March 21, 2013
…UC San Diego, from scholarships to research, which in turn benefit the community. Among the campus areas impacted by the United Way campaign are: Bannister Family House – The mission of the Bannister Family House is to provide affordable lodging and supportive services for out-of-town families of patients undergoing long-term…
March 17, 2022
…his tremendous accomplishments in scholarship and activism, Alec’s dedication to health equity is inspiring,” said one of Calac’s mentors, Angela R. Bazzi, co-director for the UC San Diego and San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health in Global Health and associate professor at the Herbert Wertheim School…
May 26, 2016
…Michael Estrada Alternative Breaks Scholarship Endowment with a gift of $50,000, to help ensure that students in need could participate in the program. He also designated the newly established endowment as a beneficiary of his estate. But the story doesn’t end there. Project Appalachia The Alternative Breaks team invited Estrada…
May 2, 2017
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — a condition that can lead to liver cirrhosis and cancer — isn’t typically detected until well advanced. Even then, diagnosis requires a biopsy. To more easily detect NAFLD, UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators report that the microbial makeup of…
May 4, 2017
…knowledge through their original scholarship and who help train and mentor undergraduates. Grad Slam offers a glimpse into the dynamic work of these students, from the nanoengineer working with robots to the history scholar studying political legitimacy. In addition to Hollett’s first place win, the UC San Diego Grad Slam…
March 12, 2015
…innovative, problem-solving research and scholarship. “The Frontiers of Innovation fellowships provide opportunities for the students and scholars to develop their ability to communicate and collaborate with those in very different disciplines,” said Brown. “Priority is given to projects that are aligned with the UC San Diego’s strategic research themes and…
April 11, 2019
Massimo Franceschetti, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego, has been awarded a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship. His work focuses on the mathematical foundations of engineering systems, with applications to networks, control, computation, communication, and sensing.
May 6, 2021
…individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form under the freest possible conditions, the foundation said in announcing the 2021 fellows. In addition to Adler’s award in Fine Arts and Tezcan in Chemistry, additional fellowship categories include American Literature, European and Latin…
May 23, 2024
Etienne Palos is a fourth year UC San Diego Ph.D. student specializing in theoretical and computational chemistry in the lab of Francesco Paesani. The graduate student discusses his background, his experience as a Latinx student in STEM and more.
November 28, 2023
Over the past three years, 20 faculty members have been hired at UC San Diego who are committed to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion using social justice frameworks. This fall, an additional $175,000 grant was received to support faculty retention and success.
