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Paul Allen Gives $10 Million for Neurobiology

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected Scripps Institution of Oceanography to receive a four-year, $10 million grant.

Stepping Up to Support our Scholars

Surfing for the Cause

UC San Diego's annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational has raised more than $12 million in funding for cancer research since it was established 31 years ago. 

18 New Endowed Chairs Created at Jacobs School

Thanks to Joan and Irwin Jacobs and their legacy of visionary philanthropy, 18 new chairs have been established within the Jacobs School of Engineering. 

In Memoriam: Matthew Strauss, Dedicated Supporter

UC San Diego Alumni Announces New Board

First formed by a group of graduates in 1974, today’s Alumni Board of Directors consists of 28 dedicated volunteer alumni, representing five decades of graduating classes. The directors come from a wide variety of fields and majors.

A Commitment to the Future: Founders’ Pledge Launched

The new initiative allows entrepreneurs, equity holders and early investors to commit a portion of their anticipated equity gains to UC San Diego, with the ultimate goal of helping to address some of the world’s most pressing problems.

Fellowship Challenge Empowers Future Leaders at Rady

The importance of graduate fellowships cannot be overstated. With the goal of providing more access to advanced degrees at the Rady School of Management, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla has established an inspiration challenge, matching gifts of $10,000 or more to the Rady School Graduate Fellowships Fund.

Firtel Family Eureka! Scholarship Honors Biology Professor

In honor of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rick Firtel’s 80th birthday, the Firtel family has provided $32,500 to support a Eureka! Scholar each year for five years, with the potential to extend the scholarship support for an additional five years.

Gift Honors Efforts to Link Chemical and Nano Engineering

Invigorated with a $21 million gift from the Li family, UC San Diego’s newly named Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering is unique for its efforts to combine nano-scale discovery, nano-scale engineering and manufacturability.

Chipman Establishes Cognitive Science’s First Fellowship

The Susan E.F. Chipman and Robert G. Fitzgerald Graduate Fellowship Fund in Cognitive Science is the first of its kind in the department, which was the world’s first department established in cognitive science.

Helping Transfer Students Thrive in Science

The Transfer Student Research Experience (T-REx) program is supported partly through a donation made by the Patricia & Christopher Weil Family Foundation.

Researchers Honored as Prebys Research Heroes

The Conrad Prebys Foundation is providing $1.5 million in total to support high-risk, high-reward medical research at UC San Diego. Stephanie Fraley, Marygorret Obonyo and Daniela Valdez-Jasso have received grants of $500,000 each to support their health care and medical research.

Brian and Nancy Malk Donate to Economics, Naming Malk Hall

The gift will fuel the campus’s nationally ranked Department of Economics, which will be housed in Brian C. Malk Hall. Slated for completion in 2026 as part of UC San Diego’s Ridge Walk North Living and Learning Neighborhood, it will be located just west of Geisel Library.

Joan Jacobs, Beloved Philanthropist and Community Leader

Joan Klein Jacobs, a dedicated and visionary philanthropist, civic leader and patron of the arts, died on May 6. She was 91. Jacobs left a legacy of vast positive impact on UC San Diego, the region and around the globe.

 

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