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Scripps/UC San Diego Recruits Top Executive to Lead Finance and Operations

October 15, 2015

Steve Gallagher, a financial management and facilities operations executive with experience at several scientific organizations, has been selected to serve as assistant vice chancellor for finance and operations at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Gallagher’s career for the past 28 years has included a number of roles in…

UC San Diego and Thermo Fisher Scientific Enter Innovative Strategic Partnership

April 7, 2022

…agreed to form a transformational 10-year strategic partnership that leverages the leading expertise of each organization. The unprecedented public-partnership will focus on achieving four key objectives, including the launch of a “Technology Sandbox,” establishment of a collaborative research framework, creation of a pipeline of underrepresented, next-generation talent that become tomorrow’s…

ServiceNow Developer David Loo Returns to His Roots to Accept CSE’s Distinguished Alumni Award

April 3, 2024

UC San Diego alumnus David Loo (BS ’91) has zigzagged continents to earn a world-class education and launch global companies, including ServiceNow. Loo was honored recently as the Department of Computer Science and Engineering’s distinguished alumnus.

Jacobs School of Engineering Launches Two New Master’s Specializations for Working Professionals

February 15, 2024

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is launching two new master’s degree specializations designed for working professionals. The two new specializations are focused on the systems engineering of Cyber-Physical Social Systems and Value Supply Chains.

UC San Diego Goes Beyond the Classroom to Create Futures for its Students

January 7, 2016

…into dream careers through transformative resources that range from excellent career centers to undergraduate research programs, as well as civic engagement opportunities and a strong alumni network. As a result, high numbers of UC San Diego students graduate with outstanding job offers and many are accepted to post-graduate studies at…

Marking a Milestone: Preuss School’s Tenth Graduating Class Achieves Record College Acceptance Rate

June 20, 2013

…be part of an educational experiment, everyone involved believed in the vision for the school. But none of them knew that Preuss would achieve the level of success that it has achieved today. “We felt like guinea pigs,” recalls Jacqueline Kennedy, a member of Preuss’ first graduating class of 55…

Using History to Address Inequality

October 29, 2015

…broader access to quality education and higher minimum-wage standards are tangible ways to address inequality in the United States. Piketty was speaking as part of the Helen Edison Lecture Series, organized by UC San Diego Extension. “It’s not only a discussion of inequality, it’s a history of economic thought that…

Six UC San Diego Chancellor’s Medal Honorees Announced

June 19, 2012

…San Diegans, access to education, new ways of educating business leaders, and leaps in our understanding of fields as diverse as genome sequencing and structural engineering.” Sparking a 35-year legacy of supporting UC San Diego, Bob and Betty Beyster became Chancellor’s Associates in 1977, and since then, they have continuously…

Three California Universities Commit to Growing a Community of Cyberinfrastructure Professionals

October 20, 2022

Recognizing economic competitiveness and security depends on advanced cyberinfrastructure to enable science and engineering research and education, NSF initiated a CyberTraining funding challenge to prepare and develop a workforce that can help scientists meet their computational needs.

Alumnus and Qualcomm Co-Founder Franklin Antonio Gives $30 Million to UC San Diego

November 17, 2017

University of California San Diego alumnus and Qualcomm co-founder Franklin Antonio is donating $30 million to the university in support of programmatic expansion of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

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