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Student Spotlight: Jason Greenstein

May 17, 2018

Environmental and Ocean Sciences major Jason Greenstein was selected as a winner in the 2018 GeoTech Center’s Geospatial Technology Student Comp…Read more.

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Aug
22
Open Orientation for Faculty
4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Degheri Alumni Center
Sep
13
Mass of the Holy Spirit
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | The Immaculata
Sep
18
Pre-Health Orientation for New Students
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Mother Rosalie Hill Hall Warren Auditorium
Oct
25
USD Department of Theatre presents STOP KISS
7:30 p.m. | Camino Hall The Vassiliadis Family Black Box Theatre
Oct
28
USD Department of Theatre presents STOP KISS
7:30 p.m. | Camino Hall The Vassiliadis Family Black Box Theatre
Oct
29
To Vote or Not to Vote? Series
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Serra Hall 200, Humanities Center

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USD-Led Research Group Receives $1 Million Grant from W.M. Keck Foundation
July 17, 2018
The University of San Diego is the lead institution on a three-year, $1 million science and engineering research grant awarded by the W.M. Keck Founda…
USD Puts NSF Grant into Action for STEMWoW Summer Program
July 13, 2018
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of San Diego a $300,000 grant in Fall 2017 to develop and research a program to inspire young p…
Robertson-Anderson awarded a $1M Research Grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation
July 10, 2018
The Chair of the Physics and Biophysics Department, Dr. Rae Robertson-Anderson, was recently awarded a Research Grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. T…

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Congratulations to our very own Dr. Rae Robertson-Anderson on receiving a $1 million grant from the Keck Foundation for a project that could produce a major breakthrough in materials engineering. @Noellenorton twitter.com/uofsandiego/st… 3 days ago