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Q&A with Larry Goldstein
This fall, while other School of Medicine faculty were immersed in research and classes, Larry Goldstein spent many of his waking hours working to educate California voters and a nationwide audience about what he thinks could be the biggest medical breakthrough in decades. He has been appearing on network TV news shows, speaking before large crowds, and arguing intently for passage of Proposition 71, the ballot initiative that would commit California to issue $3 billion for stem cell research. More |
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Awards for Excellence
Gala
Celebrates Leaders of Today and Tomorrow
Two
Scripps
Institution of Oceanography alumni stole
the spotlight at this year's annual
Awards for Excellence Gala, hosted by
the UCSD Alumni Association. The evening's
top award went to Marcia McNutt '78
and Ancel Keys '30.
Nearly 300 alumni, faculty and friends
of the university attended the Oct.
23 event honoring outstanding alumni,
distinguished faculty and top National
Merit Scholars at the new Estancia La
Jolla Hotel and Spa. Top contributors
to the Campaign for UCSD: Imagine
What's Next. Alumni Association
also were honored. 
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UCSD's GPA Plummets
In
the weeks before Halloween, the UCSD
community has various traditions for
welcoming autumn: Some decorate their
offices, some make Halloween costumes
and some hurl several-hundred- pound
pumpkins off the tops of buildings.
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A Ghastly UCSD Tradition
More
than 60 students, faculty and staff
convened in the Price Center on Friday
to strut their stuff for the lunchtime
crowd at UCSD's annual Halloween Costume
Contest. Eight "spooktacular prizes,"
ranging from a cherry red motor scooter
to an Apple iPod, were awarded to winners
in the categories of funniest, scariest,
most creative and incredibly elaborate
costume.
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(Contest entrant "Waldo" wandered through the crowd before finding his way on stage. "I'm always getting lost," he said.) |
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Biologists
Discover Chemical Important
in Guiding Visual
System Development
Neurobiologists have discovered a chemical
responsible for the bursts of electrical
activity in the brain that guide the
development of the visual system, a
finding that may bring rewiring of damaged
visual circuits closer to reality.
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 UCSD
Pascal Reunion
They came from as far as San Francisco, Oregon and Washington. Like
college-aged buddies, these 40-something men and women camped out on floors
in their friends' homes. And from the moment Richard Kaufmann booted up a
copy of the 24 X 80 monochrome "Welcome to UCSD Pascal" screen, this group
of some 50 UCSD alumni were transported back 30 years, when as
undergraduates they helped usher in the PC revolution.
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(Rick Grunsky, left, and James Whitesell, right, look at photographs with
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Psychiatrist
Elected Fellow of
American Association for the Advancement
of Science
Mark
A. Geyer, a professor of psychiatry
and neurosciences at the School of Medicine,
and director of Neuropsychopharmacology
Unit of Mental Illness Research, Clinical
and Education Center at the VA San Diego
Healthcare System, has been elected
as a Fellow of the prestigious American
Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS).
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Learn at Lunch
Overwhelmed? Then join Nanci McGraw
on Nov. 9 for a presentation of "Just in Time: Instant
Cure for Overwhelm." The event will take place from
noon to 1:30 p.m. in the San Francisco/Santa Cruz
Room at the Price Center. It is free and open to
all faculty and staff.
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Open Enrollment
Starts Today
Want to make changes to your health and welfare plans? Take advantage of your yearly opportunity, starting today and lasting through Nov. 30. Information was mailed to eligible employees in late October. Plus, for more information, take part in the benefits fair on Nov. 22, where insurance carriers will be available to answer questions about their plans. That will take place at the Price Center in Ballroom B, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Upcoming Staff
Education and
Development Courses
Introduction to Microsoft Excel XP
11/10/2004
UCSD Gift Processing
11/15/2004
Risk Management: Cars
and Property --Your Personal Risks
11/17/2004
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6 million: Nautical miles steamed by UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography's ships |
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1,450: IR/PS alumni currently working in the private, public and nonprofit sectors in the United States, Asia, Latin America, and throughout the world |
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1,390: Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumni (Masters and Ph.D) |
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Wittgenstein
By Avrum Stroll,
Professor of Philosophy
Avrum
Stroll introduces the legendary philosopher Ludwig
Wittgenstein. Including Wittgenstein's student
days at Cambridge, his dramatic changes of professions,
his eccentric lifestyle, privileged background
and writings two days before his death, this book
spans Wittgenstein's life and philosophical achievements.
The analysis of the philosopher's three great
ideas reveals the dramatic reversals of opinion
that characterized Wittgenstein's career and provides
insight into the way in which language shapes
our world. More
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