Thousands of students celebrated graduation at UC San Diego's commencement ceremonies over the weekend. A total of 8,182 undergraduate and graduate students received their diplomas during the campus's 11 different ceremonies.
Hundreds of students showed up Friday for the 48th Annual Watermelon Drop. This year's splat extended 133 feet, 7 inches from the point of impact. While impressive, it did not break the record set in 1974 of 161feet, 4 inches.
They came. They saw. They celebrated. Almost 2,500 alumni returned to UC San Diego for UCSD Alumni’s annual Alumni Weekend, held May 31 through June 3.
Chancellor-Designate Pradeep Khosla received a warm welcome when he visited UC San Diego May 17, one day after the University of California Board of Regents appointed him as the campus's eighth Chancellor.
On Friday, the 2012 Sun God Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary with headliners Silversun Pickups, Paul Van Dyk, Ra Ra Riot and Chiddy Bang who performed to a sold-out audience.