Dean's message
Thank You and Let’s Keep At It
June 2025
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Even though my Dean’s column goes to a broader community, this month I’m sharing a more internal message. I’d like to give a most sincere thank you to all of our Jacobs School of Engineering faculty and staff.
Commencement is over, and we just launched another 2,800 engineers and computer scientists who will leverage their technical expertise as a force for public good. Faculty and staff, thank you for all you did to transform the class of 2025 into engineers and computer scientists. At multiple ceremonies last weekend, students cheered in affirmation when I asked if they were ready for the challenges ahead.
In the face of sustained uncertainty, your excellence, hard work, creativity and collaboration are extraordinary. Thank you for all your efforts to advance engineering and computer science for the public good – this is our mission no matter what.
As we close the 24/25 academic year and look ahead to the challenges of the 25/26 academic year, I wish I could say it’s all smooth sailing from here; but I think we all realize there are significant challenges coming. With your help, we will surmount these challenges.
Despite the headwinds, our job is to advance engineering and computer science education and research to improve lives.
Doing this job means fueling the economy, maximizing national security and propelling the U.S. forward in various global innovation races. Our job is to build new partnerships with government, industry, foundations, and donors in order to educate the innovation workforce that US industry wants and needs.
In fact, we are fueling emerging industries in , , , , and . All these initiatives are gaining traction.
At the same time, we are working incredibly hard to protect the research and educational foundations that enable us to push forward these bold new initiatives against the headwinds. See our campaign.
I know that it’s not easy to work from both of these playbooks at the same time, but it’s essential. To all our Jacobs School faculty and staff, thank you again for the time and energy you devote to this important work.
Many in our broader community have already deeply engaged with us. And to each person, I am grateful. We are energetically working to expand, yet further, our network of fully engaged collaborators and partners.
I am eager to hear from the broader community. If you would like to engage with me and the Jacobs School faculty and staff on efforts to fulfill our mission, please email me at: DeanPisano@ucsd.edu.
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Sincerely,
Al
Albert ("Al") P. Pisano
Dean, Â鶹´«Ã½ Jacobs School of Engineering
Special Adviser to the Chancellor for Campus Strategic Initiatives