Fieldworkers
on the Frontera Twenty-one
UCSD undergraduates journeyed south
of the border in January to learn firsthand
what brings untold numbers of Mexican
migrants north. Led by professor Wayne
Cornelius, director of the Center for
Comparative Immigration Studies, the
students were founding participants
in the field research track of a new
interdisciplinary minor in International
Migration Studies.
More
Art of Deception The
lacey scorpionfish blends so perfectly
into its seagrass and seaweed environment
that it appears as a sculptured artifact,
a relic of the sea, and the California
halibut snuggles on the ocean's sandy
bottom so flatly it becomes a part of
it's surface. These
are just two creatures in a cast of
at least 40 species starring - but seemingly
"behind and the scenes" - in the newly
opened exhibition, The Art of Deception,
at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps.
More
Students Complete
Service Projects for St. Paul's
Center and Lakeside Conservancy Graduating
UCSD students on June 7 demonstrated
the results of an academic year of effort
to build a computerized version of the
patients' 24-hour log at St. Paul's
John A. McColl Family Health Center
in downtown San Diego.
More
Campus LEAD Center Helps
Students Get Involved, Develop 'The
Whole Person'
For
William S. Howe, students should experience
far more than classrooms and reference
shelves during their academic careers.
They should also learn leadership, engagement,
activism and development - LEAD, in
short - and as director of the new LEAD
Center on campus, Howe does his best
to make that possible.
More
Outgoing Seniors Develop Multiplayer,
Online Videogames For Software Design Course
Computer science students don't usually draw a crowd of onlookers for their final exam. But the nearly three dozen seniors who took CSE 125 this quarter drew a standing-room-only crowd in Peterson Hall on June 3, as fellow students, faculty and bystanders packed the auditorium to watch - and even play - five online videogames created by the students from scratch. More
Computer Scientists Develop
Wireless Application For Ubiquitous Video Computer
scientists have taken the wraps off
a new technique for mixing images and
video feeds from mobile cameras in the
field to provide remote viewers with
a virtual window into a physical environment.
Dubbed 'RealityFlythrough,' the application
constructs a 3D virtual environment
dynamically out of the live video streams.
More
UCSD Foundation Dinner Honors
Departing Vice Chancellor for Service
The Great Hall at Eleanor Roosevelt College rang with the stately chords of chamber music and the sprightly clatter of Irish dance on June 3 as the UCSD Foundation and invited guests bid farewell to James M. Langley, the departing Vice Chancellor for External Relations and president of the foundation.
More
Scripps Geophysicist Elected Fellow of Royal Society
Thomas
Guy Masters, professor of geophysics
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
has been elected a fellow of the Royal
Society, the United Kingdom's national
academy of science. More
Two Seniors
Win Awards from
San Diego Environmental Professionals
Two graduating seniors who conducted environmental research projects this year that benefited the San Diego region have each won $500 awards from San Diego Environmental Professionals, a non-profit group dedicated to providing a forum for professionals in the field. More
See you in Fall 2005! We
will not be publishing during the summer quarter.
Enjoy your summer!
People Expo
Offers Opportunity
to Explore Personal
and Professional Growth Follow the blue, orange and green balloons on June 16 to People Expo at the Price Center. Set in neighborhoods around the theme, “connecting the UCSD community with career, professional development and work/life opportunities,” the event will feature a wide variety of resources, programs and services to support UCSD staff and faculty. More
A Newsletter
From President Dynes
Read the latest "Our University" in
which UC President Robert C. Dynes looks back
on the academic year. More
Summer
Reading Contest
The Library wants to reward you
for reading this summer! It's simple. Submit reviews
of the books you read this summer and win prizes.
Contest runs from June 27th- September 7th and
is open to anyone with a current UCSD library
card.
More
34: Percentage of all UCSD
undergraduates living oncampus in Fall 2004
=
$3.5 Million: Amount of scholoarship support for 2004/2005 UCSD undergraduate students
=
958: Number of students participating in academic and experimental programs abroad.
Mind
Body & Emotions The New Science Of Mood
by Gene Wallenstein
Neuroscientist
Gene Wallenstein of UCSD describes research into
the genetic, biological, psychological, and environmental
bases of emotions and links new discoveries in
brain science with novel treatment strategies
for mood and anxiety disorders.
More
Twenty-one
UCSD undergraduates journeyed south
of the border in January to learn firsthand
what brings untold numbers of Mexican
migrants north. Led by professor Wayne
Cornelius, director of the Center for
Comparative Immigration Studies, the
students were founding participants
in the field research track of a new
interdisciplinary minor in International
Migration Studies.
The
lacey scorpionfish blends so perfectly
into its seagrass and seaweed environment
that it appears as a sculptured artifact,
a relic of the sea, and the California
halibut snuggles on the ocean's sandy
bottom so flatly it becomes a part of
it's surface. These
are just two creatures in a cast of
at least 40 species starring - but seemingly
"behind and the scenes" - in the newly
opened exhibition, The Art of Deception,
at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps.
Graduating
UCSD students on June 7 demonstrated
the results of an academic year of effort
to build a computerized version of the
patients' 24-hour log at St. Paul's
John A. McColl Family Health Center
in downtown San Diego.
Computer science students don't usually draw a crowd of onlookers for their final exam. But the nearly three dozen seniors who took CSE 125 this quarter drew a standing-room-only crowd in Peterson Hall on June 3, as fellow students, faculty and bystanders packed the auditorium to watch - and even play - five online videogames created by the students from scratch. 
Computer
scientists have taken the wraps off
a new technique for mixing images and
video feeds from mobile cameras in the
field to provide remote viewers with
a virtual window into a physical environment.
Dubbed 'RealityFlythrough,' the application
constructs a 3D virtual environment
dynamically out of the live video streams.
The Great Hall at Eleanor Roosevelt College rang with the stately chords of chamber music and the sprightly clatter of Irish dance on June 3 as the UCSD Foundation and invited guests bid farewell to James M. Langley, the departing Vice Chancellor for External Relations and president of the foundation.
Scripps Geophysicist Elected Fellow of Royal Society
Two Seniors 
We
will not be publishing during the summer quarter.
Enjoy your summer!
