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Newsweek Names Preuss School Top Transformative High School in Nation

The Preuss School UCSD, a unique charter middle and high school for low income, highly motivated students from throughout San Diego County, has been named the top transformative school in the country, lauded for producing high achieving graduates despite limited resources. More

Irwin Jacobs and Jack Wolf Win 2011 Marconi Prize, Known as Nobel of Information Technology

Irwin Mark Jacobs and Jack Keil Wolf—two engineers whose groundbreaking research and designs in digital communication helped propel the information revolution—are the winners of the prestigious 2011 Marconi Society Fellowship and Prize. Both men were longtime professors at UC San Diego. The prize is sometimes referred to as the Nobel of Information Technology. More

Prominent Information Theorist Jack Keil Wolf Dies

Jack Keil Wolf, a pioneer in information theory and its applications, died in La Jolla, California on May 12 at the age of 76, following a battle with cancer. A member of both the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, Wolf made profound contributions to digital communication and data storage technology. Wolf served as a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC San Diego since 1984. More

UC San Diego Again Named to President Obama Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction

For the second consecutive year, the University of California, San Diego has been named to the President’s Community Service Honor Roll with distinction for its support of volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. Based on 2010 data, UC San Diego was recognized for two exemplary learning programs, Teams in Engineering Service (TIES) and the university’s Thurgood Marshall College’s community service minor, and one outstanding community service program, Alternative Breaks. More

UC San Diego First California University to Achieve 'Gold' STARS Sustainability Rating

UC San Diego has been named the first college or university in California and one of only 10 campuses in the United States and Canada to earn a “gold” sustainability-performance rating in a prestigious annual survey. More

UC San Diego to Honor Family of Léon Roach with May 23 Tribute

The University of California, San Diego will pay tribute to Triton parents Léon and MaryAnn Roach May 23 for their generous contributions to the UC San Diego community in memory of their son and former Triton student-athlete Léon T. Roach III. The Roach family coordinated efforts and resources to install new block wall terraces for pole vault spectators at Triton Track and Field Stadium and established the Léon T. Roach Academic Scholarship for Athletes. More than 180 people, including the campus community and Roach family and friends, volunteered to make the impressive project a reality. More

The Preuss School UCSD Raises a Record $375,000 at Its Annual Benefit Celebration

"A World of Possibilities" was the theme of this year’s benefit celebration for The Preuss School UCSD – a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students – and record-breaking net proceeds of $375,000 will open the door to that world a little wider for the 820 students at the school. The Preuss School has held seven annual fundraising events. More

Meet UCSD's Award Winning Faculty

Highly coveted awards for excellence in teaching, research and community service are presented to outstanding UC San Diego faculty members by the UCSD Chancellor's Associates each year. The event offers an annual opportunity to honor UC San Diego faculty as a whole, while highlighting the important contributions of the university's most exemplary members.

The recipients of the 2011 Faculty Excellence Awards are:

Excellence in  Undergraduate Teaching		Excellence in  Research in Science  and Engineering		Excellence in  Graduate Teaching
Gail Heyman Professor of Psychology		William Gerwick Professor of Oceanography and Pharmaceutical Science		Mark Kritchevsky Professor of Neurosciences
Excellence in Community Service		Excellence in  Research in  Humanities and  Social Sciences		Excellence in Performing  and  Visual Arts
Camille Forbes  Associate Professor of Literature		Gordon Hanson Professor of International Economics		Anthony Davis  Professor of Music