May 21, 2024
A $21M gift from Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff) and his wife, DongDong Li (Doreen), honors unique efforts at UC San Diego to link chemical and nano engineering more strongly. In recognition of this gift, the department will be named the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering.
May 12, 2022
…program reached an impressive milestone—more than 150 McNair Program alumni have earned a Ph.D. over the past three decades, with many of them now serving as professors and researchers across the nation. The goal of the program is to prepare low-income, first-generation college students, and students from historically underrepresented ethnic…
September 10, 2021
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $12.25 million grant to the University of California San Diego to develop and enhance brain-sensing and brain-stimulating platform technologies to enable treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy.
June 4, 2015
Some 8,364 graduating students of the University of California, San Diego will gather to hear commencement speeches from dynamic speakers such as alumnus J. Craig Venter, a biochemist, geneticist and entrepreneur; Frank Bruni, New York Times op-ed columnist; alumnus Dan Santat, author and illustrator; and Christina Figueres, United Nations Executive…
July 29, 2016
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year $15 million grant to a collaborative team led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego to establish a Science Gateways Community Institute to accelerate the development and application of highly functional, sustainable science gateways that address the…
June 6, 2013
…The gift marks a milestone in UC San Diego’s history as it is the largest gift ever made to the university by one of its alumni. Related Stories Video Games on Syllabus for Popular Computer Science and Engineering Class Behind the Scenes: Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego…
May 10, 2018
…undoubtedly be a historical milestone for the campus. Putting his life on the line “Lewis is one of the most impressive actors in the last half century of American politics,” said Zoltan Hajnal, professor of political science at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy. “He put his…
September 5, 2019
UC San Diego’s Foundation Board welcomes 10 new and returning trustees. The unique philanthropic ambassadors help inspire charitable gifts and manage the Foundation’s assets in support of the university’s research, teaching and service goals.
May 1, 2024
The Design and Innovation Building is a modern 74,000-square-foot space that integrates rigorous education and industry collaboration across its four distinct floors, each uniquely designed and positioned to propel thinkers, dreamers and doers upward as they progress through each level.
February 22, 2012
…and Foundation Relations. “Our milestone 50th anniversary served as a catalyst for building deeper relationships with the greater San Diego community, and with sponsors of specific campus programs.” UC San Diego’s 50th anniversary helped to develop loyal advocates in corporate partners like Cubic Corporation, Qualcomm, Sempra Energy and Cymer that…
