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UC San Diego Undergraduates Awarded Strauss Scholarship for Biology, Music Outreach

June 17, 2019

Two UC San Diego undergraduate students were named Donald A. Strauss Foundation Public Service Scholars, and were awarded a $15,000 prize to pursue their social change and public service projects.

Hellman Fellows Program Supports Junior Faculty on Tenure Track

June 9, 2016

…members, in disciplines from visual arts to nanoengineering. The program annually awards funding to recognize faculty who show capacity for great distinction in their research and academic work, and is intended to support activities that will enhance their progress towards tenure. “UC San Diego boasts one of the finest faculties…

La Jolla Playhouse Brings in Theatre and Dance Talent, Expertise for their Latest World Premiere

November 4, 2021

…San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities faculty in 2018, bringing a long and impressive history of stage management and production expertise from across North America. She began her career at Music Theatre of Wichita and South Coast Repertory, and spent five season as the resident production stage manager at…

Three UC San Diego Computer Scientists Elected as ACM Fellows in Class of 2017

December 11, 2017

Three computer scientists at UC San Diego—Ravi Ramamoorthi, Alexander Vardy and Geoffrey M. Voelker—have been elected Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.

John Wooley: In Memoriam

May 5, 2015

Dr. John Wooley, the long-time associate vice chancellor for research and professor of pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, passed away in April after a long battle with cancer.

Author and Alumnus Rex Pickett Brings “Sideways” to La Jolla Playhouse

June 13, 2013

…another hoped-for commercial and artistic success. Pickett is collaborating with Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff to launch the stage version of his novel “Sideways” at the Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse, located in UC San Diego’s Theatre District. For Pickett, whose home base has been Santa Monica, except when on…

Astrophysicist Enlightens Campus, Community with Portable Planetarium

November 1, 2018

…better if they can visualize it,” explained Wright. “A planetarium is a fantastic visualization tool for education and outreach.” She also explained that a planetarium can transport observers inside to any location on earth, where they can watch and learn about that area’s particular night sky and all it holds.…

Pandemic Response Places Some Campus Transformation Projects on Pause

May 14, 2020

…for the Division of Arts and Humanities. Blending cultural, residential and retail spaces among the classrooms, this neighborhood will also include the reimagined UC San Diego Craft Center. The student housing will be ready for the fall of 2020, with the academic programs space completed by the end of the…

Engineers Launch Cross-Border Center to Create Materials that Withstand Extreme Environments

June 2, 2016

…materials scientists, nanoengineers and visual artists. Researchers will work together across disciplines and industries to create materials and systems that can function at ultra-high temperatures, under extreme pressures and deformations, radiation, and other extreme conditions. The center will develop materials for a wide range of applications, including defense, nuclear, pharmaceutical…

2023 EIR Cohort Navigates the Way to Success For Founders

March 13, 2023

Designed to guide our startup community through those challenges, the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) program continues to blossom with each new cohort. Now in its seventh year, the Office of Innovation & Commercialization (OIC) is excited to announce its newest cohort with the introduction of Dr.

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