April 5, 2018
…Silberman Inspiration Challenge goes to support the Chancellor’s Associates Scholarship, which provides access for qualified and motivated first-generation college students. To learn more about Chancellor’s Associates, visit their website here.
March 27, 2014
On April 10, 2014, the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego will kick off its Spring 2014 exhibition, Senses of Care: Mediated Ability and Interdependence, in the gallery@calit2. The opening of the exhibition will feature a talk by the curatorial team, led by UC San Diego associate…
February 8, 2019
Walter Munk, who gave the Allies a strategic edge in World War II, helped nurture a university into existence, and became a living synonym for oceanography, died February 8 at his home in La Jolla, Calif. He was 101.
July 20, 2022
Jane Teranes, a teaching professor and paleoclimatologist who provided a bridge for UC San Diego undergraduates to engage with Scripps Institution of Oceanography science, died July 2, 2022 after a brief illness. She was 52.
October 3, 2019
…In addition to his scholarship and kindness, Fung’s laugh is one of his most distinctive qualities, according to his colleagues. “He is the most joyful individual,” said Geert Schmid-Schoenbein, professor of bioengineering at UC San Diego, one of Fung’s former Ph.D. students and a key organizer of the 100th birthday…
October 22, 2020
…chairs and supported numerous scholarships, UC San Diego School of Medicine, the School of Global Policy and Strategy, the Stuart Collection and the Rady School of Management. Both have served as board members on the UC San Diego Foundation and currently serve as Honorary Chairs for the Campaign for UC…
May 21, 2020
…When he accepted the scholarship opportunity, his assignment along with classmate Natalie Avina was to prep a communications plan on increasing student voter turnout for the next fall. The core goal of their project is to increase student turnout for the upcoming election; however, their efforts had to pivot due…
October 31, 2013
…and San Diego in scholarship, education and the generation of new industry and market opportunities. This fall, the StartR accelerator program is launching for Rady students and alumni, where early stage companies and student teams will be given mentoring, educational workshops, advice and access to other resources. Both programs were…
March 5, 2012
Accurately predicting severe storms, or what Wall Street’s markets will do next, may become just a bit easier in coming months as Gordon, a unique supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, begins helping researchers delve into these and other data-intensive projects.
October 10, 2019
…Burbidge’s passion for cosmic scholarship is rooted in family. She grew up in England, where her father was a teaching chemist; her mother a student when they met. Reportedly, during a family trip when the young Eleanor Margaret Peachey saw the nighttime sky during a ferry crossing, she was “star-struck.”…
