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“ I want to give the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego the resources it needs to teach students and the ability to serve as many aspiring students as possible .”
COmPuTER SCiEnCE AlumnuS TAnER HAliCiOglu , ’ 96 , on his generous $ 2 million gift .
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The gift of Audrey geisel , wife of the late Theodor geisel , or “ Dr . Seuss ,” to begin renovations of geisel Library .
“ the Governor has recognized the need to reinvest in uC .”
Photo : John Durant ’ 77 uC PRESiDEnT JAnET nAPOliTAnO , on the decision to increase state support for the University of California .
SCRiPPS AlumnA mARCiA mCnuTT , PH . D . ’ 78 , is set to be the first woman president of the National Academy of Sciences , after her July 6 nomination . |
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Record number of students admitted to UC San Diego for fall 2015 .
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PREuSS SuCCESS Ranked the ninth-best charter school in the entire nation , The Preuss School saw its 2015 graduating class garner $ 1.6 million in award money for college . |
the nation ’ s seventh leading cause of death : diabetes .
Leading metabolics researcher AlAn SAlTiEl joins UC San Diego ’ s School of medicine as director of a new comprehensive diabetes research center .
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“ the LGBt Center gave me my first safe place to call home and a community that knew and accepted all the parts of who i was .”
CARA DESSERT , ’ 05 , on this year ’ s 15th anniversary celebration of the UC San Diego LgBT Resource Center .
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