October 21, 2015
Donald Walter Wilkie, director of the Scripps Aquarium-Museum from 1965-1993 and founding director of the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum (now known as Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego), died on October 5, 2015, in San Diego. He was 84 years old.
July 16, 2024
…a UC San Diego education possible because I would have never been able to move from my home state of Alabama to pursue a graduate education in California without the extra financial support.” Richardson’s fellowship will enable her to do an internship in Nashville this summer, where she will be…
April 11, 2022
Pradeep K. Khosla, chancellor of the University of California San Diego, was honored recently by the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Foundation for his partnership and support of the arts in San Diego Unified School District.
July 9, 2014
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has named Charles E. Daniels, PhD, FASHP, as the recipient of the 2014 John W. Webb Lecture Award. The Webb Award honors health-system pharmacy practitioners or educators who stand apart because of their extraordinary dedication to fostering excellence in pharmacy management and leadership.
June 5, 2020
After a nationwide search, Matthew Steitz, Ed.D, has been appointed principal of The Preuss School UC San Diego, effective July 1, 2020.
July 17, 2019
The University of California San Diego has been ranked the 11th best public university in the country among colleges that pay off the most in a new ranking by CNBC.
September 10, 2020
…a place of quality education and innovative research. The first of some 750,000 volumes were moved into the building on June 29, 1970 and on September 29, the doors opened for the very first time. The campus community was finally able to step foot in their brand-new research library and…
August 24, 2020
The National Science Foundation has renewed funding for OpenTopography, a science gateway that provides online access to high-resolution topography data and processing tools to advance research and education in areas ranging from earthquake geology to ecology and hydrology.
October 26, 2011
…East and West, has transformed the north entrance of campus into a trendy green version of San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood. Village East apartment project includes The Bistro, a full-service restaurant that accepts reservations. “The LEED Gold certification is a nice postscript for an apartment development that, with other new…
January 7, 2016
…a trailblazer in higher education. Recently, the campus has begun harnessing the vast ideas and creativity of staff and faculty members to make the university even better with IdeaWave. The campus-wide Standing Committee on Service and People Oriented Administrative Culture (SC-SPOC), which was established as an outgrowth of the Strategic…
