UCSD announces School of Global Policy and Strategy

LA JOLLA - Officials at UC San Diego's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies are scheduled to announce today that it will become the School of Global Policy and Strategy this summer.

The new name, which will take effect July 1, reflects the increasingly broadened scope of the school's research impact worldwide -- beyond just the Pacific region, according to UCSD.

The school will also announce a $4 million donation from Irwin Jacobs, the co-founder of Qualcomm, and his wife, Joan. Their gift will help change the school's Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies into the Center f...