2019 Symposium

2018 Symposium

2017 Symposium

2016 Symposium

2015 Symposium

2014 Symposium

2013 Symposium

2013 Symposium Photos

2012 Featured Talks

2012 Symposium Photos

2011 Featured Talks

2011 Symposium Photos

Past Symposia in the Press

2012 Featured Talks » The New Center for Innovative Therapies: A University-Industry Partnership to Discover and Develop New Treatments and Cures

The New Center for Innovative Therapies: A University-Industry Partnership to Discover and Develop New Treatments and Cures

Marye Anne Fox, a world-renowned chemist, is the seventh chancellor of the University of California, San Diego and distinguished professor of chemistry. Since her appointment as chancellor of UC San Diego, the university has established new research and partnership ventures to further innovation and increase international collaboration, achieved an ambitious $1 billion campaign goal, expanded academic and campus programs and facilities, received national and international recognition in prominent university rankings and assembled a strong, diverse leadership team to ensure the university’s continued rise in excellence.

Before her current appointment, Fox 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. She joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 1976, after a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Maryland. Fox received her B.S. from Notre Dame College and her Ph.D. from Dartmouth College, both in chemistryShe has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and to fellowships both in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association of Advancement of Science. . In October 2010, President Barack Obama named Fox to receive the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers and inventors. She has also received honorary degrees from 12 institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Fox was born in Canton, Ohio in 1947.