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Whether tucked away among the eucalyptus groves, or secretly ensconced within student housing, UC San Diego is now home to numerous gardens across campus that promote the education and growth of sustainable food and local produce. These small vibrant patches provide space for students to cultivate organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and other plants that support healthy, natural diets—an initiative that echoes campus programs that provide eco-friendly vegan and vegetarian options for students, faculty and staff at all dining locations. Read More »

 
 
UC San Diego Strategic Planning
 

Strategic Planning Process

The strategic planning process continues with a Town Hall meeting tonight with a focus on graduate and professional students. Campus and community members can also submit comments online.
Visit the strategic plan website for more details.

 
 
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Making of Modern World Lecture Series to Focus on What It Means to Be Musical

What makes music musical? Why is music such a potent form of expression? And how does the human brain respond to music? A series of talks by UC San Diego faculty will answer these questions and more in the free lectures series “The Making of the Modern World: To Be Musical,” to be held Jan. 9 to Feb. 27. Read More »

  
Top 100 Science Stories

Huntington’s Disease Finding Named One of Top 100 Science Stories of Year by Discover Magazine

A potential therapy to treat Huntington’s disease and similar neurodegenerative conditions has been named one of the top 100 science stories of the year by Discover magazine. The report by Dr. Albert R. La Spada, chief of the Division of Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics in the UC San Diego School of Medicine, came in at No. 72. La Spada and colleagues identified a pair of proteins that clear away misfolded proteins that accumulate in the brains of Huntington’s patients. Read original story »

 
 
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Grant to Support Partnership With Howard University Aims to Increase Number of Underrepresented STEM Graduate Students

UC San Diego and Howard University are forming a partnership program aimed at increasing the number of African-American applicants to UC San Diego graduate programs, particularly in the fields of science and engineering. Read More »

  
 

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Ranks UC San Diego Nation’s 10th Best Value College

  

Community Embraces Effort to Build 3D Virtual Cell

  
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Siblings

Siblings Weekend, Jan. 11 through Jan. 12

  
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Revelle Forum Presents: Gavin Newsom, Feb. 25

    
 

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Strathdee, ‘a Tireless Advocate,’ Earns Inaugural Postdoctoral Scholar Mentoring Award

UC San Diego’s mission is to advance knowledge through excellence in education and research at all levels, including postdoctoral scholarship. This goal could not be achieved without the dedication of our faculty, who serve as effective advisors, advocates, role models and colleagues to our next generation of researchers. Read More »

 
 

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How Changes in Federal and State Tax Rates May Affect Your Paycheck

The new tax legislation that Congress approved Jan. 1, 2013 and President Obama recently signed may affect the 2013 federal income tax withholding on your paychecks. The new tax rates will be reflected in paychecks issued on or after Feb. 15. However, paychecks issued on or after Jan. 1 will reflect two other tax changes, including the employee share of OASDI (Social Security), which reverted from 4.2 percent to the historical rate of 6.2 percent on Jan. 1., and increases in 2012 California income tax rates for some earners due to passage in November of Proposition 30. Read More »

 

Upcoming Courses

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Student Town Hall Meetings to Discuss Strategic Planning Process

  
 

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  • Friday, January 11
    7:30 p.m. - Men's Basketball vs. Chico State
  • Saturday, January 12
    1 p.m. - Men's Volleyball
    vs. Pepperdine
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Men's Basketball Team Outlasts Humboldt State to Earn First CCAA Win of Season

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Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas that Animate Great Magic Tricks

Coauthored by Ron Graham,
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Ideology and Economics
New York Times, January 9

UCSD Ranks 10th on List of Best Value Colleges
U-T San Diego, January 9

UCSD's Robot Baby Diego-san Appears on Video for First Time
Gizmag, January 7

With $80, UCSD Grad Fixes Blueprint Headache
U-T San Diego, January 3

Large Grant Will Help Fund Struggling Theatre & Dance Department
The Guardian, January 8

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