1988 - Fifth College opens to emphasize international studies and foreign languages. A technology transfer program is established and School of Architecture opens. The Central Library holds 1.2 million volumes. The campus is second in the nation in the amount of federal research dollars received. 1991 - Roger Revelle dies at UCSD Medical Center.
Federal investigators find the charges unfounded.
1992 - SIO opens the Stephen Birch Aquarium and Museum. Thornton Hospital opens. Asian-American students are enraged over a satire of Asian stereotypes printed in a student newspaper. Third College is renamed for Thurgood Marshall. The student body president is ousted when he is revealed as a nonstudent.