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Jeff and Doreen LiGift Celebrates Entrepreneurship Efforts at Jacobs School of Engineering

San Diego-based business leader and philanthropist Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff) and his wife DongDong Li (Doreen) have made a new $3 million gift to the Jacobs School of Engineering. 

 

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Originally launched in 2020 with a $1.3 million award from the Koret Foundation, the project studies climate and environmental change on Israel’s Mediterranean coast over the last 10,000 years through cyber- and marine archaeology.

 

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A collaboration between the Arts and Humanities and the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) to increase the number of students studying and embarking on successful careers in the arts and humanities is receiving a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

 

joan and irwin jacobsJoan and Irwin Jacobs Honored with UC Presidential Medals

The University of California’s highest honor will be presented to philanthropist and business leader Irwin Jacobs, and in honor of his late wife and community leader, Joan, in recognition of their positive impact in education, health care, technology, the arts and more.

 

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Eddy Keming Chen, associate professor of philosophy at the School of Arts and Humanities, was awarded the grant to study quantum foundations.

 

 

shi yuanyuanUC San Diego Electrical Engineering Professor Honored by Schmidt Sciences for AI Research

Just one of 20 faculty to be named to receive the honor — and the only one in the UC system — electrical engineering professor Yuanyuan Shi focuses on developing AI models for sustainable energy systems.

 

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Lifetime Legacy and Chancellor’s Medal Awardees Announced

For the first time ever, this year’s Chancellor’s Medal recipients are all UC San Diego alumni: David Goeddel ’72; Ken Kroner, PhD ’88; and Sally WongAvery ’75, while the Lifetime Legacy Award will go to local philanthropists and community leaders, Evelyn and Ernest Rady.

 

21st century india21st Century India Center Gets Boost with Gift

A generous gift from the Motwani Jadeja Foundation was made with the goal of deepening U.S.-India ties and collaboration. The funding will establish an international fellowship, leadership program and India Courses Hub. 

 

Regina IpJacobs Alumna Honors Friend with Endowed Award

To honor the memory of Alice Wu '12, a computer science alumna, her friend Regina Ip '11 crowdfunded support to establish the Alice Y. Wu Memorial Award for junior and senior computer science majors.

 

neurobiologyPaul 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.

 

 

alumni council scholarshipStepping Up to Support our Scholars

The Chancellor’s Alumni Council Scholarships Match is designed to help ensure that students from all backgrounds have access to a world-class UC San Diego education.

 

 

luau and legends of surfingSurfing 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.  

 

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