of the global microfinance movement. The event, at 10 a.m.…
January 8, 2024
A message from Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla
September 19, 2023
The Jacobs School of Engineering is celebrating 25 years of being, well, the Jacobs School of Engineering. In 1998, a generous gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs put the relatively new school of engineering on a trajectory to become the powerhouse of engineering and computer science that it is today.
January 8, 2015
…deepen understanding and advance scholarship on Greek history, literature, archaeology and culture, UC San Diego’s Division of Arts and Humanities has launched an academic Center for Hellenic Studies—a modern forum where local and international faculty, researchers and students can collaborate and study the Hellenic world. The Hellenic Cultural Society and…
