Tag: UC San Diego

UC San Diego Chancellor Receives $500,000 Privately-Funded Pay Raise  

The Chancellor of the University of California–San Diego has received a $500,000 raise to keep him from accepting an offer to serve as president of an unnamed, private institution. Pradeep K. Khosla received the raise from the University of California Board of Regents after he notified them of the pending offer. His base salary will…


Birch Aquarium Announces Pregnant Seadragon

SAN DIEGO—A female Weedy Seadragon has transferred eggs to a male at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, a rare event and a first for the institution, it was announced Monday. “We’re elated to be able to witness this at the aquarium,” said Jenn Nero Moffatt, senior director of…


UC San Diego Students Say Strike Disrupting Classes, Exams

As finals week commences, students at the University of California–San Diego say they are feeling the impact of the largest academic worker strike in U.S. history, now in its third week. After months of negotiating pay raises, 48,000 researchers and student employees across all 10 University of California (UC) campuses launched a strike Nov. 14,…


UC Researchers and Student Employees Strike Across California Campuses

Thousands of researchers and student employees have gone on strike across the 10 University of California (UC) campuses on Nov. 14 citing unfair working conditions and pay. “After months at the bargaining table and 26 unfair labor practices filed, we have no choice but to move towards a strike,” Jade Moore, a bargaining team member,…


Researchers and Student Employees Strike at UC Campuses

Thousands of researchers and student employees have gone on strike across the 10 University of California (UC) campuses on Nov. 14 citing unfair working conditions and pay. “After months at the bargaining table and 26 unfair labor practices filed, we have no choice but to move towards a strike,” Jade Moore, a bargaining team member,…


Charity Went up in Counties Hardest Hit by Pandemic: UC San Diego Study

SAN DIEGO—Despite the economic hardships brought about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, charitable giving increased in counties hit hardest by the pandemic, according to a study released Monday by the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management. The study, published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, found that between March and August 2020,…