February 24, 2022   thisweek@ucsandiego

Inclusive Excellence Awards Honor Partners in Progress The 27th annual Inclusive Excellence Awards ceremony on Feb. 15 recognized 15 individuals, departments and campus organizations for their outstanding commitment to the UC San Diego Principles of Community. Recipients were honored for promoting fairness, celebrating cultural differences and making UC San Diego a better place to live, work and learn. Read More » UC San Diego Library Gifted $10 Million from Foundation Trustee and Alumna Sally T. WongAvery A $10 million donation from alumna Sally T. WongAvery ’75 will establish an endowment that supports East Asian scholarship and collections at the UC San Diego Library. Read More » UC San Diego Esports Plans a New Era of Competition and Connection The Triton Esports Center and Café—a new home for UC San Diego Esports, Triton Gaming and the school’s recreational esports program—will celebrate its grand opening on March 4. Read More »   Bioengineering Alumnus on COVID-19 Antiviral Pill Development Team Jacobs School of Engineering alumnus Britton Boras shares how his graduate degree prepared him for a career at Pfizer, where he was on the team that developed a COVID-19 antiviral pill. Read More » UC San Diego Receives $12.4M NIH Grant to Map the Human Nervous System » Major Contract Fuels Three-University Study of TMS for Treating Depression » A Voice Inside My Head: The Persuasive Power Headphones Have on Listeners » Daily Activities Like Washing Dishes Reduced Heart Disease Risk in Senior Women » IN THE MEDIA It's time to get over 'COVID shame' » TIME  |  February 22 Opinion: For the U.S. to continue to be a science leader, we’ll need a new collaborative vision » San Diego Union-Tribune  |  February 18 Bond between China and Russia alarms U.S. and Europe amid Ukraine crisis » New York Times  |  February 20 If history is any judge, this could be the last of Kamila Valieva on an Olympic stage » NBC News  |  February 17 EVENTS   Staff Town Hall » February 25, 2022     Sixth College Presents Let It Flow  » February 25, 2022     Visual Arts Graduate Open Studios » February 26, 2022   AROUND CAMPUS Call for Proposals—UCEAP Academic Integration Grants Program » CONSTRUCTION ALERT – Revised Dates – Molli and Arthur Wagner Dance Studio Facility » ATHLETICS   Women’s Basketball vs. Long Beach State » 2/24/22 at 7 p.m. (ESPN+)     Men’s Basketball vs. Cal State Fullerton » 2/26/22 at 1 p.m. (Spectrum SportsNet, ESPN+)     Baseball vs. Washington » 2/27/22 at Noon (ESPN+)     University Communications and Public Affairs 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0938 858-534-3120  |  thisweek@ucsd.edu     Past Issues  |  Subscribe  |  About  |  Contact Us Read more news at UC San Diego News Center  |  Unsubscribe