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November 10, 2022
The Jacobs School at Neuroscience 2022
The Society for Neuroscience is holding its annual conference, Neuroscience 2022, Nov. 12 to 16 in San Diego and the faculty of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering will have a strong presence at the event. Full Story

November 3, 2022
UC San Diego Faculty Receive New EDI Award from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
As part of a new funding opportunity launched to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in science, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, in collaboration with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, has selected UC San Diego Assistant Professors Brian Aguado and Sonya Neal as two of 25 grant recipients in the new program. Full Story

October 27, 2022
With $25 Million Gift to Bioengineering at UC San Diego, Gene Lay Honors his Mentor Shu Chien
Eminent biotechnology innovator and entrepreneur Gene Lay, through the Laygend Foundation, has committed to provide $25 million as an endowment gift to support UC San Diego's world-leading bioengineering department. In recognition of Lay's generous gift, UC San Diego is renaming its bioengineering department the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering. Full Story
