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Marye Anne FoxChancellor, University of California San Diego Marye Anne Fox, a world-renowned chemist, is the 7th Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego and distinguished Professor of Chemistry. Before her current appointment, she served as North Carolina State University's 12th Chancellor, as Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at NC State (from 1998 to 2004) and as Waggoner Regents Chair in Chemistry and Vice President for Research at the University of Texas at Austin. Fox was born in Canton, Ohio in 1947 and received her B.S. from Notre Dame College and her Ph.D. from Dartmouth College, both in Chemistry. After a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Maryland, she joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 1976. She has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society and as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association of Advancement of Science. Administrative Chancellor Fox serves as head administrative officer of the University of California, San Diego, one of ten campuses in the world-renowned University of California system. UCSD is recognized as one of the top institutions in the nation for higher learning and research. Since its founding in 1960 on a spectacular 1,200-acre mesa overlooking the Pacific Ocean, UCSD has attracted a wide array of outstanding scholars, including currently eight Nobel Laureates and 71 National Academy of Science members, the 6th largest U.S. concentration. Regarded as the "youngest of the best" of nationally-ranked institutions of higher learning, UCSD boasts an acclaimed system of six undergraduate colleges that combines the intimacy of a small liberal arts college with the academic resources of a major research university. The third largest employer in San Diego County (after the federal government and the San Diego Unified School District), UCSD has a budget in excess of $1.9 billion and employs more than 26,000 faculty and staff. UCSD enrolls approximately 25,000 students, 20,000 of whom are undergraduates. Approximately 52% of all students are female and 48% are male; 99% of all incoming freshmen have graduated in the top 10% of their high school graduating class.
UCSD's programmatic offerings -- more than 130 academic degree programs -- are both impressive and highly ranked, ranging from science, management, engineering, and medicine to social science, international studies, and arts and humanities. In addition to its highly rated graduate research programs, UCSD offers professional degrees in medicine, management, pharmacology and pharmaceutical science, and international studies. UCSD's research prowess has catapulted the campus to the top ranks of national and international academic standings. The National Science Foundation ranks UCSD 7th in the nation in federal R&D expenditures and the Institute for Scientific Information ranks UCSD 4th in the nation for 'citation impact' in science & social science. The National Research Council ranks UCSD 10th in the nation in quality of faculty and graduate programs, and 1st in oceanography and neuroscience. U.S. News and World Report ranks.  Official Web site of the University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093 (858) 534-2230 Copyright ©2007 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. |
