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UCSD Health Sciences recently announced its vision for meeting the future needs of its health care patients. According to Richard Liekweg, chief executive officer for UCSD Medical Center, this vision involves transforming both of its medical campuses over the next 15-20 years to improve care and service, and to be more responsive to its patients and the community. Following are Liekweg's responses to some of our questions about the proposal and its possible impacts. More |
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WANTED: Preuss Mentors
 If
you belong to the campus community and
you can spare a half-hour a week to
help a gifted youngster prepare for
a bright future, the Preuss School wants
you for its Mentors Program.
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 UCSD Cares Starts Today
The 4th annual UCSD Cares will be held Feb. 7 to Feb. 11 on Library Walk. The event is sponsored by the Associated Students, SOLO, the UCSD Bookstore and volunteers to raise contributions for local San Diego charities through fundraising and mini-service activities. Last year, more than 60 campus organizations and 1,000 students participated in the program. For more information, visit the UCSD Associated Students Web site. |
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Pro-inflammatory Enzyme Linked to Diabetes; Immune System’s Macrophages May Be Key to Treatment
An enzyme that initiates inflammation has been directly linked to insulin resistance and resulting type II diabetes by researchers at the School of Medicine. In addition, the team suggests that inhibition of the enzyme in the immune system’s macrophages may be a new diabetes therapy. More |
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 New Language Points to
Foundations of Human Grammar
How is a language born? What are its essential elements? Linguists are gaining new insights into these age-old conundrums from a language created in a small village in Israel's Negev Desert. More |
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Rat Whisking May Provide
Insight Into Debilitating Eye Disorder
 Physicists have discovered a neural circuit in rats that could provide a powerful model for understanding a neurological condition known as blepharospasm—uncontrolled eye blinking that affects 50,000 people in the U.S. and leaves some patients functionally blind. More |
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Pro-Inflammatory Protein
Contributes to Crohn’s Disease
A pro-inflammatory protein activated by bacteria in the colon plays a key role in the development of experimental colitis in mice – a mouse-version of human Crohn’s disease – according to research by scientists at the School of Medicine. More |
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 Darlene Willis
Earns Unsung Hero
and Diversity Awards
Just
in time for Black History Month, Darlene
V. Willis, the executive administrative
officer for new initiatives and community
relations in the Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs, has
added her own significant chapter to
that history.
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 Preuss School Student
Awarded Horatio Alger Award
Bernice
D. Ramirez, a senior at the Preuss School,
has been selected as a 2005 Horatio
Alger National Scholar by the Horatio
Alger Association of Distinguished Americans.
The award includes a $10,000 college
scholarship and an expense paid trip
to Washington D.C. April 6-10 for the
National Scholars conference.
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Free Seminar:
Renewing Your Romantic Relationship
Valentine's Day is a great time
to consider revitalizing your romantic relationship.
At this free lunch-hour seminar, certified counselors
with years of relationship counseling experience
will playfully suggest ways for you to grow in
your appreciation of your significant other while
renewing your commitment to a loving, fun and
fulfilling relationship. You are welcome to bring
your lunch for the session to be held Feb. 14,
from noon to 1 p.m. For more information and to
register, contact John Smith at the UCSD Faculty
& Staff Assistance Program, (858) 534-2113 or
j2smith@ucsd.edu.
Upcoming Staff
Education and
Development Courses
Negotiating Effectively:
Skills for Managers
2/22/05
Campus Operating Budget
& Capital Planning Process
2/22/05
Introduction to Microsoft Word XP
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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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A Book of Witness:
Spells & Gris-Gris
Jerome Rothenberg
A Book of Witness: Spells & Gris-Gris is Jerome Rothenberg's passage from one millennium to another. Of the one hundred poems in the book, the first half were written in 1999, the second in the two years that followed. The poems are also a reaffirmation of self in the face of history's darknesses, a shout for life against an indifferent universe. More
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