High Tech Facility Brings UCSD
to Leading Edge of Digital Revolution
Walk into UCSD's new Calit2 building and you can watch movies beamed through the world's highest-resolution projector. You can also meet RUBI, a quirky robot who teaches and plays with preschoolers. And you can talk to researchers who make devices about one 25-millionth of an inch across. More
Fast-a-Thon Aims to Fight More Than Hunger First, women clad in long flowing clothes and headscarves made their way from table to table, handing out paper cups. Then there was a call to prayer and dozens broke their daylong fast by eating dates. Men, many of them in black, handed out plates of food to hungry participants in UCSD’s third annual Fast-a-Thon. More
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Launches Scripps Genome Center
Advancing
further into its second century of discovery,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
has unveiled a new research center aimed
at the burgeoning science of genomics.
More
UCSD
Team Raises nearly
$3,800 at AIDS Walk
San Diego Raising money for HIV/AIDS is a very
personal campaign for Joseph Toledo,
a financial analyst in neurosciences.
This year, he raised nearly $1,400 participating
in the 16th annual AIDS Walk San Diego
held Oct. 2 in Balboa Park. More
Lectures, Theatrical Performances, Films
to Mark Observance of International
Education Week International
Education Week will be observed Nov.
14-18 at UCSD with a roster of activities
including lectures and seminars with
international themes, theatrical productions,
cultural presentations, films, internationally
inspired lunches and dinners, and an
international festival. The events are
open to the public. More
UCSD
Among Top Universities for International
Studies
UCSD has been
awarded high ranking in another survey
of the best American colleges and universities.
In a new listing of the best schools
for studying foreign affairs, professors
from all over the U.S. have said that
the university's programs in international
relations are among the nation's top
ten. The survey of more than 1,100 college
and university scholars, asking international
relations professors to name the best
schools for both academic and policy
careers, has just been published in
the influential journal Foreign Policy.
More
Faster Computation of DNA Maps Provides
Insight into Genetic Basis of Human Disease
High-throughput sequencing of an individual's DNA yields a map of genetic variation which can give clues to the genetic underpinning of human disease. The current technologies collect genotypes, or information from the individual's two chromosomes. Yet many scientists believe that drilling down to the variations between individuals' DNA at the level of each chromosome - so-called haplotypes - will permit more accurate study of genetic differences and their consequences for medical research and the study of evolution. More
More than 470 Physicists Sign Petition
to Oppose U.S. Policy On Nuclear Attack
More than 470 physicists, including seven Nobel laureates, have signed a petition to oppose a new U.S. Defense Department proposal that allows the United States to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states. More
Researchers Learn How Blood Vessel
Cells Cope with their Pressure-Packed Job
UCSD researchers stretched cells in a workout chamber the size of a credit card to gain a better understanding of how repetitive stretching of endothelial cells that line arteries can make them healthy and resistant to vascular diseases. More
Law
Professor Anita Hill to
Talk on Gender,
Race, and the Court Anita
Hill, law professor, author and authority
on race and gender issues - best known
from the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court hearings controversy -
will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in the
Price Center Ballroom. Her topic is
"Gender, Race, and the Future of
the Court." The event is free and
open to the public.
More
Three UCSD Professors Named 2005 Fellows of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Three UCSD professors have been named 2005 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation's largest scientific organization.William Bechtel, Paul A. Insel and Vivek Malhotra are among the 376 individuals this year selected by colleagues in their disciplines to be honored by the association for "efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished." More
Director of Cancer Center
Elected to Institute of Medicine Dr. Dennis A. Carson, director of the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Carson is one of 64 new members elected nationwide and one of only two announced from San Diego. More
Bynum Wins Whiting Writers Award Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, associate professor of writing in the department of literature, is one of 10 winners of the 2005 Whiting Writers' Award. The $40,000 award recognizes "emerging writers of exceptional talent and promise." More
Happy Halloween!!
Did you wear a costume to UCSD today? Send photos of yourself and others to be featured in next week's issue. Please email jpegs to thisweek@ucsd.edu.
Honoring
Decades of Service
Employees who have celebrated 10 or more years at UCSD will be honored today at the Service Awards ceremony in the Price Center Ballroom. See a list of this year's awardees.
5,000th: Number of births since starting of the UCSD Medical Center's Birth Center 5 1/2 years ago.
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1,787: Number of students with economic majors in 2004
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19: Percentage of UCSD students with a GPA higher than 3.5 in Fall 2004
Introduction to Finite and Spectral Element Methods Using MATLAB
C Pozrikidis
Introduction
to Finite and Spectral Element Methods Using MATLAB
provides a means of quickly understanding both
the theoretical foundation and practical implementation
of the finite element method and its companion
spectral element method. Written in the form of
a self-contained course, it introduces the fundamentals
on a need-to-know basis and emphasizes algorithm
development and computer implementation of the
essential procedures. More
First, women clad in long flowing clothes and headscarves made their way from table to table, handing out paper cups. Then there was a call to prayer and dozens broke their daylong fast by eating dates. Men, many of them in black, handed out plates of food to hungry participants in UCSD’s third annual Fast-a-Thon. 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Raising money for HIV/AIDS is a very
personal campaign for Joseph Toledo,
a financial analyst in neurosciences.
This year, he raised nearly $1,400 participating
in the 16th annual AIDS Walk San Diego
held Oct. 2 in Balboa Park. 
High-throughput sequencing of an individual's DNA yields a map of genetic variation which can give clues to the genetic underpinning of human disease. The current technologies collect genotypes, or information from the individual's two chromosomes. Yet many scientists believe that drilling down to the variations between individuals' DNA at the level of each chromosome - so-called haplotypes - will permit more accurate study of genetic differences and their consequences for medical research and the study of evolution. 
UCSD researchers stretched cells in a workout chamber the size of a credit card to gain a better understanding of how repetitive stretching of endothelial cells that line arteries can make them healthy and resistant to vascular diseases. 
Anita
Hill, law professor, author and authority
on race and gender issues - best known
from the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court hearings controversy -
will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in the
Price Center Ballroom. Her topic is
"Gender, Race, and the Future of
the Court." The event is free and
open to the public.
Dr. Dennis A. Carson, director of the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Carson is one of 64 new members elected nationwide and one of only two announced from San Diego. 
Bynum Wins Whiting Writers Award
