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Chancellor's 5-K Raises Record
Amount for Undergraduate Scholarships
Nearly 1,400 UCSD students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends met at the white chalk starting line on RIMAC field on Friday afternoon to travel the winding 3.1-mile course through campus in support of undergraduate scholarships. Among them was Tyson Kim, a fifth-year physics student who is putting himself through college with the help of undergraduate scholarships. (Photo Credit: Kevin Walsh) More |
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Irreverent Fashion Show Benefits Women’s Cancers
To help raise awareness and dollars for all women’s cancers, the Saks Fifth Avenue store in Fashion Valley partnered with the Moores UCSD Cancer Center to host “Men About Town,” a slightly irreverent fashion featuring nearly 30 prominent San Diego men dressed in Saks apparel. Now in its second year, the fashion show is co-chaired by Katherine Kennedy and Robert Horsman. More
VC Edward Holmes, pictured left, takes
to the runway in support of a good cause.
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Gene for Joubert Syndrome
with Excessive Brain
Folds Discovered
Researchers at the School of Medicine have discovered the gene for a form of Joubert Syndrome, a condition present before birth that affects an area of the brain controlling balance and coordination in about 1 in 10,000 individuals. More |
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Psychiatry Dept. to Study Bipolar Patients with
Major Grant from National Institute of Mental Health
Psychiatric researchers at the School of Medicine have received a five-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health to study how patients with Bipolar Affective Disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, regulate their behaviors and thoughts. More |
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Annual UCSD Halloween
Costume Contest
UCSD faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in the annual UCSD Halloween Costume Contest on Friday, October 29. Costume sign-ups begin at 11:30 a.m. and the contest begins at 11:45 a.m. in the Price Center Plaza.
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Science Fiction Writer
Kim Stanley Robinson Visits UCSD
Award-winning science fiction author and University of California, San Diego alumnus Kim Stanley Robinson returns to his alma mater Thursday, Oct. 28, to talk about “Science as One of the Humanities.” More |
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UCSD Retirement Association Celebrates 20th Anniversary
The UCSD Retirement Association is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month with a variety of special events and activities, including an open house on Wednesday, Oct. 27 The open house will be held at the Retirement Association offices in UC 400 (behind the Campus Cashier’s Office) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More |
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IR/PS To Host 2004 International
Affairs Graduate School Admissions Forum
Admissions Forum
Representatives from 20 international affairs graduate study programs will meet with potential and prospective students on Monday, October 25 at UCSD as part of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) Graduate School Admissions Forum. The event, hosted by the IR/PS, is free and open to the public. More |
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Student Chemist
Jamie Link Develops Formula for Early
Success
Among
her many other duties, Chancellor Marye
Anne Fox works hard to increase the
numbers of women in science. She explains
the opportunities and rewards to girls
and young women from grade schools to
grad schools across the nation. Now
the chancellor has another "link" in
her persuasive chain of positive examples.
Jamie Link, a graduate student in chemistry
and biochemistry at UCSD, is among 100
of the world's top young innovators,
as selected by MIT's Technology Review
magazine — one of 30 women so honored
and, at 26, the youngest member of the
prestigious group.
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UCSD Medical Faculty
Named To Prestigious National Organization
Two members of the UCSD School of Medicine faculty have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, the arm of the National Academy of Sciences that is both an honorific society and an advisory body on health and health policy matters. Kenneth Kaushansky, M.D., Chair of the Department of Medicine, and John West, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, were among the 65 new active members announced by the IOM on Monday, October 18. More |
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| October 25, 2004 |
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| Serving a Purpose
In 1968, John McCleary's vision of long-term employment was five or more years. However, the Revelle graduate found that explosive growth in technology and computing provided endless reasons to continue his work at the university. On Tuesday, Oct. 26, he and 13 other staff members will be honored for 35 years of service to UCSD. More
Avoiding the flu
Learn how UCSD is affected by the flu vaccine shortage, and what you can do to stay healthy. More
Your Benefits -
Open Enrollment
Take advantage of the yearly opportunity to make changes to your health and welfare plans from Nov. 1 - 30. Information is mailed to eligible employees in late October. A benefits fair will take place Nov. 22 at the Price Center, Ballroom B, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Insurance carriers will be available to answer questions about their plans.
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Upcoming Staff
Education and
Development Courses
Cash Control Training
11/03/2004
StudentLink: Queries and Mydashboard
11/03/2004
Computer Ergonomics
11/09/2004
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Dear Editor,
Over the last few weeks, there have been several articles and opinion pieces in the campus and San Diego media on the status of the UCSD co-ops. More
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The UCSD Council of
Provosts and The Helen
Edison Lecture Series
present Gro Harlem Brundtland
Oct. 27, 7 p.m.,
Price Center Ballroom |
| Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland has devoted her
lifework to persuading world leaders to take
science seriously and to put health issues
high on the political agenda. Now, this fall,
she is visiting San Diego.More |
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A Festschrift
for Will Ogdon
Collected and compiled by János Négyesy, professor of music, and Garrett Bowles, who retired in 2000 after serving as a UCSD music librarian for 35 years. More
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