October 26, 2020
UC San Diego Foundation welcomes a new class of trustees, the first group to be recruited and elected in an entirely virtual setting. This year’s class, which includes six UC San Diego alumni, is the most diverse to date.
May 30, 2019
…higher education through its scholarship program. She is a trustee emerita of the UC San Diego Foundation Board of Trustees, having served from 1997-2003 and then again from 2004-2010, serving as board chair from 2006-2008. Galinson formerly served as a board member for the prestigious American Jewish Joint Distribution committee,…
April 1, 2021
…Chávez Celebration Kickoff and Scholarship Awards on April 8. The keynote will include a discussion of his career in comedy and film, his community activism as well his art collection. A passionate Chicanx art supporter and collector, Marin has developed the finest private collection of Chicanx art in the nation…
May 29, 2012
Celebrated alumni of the University of California, San Diego that include Ira Rubenstein, executive vice president at Twentieth Century Fox and actor James Avery will speak to 8,182 graduating students for the campus’s 2012 commencement ceremonies. The majority of UC San Diego’s 11 commencement ceremonies will take place June 15-17,…
March 18, 2021
…range of initiatives, from scholarships and art commissions to health care and the top-ranked Jacobs School of Engineering. “Jacobs Medical Center is a world-class medical destination in great part because of the creative vision and generous philanthropy of Joan and Irwin Jacobs,” said Khosla. “We are proud to be the…
October 18, 2011
…Wendy Kwok will provide scholarship support for outstanding UC San Diego undergraduates majoring in biological sciences. “With increased budget cuts and current state of the economy, the State of California is investing less in the education of University of California students, so this gift is an attempt to sustain the…
May 31, 2018
…annual Black History Month Scholarship Brunch committee to being staff chair of the Faculty and Staff Giving Council and contributing to the Division of Social Sciences Communications Council. She also helped establish the annual Staff Mixer event, something she says started as a fun social idea but morphed into a…
April 4, 2023
To help kick off the start of UC San Diego’s César E. Chávez celebration month, UC Irvine School of Education Dean and Professor Frances Contreras is visiting campus on April 6 to deliver a special keynote address.
September 19, 2012
Five University of California, San Diego graduate students pursuing research at the intersection of bioengineering, medicine and biology are among the 85 recipients of 2013 Siebel Scholars awards, announced by the Siebel Scholars Foundation on September 10, 2012.
July 16, 2020
…offered the first full scholarship to an incoming student-athlete for fall 2020. She explained that the support will help draw a higher caliber of players to coincide with an increased level of competition in Division 1 matches. But what truly makes players stand out is the level of integrity, perseverance…
