UCSD
Junior Crowned U.S. Miss
World
The
night she won the U.S.
Miss World 2005 crown,
Lisette Diaz almost fell
off the stage — literally. "The
judges were to have a
final look at the 32 contestants,"
said Diaz, a junior at
UCSD. "As we paraded in
front of them, the train
of my dress somehow wrapped
around my left foot and
I stumbled forward." Panic?
Embarrassment? Absolutely
not. More
New Options for Nursing Moms At UCSD, new moms looking for a quiet, private place to express milk for their babies now have more options than ever. Two new lactation rooms – Price Center and Torrey Pines Center North – join the four previously established locations on campus (see sidebar for locations). More
UCSD
Leads Team to Build
Geographic Information System to
Assess Toxic Hazards From Hurricane
Katrina
Researchers at UCSD have been awarded
$760,000 from the National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
to build a Geographic
Information System. This system will
link to the NIEHS Hurricane Katrina
Information Web site, providing workers
in the field and researchers with up-to-date
information regarding toxicant exposure
and human health. More
Human Stem Cell Core Facility Now Open
for Business A new facility developed to serve as a hub for human embryonic stem cell research (hESC) is now up and running at UCSD. Located on the fifth floor of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, the laboratory will maintain and characterize a number of established human embryonic stem cell lines, train scientists in the basic techniques to work with these cells, and provide laboratory space to conduct research on the cell lines. More
Engineering Alumni and
Supporters Help Dedicate
New
Computer Science and Engineering Building
Steel drums and acoustic guitars set
a festive mood for the dedication of
the new Computer Science and Engineering
Building, held on a warm Friday evening
on September 30. The five-story teaching
and research building is the academic
home for 1,100 computer science and
engineering students, and serves another
4,600 undergraduates as the headquarters
for Warren College.
More
Thinking Big With The Very Small:
Focus Of New Cancer Nanotechnology Center In
a new national effort to fight cancer
with "nanoscale" devices that find and
destroy tumor cells while leaving healthy
tissue unharmed, the National Cancer
Institute today awarded UCSD $3.9 million
in the first year of a five-year, $20
million initiative to establish a Center
for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence.
The UCSD center will use nanotechnology
to develop anti-cancer therapies that
directly target tumor cells; more accurate
and faster diagnostics; and ways to
track down cancer cells that survive
therapy.
More
Introducing the Center for
Earth Observations and Applications
This year, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox
committed five years of start-up funding
for a center to stimulate and coordinate
Earth observation research at Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and UCSD.
The Scripps-based Center for Earth Observations
and Applications (CEOA) will work toward
creating an integrated approach to Earth
observations by fostering increased
collaboration between researchers at
Scripps, the School of Medicine, the
general campus, and outside institutions.
More
History Lecturer Awarded 2004-2005 ACLS Fellowship
Patrick
Patterson, a historian who teaches in
Eleanor Roosevelt College's "Making
of the Modern World" prgram, has
been awarded a 2004-2005 fellowship
by the American Council of Learned Societies
(ACLS). The 2004-2005 ACLS fellowships
total 4.8 million dollars awarded to
139 American scholars from 102 institutions.
More
Learned
Optimism: The Key to a Happier Life Are
you seeking improved job performance, more satisfying
relationships and a more fulfilling life? A free
employee seminar will be offered to discuss the
often-perplexing game of life and how the development
of a more optimistic outlook can improve your
health, stabilize your mood, and increase your
ability to open up to a wider range of possibilities
in creating a more rewarding lifestyle.
More
30: Percentage of all campaign donors who are UCSD alumni
=
1,000,000: The number of K-12 students who will be reached by 1000 teachers during 10 years of teaching
=
100: Estimate of the number of UCSD students who will enter the California-Teach program each year
Goodman
and Gilman's
the Pharmacological
Basis of Therapeutics
Laurence L. Brunton
This
book emphasizes basic principles, adding chapters
on drug transporters and drug metabolism. The
material covered in these chapters explains many
prominent drug-drug interactions and adverse drug
responses. More
At UCSD, new moms looking for a quiet, private place to express milk for their babies now have more options than ever. Two new lactation rooms – Price Center and Torrey Pines Center North – join the four previously established locations on campus (see sidebar for locations). 
A new facility developed to serve as a hub for human embryonic stem cell research (hESC) is now up and running at UCSD. Located on the fifth floor of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, the laboratory will maintain and characterize a number of established human embryonic stem cell lines, train scientists in the basic techniques to work with these cells, and provide laboratory space to conduct research on the cell lines. 
Steel drums and acoustic guitars set
a festive mood for the dedication of
the new Computer Science and Engineering
Building, held on a warm Friday evening
on September 30. The five-story teaching
and research building is the academic
home for 1,100 computer science and
engineering students, and serves another
4,600 undergraduates as the headquarters
for Warren College.
In
a new national effort to fight cancer
with "nanoscale" devices that find and
destroy tumor cells while leaving healthy
tissue unharmed, the National Cancer
Institute today awarded UCSD $3.9 million
in the first year of a five-year, $20
million initiative to establish a Center
for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence.
The UCSD center will use nanotechnology
to develop anti-cancer therapies that
directly target tumor cells; more accurate
and faster diagnostics; and ways to
track down cancer cells that survive
therapy.
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