Holiday
Giving at UCSD
Encompasses Military in Iraq, Local
Needy
When
'Big Brother' Capt. Bruce Soltire of
the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit based
at Camp Pendleton announced to his 'Little
Brother' Sam, a Helix High School student
and football player, that he was bound
for duty in Iraq, Sam and his mother,
UCSD Burn Center nurse Leann Cortimiglia,
were naturally concerned. More
Staffers
Get in Holiday Mood
at Annual Pancake Breakfast UCSD
retiree Gloria Moreno and Adela V. Crespin,
both of Geisel Library's catalog department,
have been attending the annual pancake
breakfast since the event began 30 years
ago, when vice chancellors and associate
vice chancellors actually flipped the
pancakes themselves."It's a tradition,"
said Crespin. "We get together; we take
pictures with Santa; and we hope to
win a prize."
More
UCSD Research Finds
Death Toll Climbs at Winter Holidays
More
Americans die from natural causes on
Christmas, the day after and New Year's
than on any other days of the year.
According to new research published
in the American Heart Association journal
Circulation, the 14-day holiday
period between Dec. 25 and Jan. 7 shows
a spike in death rates significantly
above what would be expected for the
winter season. The likely culprit: Delays
in seeking necessary medical treatment.
More
How
to Get Your Holiday
Shopping Done During Your Lunch Break This
year, instead of trekking to the mall
during the weekends, get all of your
shopping done during your lunch break
-- without leaving UCSD. The university
has lots of great shopping resources,
sans the long lines and fighting for
a parking spot (for the most part.)
Here are some suggestions for everyone
on your list. More
Immunostimulatory DNA Reverses Airway
Scarring and Inflammation in a Mouse
Model of Asthma The
structural changes including airway
scarring and inflammation that contribute
to severe breathing problems associated
with asthma were significantly reversed
in mice treated with immunostimulatory
sequences of DNA, a novel therapy developed
by researchers at the School of Medicine.
More
Regents
Adopt Budget Proposal
with Good News for Faculty and Staff
Last
month, the University of California
Board of Regents adopted a state budget
proposal for 2005-06 that, if accepted,
would offer some good news to faculty
and staff. Budget highlights include
money for merit pay and cost of living
adjustments for faculty and staff, which
UCSD hasn’t seen for two years.
In addition, there will be some funding
for new space, which UCSD also hasn’t
received in a few years. The budget
also includes funds for enrollment growth.
The flip side of all this good news
is that student fees will increase.
More
Engineers Join International
Consortium to Advance 'Invisible' Computing Computer scientists and electrical engineers from UCSD have joined a consortium of mostly European scientists setting out to network together the billions of electronic devices in everyday use. More
From Dinosaurs to Birds: Researchers Derive
Lessons about Human Evolution from Chicken Genome
Experts
in bioinformatics have co-authored with
other scientists the first large-scale
comparison of mammal and bird genomes,
published in the December 9 edition
of Nature. The journal's cover
story includes a draft sequence of the
chicken genome assembled and analyzed
by members of the International Chicken
Genome Sequencing Consortium.
More
Program for Graduate Studies in Microfinance
and Telecom Development Aims to Help Rural Mexico
As
part of American government efforts
to help rural Mexico further develop
telecommunications infrastructure, and
to enhance mechanisms for financing
small business in rural Mexico, seven
scholarships have been created for students
to attend the Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies, as well
as to participate in summer fieldwork
in rural Mexico and engage in research
at the Center for U.S. - Mexican Studies.
More
Sunil Sinha Named 2004
Materials Research Society Medalist
Physics Professor Sunil Sinha is one
of three scientists who were recently
awarded 2004 medals from the Materials
Research Society. Sinha
was recognized by the society, which
awarded the medals on December 1 at
its fall meeting in Boston, "for seminal
contributions to understanding mechanisms
of thin-film surface and interface morphology
evolution and establishing the foundations
of diffraction and scattering methods
for its quantitative analysis."
More
Alumni Association Recognized by
Council for Advancement and Support of Education The
Alumni Association was recognized for
the Triton Junkyard Derby and @UCSD
magazine by the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education (CASE), an
international association of professionals
who advance educational institutions,
at the District VII conference in San
Francisco on December 5.
More
How to Put Happiness Back Into your Holidays
The holidays can be a wonderful time filled with excitement, love, ritual and precious moments shared with family and friends. However, the holidays can also represent a difficult period of stress. When added to the normal strains of daily life, the pressures of buying gifts, fighting traffic, dealing with grief and loss, and awkward family gatherings following a divorce or separation can diminish the joy and peacefulness of the season. More
Deck the Halls — Safely
Festive decorations in the workplace add to the joy of the holiday season. But
improper use can result in fires or electrical accidents. Follow these
guidelines for safe holiday decorating at UCSD. More
700 out of 1,000: IR/PS students pursuing internship training in 50 countries
=
475,000: The number of outpatient visits to UCSD medical centers annually.
=
62: Faculty members in the UCSD Mathematics Department
Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Century
Francis Colpitt
These essays on abstract painting by eleven of its most incisive critics trace the development of such critical issues as hard-edge painting, deductive and serial structure, monochrome abstraction, the psychological analogy, regionalism, and the "death of painting" in Postmodernism. The introduction and commentary by Frances Colpitt situates the essays historically and examines their philosophical sources and influences, from formalism and phenomenology to structuralism and poststructuralism. It is a coherent and optimistic picture of abstract painting -- the definitive contribution of modern art. More
UCSD
retiree Gloria Moreno and Adela V. Crespin,
both of Geisel Library's catalog department,
have been attending the annual pancake
breakfast since the event began 30 years
ago, when vice chancellors and associate
vice chancellors actually flipped the
pancakes themselves."It's a tradition,"
said Crespin. "We get together; we take
pictures with Santa; and we hope to
win a prize."
This
year, instead of trekking to the mall
during the weekends, get all of your
shopping done during your lunch break
-- without leaving UCSD. The university
has lots of great shopping resources,
sans the long lines and fighting for
a parking spot (for the most part.)
Here are some suggestions for everyone
on your list.
Engineers Join International 
Physics Professor Sunil Sinha is one
of three scientists who were recently
awarded 2004 medals from the Materials
Research Society. Sinha
was recognized by the society, which
awarded the medals on December 1 at
its fall meeting in Boston, "for seminal
contributions to understanding mechanisms
of thin-film surface and interface morphology
evolution and establishing the foundations
of diffraction and scattering methods
for its quantitative analysis."
The
Alumni Association was recognized for
the Triton Junkyard Derby and @UCSD
magazine by the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education (CASE), an
international association of professionals
who advance educational institutions,
at the District VII conference in San
Francisco on December 5.
