November 17, 2016
UC San Diego Health will open Jacobs Medical Center, a 245-bed medical and surgical specialty hospital, on November 20, 2016. Named in recognition of $100 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, the 10-story facility combines renowned physician-scientists and care teams, precision medicine, clinical trials and creative arts and…
June 1, 2017
…has participated in the Women’s Center’s VOICES and Discover the Law programs, among other co-curricular activities. She developed a research paper on gendercide in China that has been presented at multiple on-campus conferences. Her awards include Provost’s Honors and the William Denman Scholarship. She is a member of National Phi…
March 13, 2012
…Cross-Cultural Center and the Women's Center. Diversity is a broad, multi-layered concept. Therefore, fundraising for diversity initiatives is a fluid process that is ever-evolving with each connection that I make. I am fortunate to have experience as a development officer raising money for diversity initiatives, so I have strong ideas…
October 29, 2020
…the UC San Diego women’s soccer team. “Everyone is just so happy to be there because we’ve been waiting more than six months since COVID-19 started. We just want to get back on the field, and we’re so happy just being together—even if it’s six feet apart,” said the communications…
June 3, 2021
…racial and ethnic minorities, women, LGBTQ and underserved communities. Gentry Patrick “Across this country and throughout society, we face extraordinary challenges regarding racial injustice, especially those impacting marginalized members of our communities,” said Gentry Patrick, a professor of neurobiology in the Division of Biological Sciences and the newly named director…
June 13, 2019
…recruitment and retention of women seeking tenure, which in turn, can hinder efforts to ensure gender equality. The same support is essential for staff members and student-parents who attend UC San Diego as well. While the center meets this critical need, ECEC and MCDC are much more than just daycare.…
April 18, 2013
…he noted that the women in the small villages he visited were eager for change despite their limited ability to effect it. Ramanathan’s next stop will be an April 26 Congressional briefing on methane capture at the invitation of Rep. Scott Peters (D-52nd District) that is hosted by the Environmental…
July 27, 2020
UC San Diego Health is ranked first in San Diego and sixth in California, placing it among the nation’s best hospitals, according to the 2020-2021 U.S. News & World Report. Eight common procedures and conditions were also rated “high performing.”
October 20, 2022
Growing up in a rural Southern California town in the 1990s, Tammy Russell didn’t know any scientists, but she started dreaming about a future in marine science. Fast forward to 2022, and Russell is now living out her childhood dreams as a PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
May 7, 2024
Joan Klein Jacobs, a dedicated and visionary philanthropist, civic leader and patron of the arts died on May 6. She was 91.
