Terry
Martin participates in amateur and professional
athletic competitive events for that
tantalizing carrot — the thrill
of victory. And victories are something
Martin has had more than her share of.
More
Engineering Students Combine
Mechanics and Acting on Reality TV Show At
least seven UCSD engineering students
and one alumnus will appear in a 13-part
reality series on the Animal Planet
Network called Chasing Nature.
The series debuted in early December
and is scheduled to continue through
early 2006. The series, which was filmed
in Australia, features students from
top engineering schools in the United
States who are challenged to use academic
training and practical experience to
recreate animal behaviors.
More
'Tis
the Season for Holiday Giving A 15-year-old girl who is in foster care would like a big Winnie-the-Pooh bear. An elderly couple needs a blanket for the winter. A grandmother wants educational books for her grandson. And many homeless veterans need warm clothes.
UCSD employees will get a chance to help them all during Wednesday's holiday fair at the Price Center. More
UCSD Gathers World Experts
to Salute a Decade of Genome Sequencing “Celebrating a Decade of Genome Sequencing,” a one-day symposium held Tuesday in the Price Center Ballroom, brought together leaders in the field of genomics from around the world. About 750 faculty, students and local scientists were on hand to listen as two Nobel Prize winners, Dr. Hamilton Smith of the J. Craig Venter Institute, and Dr. Sydney Brenner from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, began and ended the all-day program. More
Preuss School Seniors Win $1,000 Grant for
Class Project Creating Students for Organ Donations
Six
seniors at the Preuss School have teamed
up to form Students for Organ Donations,
the first West Coast high school chapter
and one of only four in the country
whose mission is to educate about organ
donation and rally possible donors.
For their efforts, the students have
been selected to receive the State Farm
Good Neighbor Service-Learning Award,
administered by Youth Service America
and funded by State Farm. More
Rady School of Management Partners
with
Local Industry to Create Learning Consortium
The
Rady School of Management has launched
the Learning Consortium, a new executive
education program designed to deliver
business and leadership skill development
for organizations driven by science,
technology and innovation. The Learning
Consortium was developed in partnership
with BIOCOM, a San Diego-based life
science industry association that represents
companies in Southern California. More
Researchers Report
Results
of Children's Backpack Study As long as children have carried their books and belongings in backpacks they have complained of shoulder and back pain. A UCSD School of Medicine-led team found that how loads are distributed under backpack straps may help identify the source of shoulder and back pain in children. More
Psychosocial Disability Fluctuates in
Parallel
with Changes in Bipolar Symptom Severity
Authors of a long-term study of patients with bipolar disease hope that their findings will bring attention to the high level of psychosocial disability associated with the disease, especially during periods of depression. More
Atkinson Named to Board of Carnegie
Foundation for Advancement of Teaching Richard C. Atkinson, president emeritus of the University of California and chancellor emeritus of UCSD, has been named to the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, an organization focused on improving learning in the nation's colleges and schools. More
Physics
Professor Wins
First Place in Young Scholars Competition Brian
Keating, an assistant professor of physics,
iwon first place and $20,000 in the
Young Scholars Competition at the "Amazing
Light: Visions for Discovery" symposium
this month at the University of California,
Berkeley. The competition at the conference
honoring Nobel laureate Charles Townes'
90th birthday was intended to recognize
young scientists from around the world
with the potential to make such major
breakthroughs as Townes' discovery of
the laser. More
Marine Research Physiologist Pioneer
to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Gerald
Kooyman, emeritus professor of biology
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
will be the first recipient of a new
lifetime achievement award bestowed
by the Society for Marine Mammalogy
during the society's 16 th Biennial
Conference on the Biology of Marine
Mammals. More
Physics
Professor Elected to American Physical
Society
Physics Professor Dimitri Basov has
been elected a fellow of the American
Physical Society (2005) . Basov was
cited by the society "For his significant
contributions to our understanding of
high temperature superconductors and
other correlated electron systems using
infrared and optical spectroscopy."
He will be formally presented with his
fellowship certificate at the next annual
meeting of the society's Division of
Condensed Matter Physics.
Come
to the Holiday Fair
The UCSD Staff Association's popular
Holiday Pancake Breakfast on Dec. 14 is sold out,
but you can still enjoy the Holiday
Fair the same day in the Price Center Lobby.
91: Percent of The Preuss School Class of 2005 graduates that were accepted to a four-year college or university
=
1.4 million: Amount of grant and scholarship money that the Preuss School class of 2006 has attracted.
=
40: Percentage of the 2006 Preuss School class that has declared a major in engineering, science or a health related field like nursing.
Bursting the Limits of Time: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Revolution
Martin J. S. Rudwick
Bursting the Limits of Time is a herculean effort by one of the world's foremost experts on the history of geology and paleontology to sketch this historicization of the natural world in the age of revolution.
Addressing this intellectual revolution for the first time, Rudwick examines the ideas and practices of earth scientists throughout the Western world to show how the story of what we now call "deep time" was pieced together. More
At
least seven UCSD engineering students
and one alumnus will appear in a 13-part
reality series on the Animal Planet
Network called Chasing Nature.
The series debuted in early December
and is scheduled to continue through
early 2006. The series, which was filmed
in Australia, features students from
top engineering schools in the United
States who are challenged to use academic
training and practical experience to
recreate animal behaviors.
A 15-year-old girl who is in foster care would like a big Winnie-the-Pooh bear. An elderly couple needs a blanket for the winter. A grandmother wants educational books for her grandson. And many homeless veterans need warm clothes.
UCSD employees will get a chance to help them all during Wednesday's holiday fair at the Price Center. 
“Celebrating a Decade of Genome Sequencing,” a one-day symposium held Tuesday in the Price Center Ballroom, brought together leaders in the field of genomics from around the world. About 750 faculty, students and local scientists were on hand to listen as two Nobel Prize winners, Dr. Hamilton Smith of the J. Craig Venter Institute, and Dr. Sydney Brenner from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, began and ended the all-day program. 
As long as children have carried their books and belongings in backpacks they have complained of shoulder and back pain. A UCSD School of Medicine-led team found that how loads are distributed under backpack straps may help identify the source of shoulder and back pain in children. 
Richard C. Atkinson, president emeritus of the University of California and chancellor emeritus of UCSD, has been named to the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, an organization focused on improving learning in the nation's colleges and schools. 
Brian
Keating, an assistant professor of physics,
iwon first place and $20,000 in the
Young Scholars Competition at the "Amazing
Light: Visions for Discovery" symposium
this month at the University of California,
Berkeley. The competition at the conference
honoring Nobel laureate Charles Townes'
90th birthday was intended to recognize
young scientists from around the world
with the potential to make such major
breakthroughs as Townes' discovery of
the laser. 
Gerald
Kooyman, emeritus professor of biology
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
will be the first recipient of a new
lifetime achievement award bestowed
by the Society for Marine Mammalogy
during the society's 16 th Biennial
Conference on the Biology of Marine
Mammals. 
Physics Professor Dimitri Basov has
been elected a fellow of the American
Physical Society (2005) . Basov was
cited by the society "For his significant
contributions to our understanding of
high temperature superconductors and
other correlated electron systems using
infrared and optical spectroscopy."
He will be formally presented with his
fellowship certificate at the next annual
meeting of the society's Division of
Condensed Matter Physics.
