Moores UCSD Cancer Center
Building Set
to Open on East Campus
After 25 years, the famed "center without walls" is about to get a roof. The Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, whose offices have been scattered from Hillcrest to La Jolla, is ready to formally open a building that consolidates clinical, research and administrative services in a striking new architectural addition to the campus.
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S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom
To Speak April 11;
Memorial Lecture Topic
Is
'Same-Sex Marriage' Gavin
Newsom, mayor of the City and County
of San Francisco, will speak on the
status of same-sex marriage during the
annual DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture
to be held at 6 p.m. April 11 in RIMAC
Arena.
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Engineering, Medicine and
Social Sciences
Graduate Programs Rank
Among the Nation's Best in Annual U.S.
News Survey In
the annual survey of graduate programs
released last week by U.S. News,
ten programs in the UCSD social sciences
and two in the humanities are ranked
in the top ten. The Jacobs School of
Engineering and School of Medicine also
ranked in the top 20. More
RNA Symposium
Attracts Hundreds of
Biologists to Campus More than 500 biologists, including three Nobel laureates, gathered at UCSD Friday to discuss the critical importance that molecules of ribonucleic acid, or RNA, play in maintaining life. More
(Photo: Syndey Brenner receives UCSD/Merck Life Sciences Achievement Award.)
Natural Tumor
Suppressor Discovered
by Medical Researchers A natural tumor suppressor that could potentially be turned on in certain cancer cells to prevent the formation of tumors has been discovered by researchers at the School of Medicine. More
Autism Linked To Mirror Neuron Dysfunction
Seeing
is doing - at least it is when mirror
neurons are working normally. But in
autistic individuals, the brain circuits
that enable people to perceive and understand
the actions of others do not behave
in the usual way.
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Outstanding
Community Leadership and Faculty Excellence Honored at 'Town
& Gown' Event Campus
and community leaders joined members
of the UCSD Chancellor’s Associates
Thursday to honor community leaders
Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan and outstanding
faculty members at the annual “Town
and Gown” event.
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Scripps Global Climate
Change Pioneer To Receive Tyler Prize Charles
David Keeling, a professor of oceanography
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
has been selected to receive the Tyler
Prize for Environmental Achievement,
which is awarded for accomplishments
in environmental science, energy and
medicine that confer great benefit upon
mankind.
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Energy-Saving
Upgrades Earn Award, Save University $1.5 Million
a Year
Two energy-saving projects
will together save UCSD about $1.5 million a year
and earned the university a San Diego Excellence
in Energy Award.
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52: Percentage of women
undergraduate students on campus: More than
one-half of UCSD undergraduates are students
of color
=
4,565:
The number of undergraduates enrolled at
Warren College, the largest number of all
the colleges
=
95: Percentage of undergraduates from California
Think Like a Shrink :
100 Principles for
Seeing Deeply
into Yourself and Others
Emmanuel Rosen
Based
on an article in Psychology Today, "Think
Like a Shrink" is a personality primer that
refines years of psychiatric training into 100
principles. Here you will quickly learn to understand
what motivates your boss, your spouse, your parents
-- and yourself. More
Gavin
Newsom, mayor of the City and County
of San Francisco, will speak on the
status of same-sex marriage during the
annual DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture
to be held at 6 p.m. April 11 in RIMAC
Arena.
RNA Symposium 
Natural Tumor 
Campus
and community leaders joined members
of the UCSD Chancellor’s Associates
Thursday to honor community leaders
Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan and outstanding
faculty members at the annual “Town
and Gown” event.
Charles
David Keeling, a professor of oceanography
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
has been selected to receive the Tyler
Prize for Environmental Achievement,
which is awarded for accomplishments
in environmental science, energy and
medicine that confer great benefit upon
mankind.
