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Overwhelmed at Work?
Speaker Nanci McGraw Offers Instant Cure
The animated redhead, her jacket a-glitter with butterfly pins, waves a sparkling toy wand over the crowd. "Poof!" she says. "If you've been feeling overwhelmed by tasks at work or at home, here's some magic that'll make you a doer and a wow-maker!" More |
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Cat in the Hat for President
Takes a Bow in Geisel Library Exhibit
 From the image of the Cat in the Hat decorating a cornflakes box, to that inimitable hat as a tiny, finely crafted Limoges porcelain box of limited edition, to a salty political cartoon, Dr. Seuss's feline character pops up throughout American culture, eliciting every reaction from a sly smile to an outright laugh. And never, not ever, is there the slightest doubt that this is one cat with infinitely more than nine lives.
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UCSD Veteran of the Year
 Mark Elder, a producer-director with Media Services, has been selected as UCSD's Veteran of the Year. Elder is a Vietnam veteran with over 26 years of combined service in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves. He represented UCSD at the 2004 Veteran of the Year Luncheon Nov. 5 sponsored by the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center. More |
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Chemists
Use Tiny 'Chaperones' to Direct
Molecules and Nanoparticles in Drop
of Liquid
 UCSD
Chemists have developed a method that
uses dust-sized chips of silicon to
surround and precisely direct the
motion of molecules, cells, bacteria
and other miniscule objects within
a tiny drop of liquid. More
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Scripps
Oceanography and BP Announce
Research Partnership in Deep Ocean
Technology
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
and BP America Inc. announce the signing
of a three-year, $3 million-dollar
partnership, marking the beginning
of a long-term research collaboration.
The initial focus of the program is
to develop and evaluate new technologies
to image and characterize the seafloor
and subseafloor.
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Supercomputer Center First Academic
Institution To Install IBM Blue Gene Computer
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) announced today that it will be the first academic institution in the world to install the new IBM eServer Blue Gene Solution computing system. Designed to attack a broad range of scientific problems, the Blue Gene system will be installed in December and used for high-end, data-intensive applications in the academic environment. More |
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McNair Program Offers
UCSD Juniors and Seniors Wide
Range of Research, Grad School Preparation
 The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program at the University of California, San Diego is recruiting juniors and senior of all majors who are interested in obtaining a Ph.D. More |
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 Pope Honors
UCSD Scientist
Scripps Oceanography atmospheric scientist V.
Ramanathan receives his official appointment to the Pontifical
Academy of Sciences from Pope John Paul II at the Vatican on
Nov. 8.
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Cancer Center Recruits
Deputy Director For Clinical Oncology
 A respected clinical oncologist who specializes in breast cancer has been recruited to a key position at the Cancer Center. Dr. Joanne Mortimer is the new Deputy Director for Clinical Oncology. Her faculty appointment at the School of Medicine is pending. More |
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Scientist
Wins Award For
Breakthrough In Coding Theory And Practice
 The
Board of Governors of the IEEE Information
Theory Society has selected an article
by professors from UCSD and the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the
top publication in information theory
during the past two years. The article
developed an improved decoding algorithm
for error-correcting codes that are
used today in communication and storage
devices ranging from computer hard drives
to deep-space probes. More |
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Tech
Transfer Office
Plays Pivotal Role
in Bringing New
Discoveries to Market
Over Last Decade
As
the Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property
Services office of the University of California,
San Diego reaches the 10-year mark this month, it
is being credited with playing a pivotal role in
bringing UCSD technologies and discoveries to the
local and global marketplace. More
Benefits Fair -
November 22
Mark Monday, Nov. 22, on your calendar and be sure to visit the Open Enrollment Benefits Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Ballroom B at the Price Center. This is an opportunity to meet with Human Resources Benefits staff and different provider organizations. Get the information you need to make a decision about changing your benefits for the coming year before open enrollment ends on midnight Tuesday, Nov. 30.
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New Traffic Light
at La Jolla Shores
& El Paseo Grande
Due to increasing safety concerns, a new traffic signal has been installed at the corner of El Paseo Grande and La Jolla Shores Drive. The light should be fully operational on Monday, Nov 15.
Upcoming Staff
Education and
Development Courses Emotional Intelligence
and Peak Performance
12/03/2004
Confidentiality of Records: Privacy/Access/The Law
12/07/2004
Negotiating Effectively:
Skills for Managers
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The Woman and the Dynamo: Isabel Paterson and the Idea of America
By Stephen D. Cox,
professor of English literature and director of
humanities program
The
Woman and the Dynamo is the first biography of
Isabel Paterson, novelist, columnist, cultural
critic, political theorist and one of the most
extraordinary personalities of the 1930s. She
was renowned for her wit and unique interpretation
of the American experience and has long been a
source of rumor and legend. From interviews, private
papers and published words, Stephen Cox weaves
a narrative that vividly brings Paterson to life.
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