November 1, 2018
…are traditional resources for education and entertainment. As an observational and experimental astrophysicist with a long view, Wright envisioned a portable version which could be shared on campus and beyond. That vision materialized recently when UC San Diego opened its first portable planetarium to 100 members of the public, including…
April 10, 2013
Alicia Thomas knows the transformative power of The Preuss School UCSD firsthand. A 2009 graduate of Preuss—a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students whose parents have not graduated from college—Thomas was born to Mexican and Panamanian immigrants who had little more than a high school education.
July 24, 2014
Surf legends from around the world will join local scientists, businesses and community members in the fight against cancer at the 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational on Sunday, Aug. 17. The beachside fundraiser includes a surfing competition, traditional Polynesian dancing, music, auctions and a tropical buffet. All…
October 26, 2017
…San Diego, we are transforming our campus physically and intellectually, and we are strengthening our connections with our local and global communities,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. When he became Chancellor five years ago, Khosla visited alumni in these regions with the message that UC San Diego would always be…
October 30, 2012
The San Diego chapter of ARCS® Foundation, Inc., awarded $232,500 in fellowships to support 31 graduate students at the University of California, San Diego, for the 2012-13 academic year. The ARCS Foundation, a national volunteer women’s organization, provides awards to top students studying science, medicine and engineering.
November 17, 2023
In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, we sat down with two medical students who are members of the Chickasaw Nation to learn about their motivations for choosing medical school at University of California San Diego
May 5, 2022
…and venture capitalists to transform today’s novel ideas into tomorrow’s trusted necessities.” Participating companies with Triton ties included Welfie, (on a mission to deliver health equity to America’s most vulnerable families), UNIGRID (making solid-state batteries accessible on the consumer market), Micronoma (enabling early-stage cancer diagnosis using microbial nucleic acid) and…
April 3, 2013
Engineers who think like artists, physicists who thinks like dancers, scientists who think like poets, and designers who think like Mother Nature: These are some of the researchers from the University of California, San Diego on display at a public event on Friday, April 12 that will extol and explore…
March 17, 2016
…Visual Arts and Engineering Transforming Education in New Maker Studio Below is a sampling of other shared-space centers, incubators and accelerators across campus that encourage and inspire entrepreneurial UC San Diego students. The Basement is a shared campus wide enterprise managed by Alumni and Community Engagement to stimulate, encourage and…
December 9, 2021
…university’s mission of research, education and innovation. Since then, the number of endowed chairs has expanded to include 255 chairs across nearly 70 academic departments, divisions and schools. Funded by gifts to the university, endowed chairs are designed to support the chairholder’s scholarly activities, as well as research and activities…
