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Dalai Lama to Speak on Campus as Part of First Visit to San Diego

UC San Diego, San Diego State University and the University of San Diego joined together at a press conference Jan. 19 to announce that the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, will make his first trip to San Diego April 18 to 19 for public events at each of the three host universities.

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Women’s Basketball Ranked No. 1 in USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll

After picking up victories over Cal State East Bay and No. 24 Cal State Monterey Bay over the weekend, the UC San Diego women's basketball team climbed to No. 1 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll that was released on Tuesday.

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Campus Honors Martin Luther King Jr. at Parade and Day of Service

Marching behind a banner declaring “Freedom through Education,” more than 500 members of the UC San Diego community turned out to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy in San Diego’s 32nd annual MLK Day Parade. Dozens of the university’s participants, including Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, had just come from National City where they helped to restore portions of the American Legion Hall as part of the annual MLK Day of Service and UC San Diego’s Volunteer50 program.

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Floods, Drought, Heat Waves: Climate Change Gives State Legislators Something to Plan For

The lineup of presentations at an extreme weather workshop taking place today at Scripps Institution of Oceanography sounds like an overview of biblical plagues, but in fact the event’s conveners said California needs to expect more episodes of what insurers would consider “acts of God.”