Park & Market
Chancellors
Galbraith Hall
York Hall
All UC San Diego chancellors leave a mark on campus , but some marks have roofs and windows . Nuclear physicist Herbert York was our first chancellor , and has a physical science building that bears his name . John Galbraith believed so much in libraries that his hall once housed our university ’ s first . Psychologist William McGill ’ s building was initially devoted to that discipline , but the building named for psychologist Richard Atkinson houses all kinds of innovation with the Qualcomm Institute , while his spouse and fellow psychologist , Rita Atkinson , has a residence hall .
Expanding Campus
The newly-opened Design and Innovation Building offers trolley riders an instant glimpse of the university ’ s prestige and distinction in creative exploration . The building currently houses The Basement , an alumni-founded student innovation space , along with the forward-thinking Design Lab and a host of other creative resources . Known as DIB for short , the Design and Innovation Building will unite changemakers from across the region , incubating new concepts and accelerating novel ideas , right on the very doorstep of campus .
Further extending accessibility to the San Diego community is the forthcoming downtown building on yet another stop of the UC San Diego Blue Line . UC San Diego Park & Market has been designed with a purposeful mix of public , meeting , arts and educational spaces for civic engagement , learning , collaboration and cultural experiences for people of all ages and from all walks of life . Learn more about this and other developments at : tritonmag . com / transform
Philanthropists
Writer , priest and newspaper editor Ernest Mandeville was an early supporter of UC San Diego arts , while the auditory arts honors their patron with the Conrad Prebys Music Center .
As for other notable centers , wellknown retailer Sol Price puts the “ Price ” in Price Center , and Price Club — which may be better known by its post-merger name , Costco .
It ’ s the hall with the hill , but it was named for Robert O . Peterson , philanthropist and innovator of the drive-thru in his role as the founder of the Jack in the Box restaurants .
Engineer Charles Lee Powell fittingly has his name upon a structural engineering building , and he shares a marquee with San Diego Superior Court Judge James L . Focht on a bioengineering building .
If you notice a strikingly modern building among the classic designs at Revelle College , that would be Tata Hall for the Sciences , named for one of the largest philanthropic organizations in India , Tata Trusts .
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