Muir College Staffer
Casts Light on Plight of Homeless
"There's a lot we don't know about the homeless," says Jamie Browning Riehl in a soft, articulate British accent, "but we do know there are many more homeless women and children than people suspect, and we do know that punitive laws don't help things at all."
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Panel Debate on the Media
and Iraq
War Raises More Questions Than Answers The
media could have done a better job in
the lead up to the war. And, the state
of the media is problematic. That much
was clear during a panel discussion
held Nov. 30 at UCSD of news coverage
of the war in Iraq. Other than that,
there were just more questions: Is embedding
journalists with troops good or bad?
Why was coverage of the lead up to the
war lacking? Would the outcome have
changed if coverage had been better?
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Energy and Climate:
Challenges and Solutions A
panel discussion today on global warming
and the prospects of a hydrogen economy
will kick off a new lecture series on
the environment by the Division of Physical
Sciences.
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Researchers Identify New Role for
Drugs in Prevention, Treatment Of Atherosclerosis Drugs
that work in the liver to reduce fatty
triglyceride levels and improve insulin
resistance, are also effective at inhibiting
the formation of cholesterol-laden plaques
that cause atherosclerosis in artery
walls, according to researchers at the
School of Medicine.
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Argo Robotic Instrument
Network Now Covers Most Of The Globe Scientists have crossed an important threshold in an international effort to deploy a global network of robotic instruments to monitor and investigate important changes in the world's oceans. More
Biologists Identify Gene in Corn Plants
that May Have Paved Way for Development of Maize UCSD
biologists have identified a gene that
appears to have been a critical trait
in allowing the earliest plant breeders
7,000 years ago to transform teosinte,
a wild grass that grows in the Mexican
Sierra Madre, into maize, the world’s
third most planted crop after rice and
wheat.
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Scientists Overwhelmingly Agree:
Humans Are The Cause Of Climate Change,
Writes History Professor Naomi Oreskes There
is a popular perception – bolstered
by the assertions of policymakers and
corporations interested in preserving
a do-nothing status quo – that
scientists fundamentally disagree on
the causes of global climate change.
Not so, writes Naomi Oreskes, an associate
professor of history and director of
the Science Studies Program, in the
Dec. 3 issue of Science magazine.
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Jorge Huerta Appointed to New Posts
of Associate Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer Chancellor
Marye Anne Fox has appointed Jorge Huerta,
professor of Theatre, to the new dual
post of associate chancellor and chief
diversity officer.
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Sally Ride Receives
NCAA's Highest Honor
Sally
K. Ride, the first American woman in
space and a professor of physics, has
been selected by the National Collegiate
Athletics Association as the recipient
of the 2005 Theodore Roosevelt Award,
the highest honor the NCAA bestows on
an individual.
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Campus
Holiday Closures
Between official holidays and
this year's Bonus Leave Program, UCSD will be
officially closed from Dec. 23 to Dec. 31. Visit
the Holiday
Closures page for a list of offices and facilities
with alternate closure schedules The list is not
complete; keep checking back as the holidays get
closer. You can also send an e-mail
to add your office closure information.
Give the Gift of Arts
Need a gift? Treat someone to a memorable evening with a gift certificate for UCSD's ArtPower performing arts series. They can use it to buy tickets for Laurie Anderson, David Sedaris, or any other ArtPower event.
SIO
Special Symposium
The celebration of V. Ramachandran's 60th
birthday will take place in 4500 Hubbs Hall
in the form of an all-day symposium featuring
eight lectures presented by experts in several
of Ramanathan areas of research. Dec. 9, 8:45 a.m.
Hubbs Hall
$4.6 billion: UCSD's national economic impact last year
=
10 Ph.D.'s, 4 M.D.'s, 11 graduate level degrees: A sample of the Rady School of Management's inaugural class' credentials
=
41,000: Number of applications for UCSD's 2004 academic year
PABLO PICASSO
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz & Other Poems
Edited with Introductions by
Jerome Rothenberg,
professor emeritus in visual arts,
& Pierre Joris
At age 54, Picasso temporarily halted all painting and focused on poetry. After resuming his painting, Picasso continued to write until 1959. Now poets Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris have overseen a project to translate much of this writing into English. More
The
media could have done a better job in
the lead up to the war. And, the state
of the media is problematic. That much
was clear during a panel discussion
held Nov. 30 at UCSD of news coverage
of the war in Iraq. Other than that,
there were just more questions: Is embedding
journalists with troops good or bad?
Why was coverage of the lead up to the
war lacking? Would the outcome have
changed if coverage had been better?
Energy and Climate: 
Drugs
that work in the liver to reduce fatty
triglyceride levels and improve insulin
resistance, are also effective at inhibiting
the formation of cholesterol-laden plaques
that cause atherosclerosis in artery
walls, according to researchers at the
School of Medicine.
Scientists have crossed an important threshold in an international effort to deploy a global network of robotic instruments to monitor and investigate important changes in the world's oceans. 
There
is a popular perception – bolstered
by the assertions of policymakers and
corporations interested in preserving
a do-nothing status quo – that
scientists fundamentally disagree on
the causes of global climate change.
Not so, writes Naomi Oreskes, an associate
professor of history and director of
the Science Studies Program, in the
Dec. 3 issue of Science magazine.
Chancellor
Marye Anne Fox has appointed Jorge Huerta,
professor of Theatre, to the new dual
post of associate chancellor and chief
diversity officer.
Sally Ride Receives 
