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Edward W. Holmes, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine at UCSD has announced that he will be leaving UCSD at the end of September to join the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore and the National University of Singapore, to help oversee efforts in translational medical research. Holmes, 65, was recruited to UCSD in 2000 from Duke University, where he was Dean and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at the Duke University School of Medicine. He reflects here on his tenure at UCSD. More |
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UCSD Forms Stem Cell
Collaboration with Major Australian Centers
Scientists from the University of California, San Diego are joining forces with colleagues from Australia’s Monash University and the Australian Stem Cell Centre to create a powerful new international collaboration in stem cell research. The collaboration was announced Monday, April 10 at the BIO 2006 conference in Chicago by Premier Steve Bracks and Minister for Innovation John Brumby of the state of Victoria, Australia. More |
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Preuss School Receives Perfect 10 — Again
 Step into any classroom at the Preuss School at UCSD, and you’ll find students who all come from low-income families. Some don’t speak English at home. Their parents aren’t college graduates. Students from these backgrounds are more likely to struggle in school and less likely to go to college, studies have shown. But at Preuss School, they strive, said Principal Doris Alvarez. Last month, the school received a perfect 10 for the third year in a row on California’s Academic Performance Index, which ranks schools based on a flurry of test scores. More |
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Making a Difference:
Community
Service in New Orleans Changes Student’s Outlook
 When college students hear the term “Alternative Spring Break,” most of them know what that means: instead of going to Rosarito or Cabo San Lucas to party, you go to various places around the world…to serve. What is not immediately understood is the reality that the trip will change you just as much, if not more, than the community you have gone to help. I am one of the lucky students who was changed by my experience in New Orleans over spring break. More |
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Thurgood Marshall College held its 28th annual Cultural Celebration Saturday. This year's theme was "Colors of Culture." The event featured music, games and ethnic food. |
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$12 Million Gift From Swartz Foundation
Funds Center for Computational Neuroscience
 Jerry Swartz, a New York entrepreneur, electrical engineer and inventor of the handheld barcode laser scanner, will be honored by UCSD for his support and leadership of UCSD’s innovative studies of brain rhythms and the role they play in human cognition and awareness. More |
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 Biochemists Discover Bacteria’s Achilles’ Heel
UCSD researchers have determined what factors turn on protein production in bacteria, a finding that provides new targets for the development of antibiotics. More
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Padres Cover More Than Bases
While a number of community-based volunteer and retail organizations make headwear for women experiencing hair loss during cancer treatment, few fashion efforts have been made to benefit men. Not anymore! Moores UCSD Cancer Center volunteers Eileen Hudgins (left) and Bailey Zhao (right) teamed up with staff member Allison Tobin (center) to draft a letter to the San Diego Padres asking for help. Within the week, the Padres organization came to the rescue! They provided 100 top-quality baseball hats to cover those newly-bare heads – helping cancer patients stay warmer throughout treatment. The hats, free to patients, are available at the Cancer Center’s Patient and Family Education and Resource Center. |
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Structural Engineering Students
Rock at Regional Design Competition
 From designing a dorm model that would withstand a Northridge-sized earthquake to creating a chemical-free water filtration system, UCSD structural engineering students proved the innovation leaders at the 2006 American Society of Civil Engineers’pacific southwest regional collegiate conference held at UCLA March 30 to April 1. More |
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Got Junk?
Triton Junkyard Derby Scheduled for May 12
 Spring cleaning on your mind? Do you have bicycles, scrap metal, wood, appliances, furniture or wheels piled up in your garage or backyard shed? Donate your junk and support the third annual Triton Junkyard Derby, a boxcar race, scheduled for Friday, May 12 during the Sun God Festival. More
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Four at UCSD Awarded
Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships For
'Distinguished Achievement and Exceptional Promise'
Four members of the UCSD faculty have been named Guggenheim Fellows for 2006. They are Anthony Davis, professor of music; Robert Edelman, professor of history; John Skrentny, professor of sociology and Joel Sobel, professor of economics. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of “distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment.” Each will pursue a specific project approved for fellowship funding of various amounts by the John Simon Foundation. More |
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Two UCSD Engineers Awarded $1 Million
Teaching Grants from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
 Two UCSD engineering professors will receive $1 million each over four years in unrestricted grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to develop innovative educational programs to "ignite the scientific spark in a new generation of students." More |
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"Desperate Housewives" Star
Ricardo Chavira Among Honorees
at UCSD's Fiesta De Las Estrellas
 On Thursday, attendees at UCSD's Fiesta de las Estrellas scholarship benefit will have a chance to meet actor Richard Chavira of “Desperate Housewives” and Lisette Diaz, the current Miss World and UCSD student, along with local community leaders. But the real stars of the evening will be the university’s scholarship winners, representing a new generation of Latino leadership. The celebration will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the UCSD Price Center Ballroom. More |
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UCSD Professor Recipient of Tourette
Syndrome Association’s Champion of Children Award
 On February 16, 2006, the national Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. (TSA) held its 9th Annual Champion of Children Awards Dinner at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. This year's honorees and recipients of the TSA Champion of Children Award included Dr. Neal R. Swerdlow, past Chairman of the TSA Scientific Advisory Board and professor of psychiatry at the UCSD School of Medicine; Brian Webber, managing director and head of technology investment banking at UBS; and actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. More |
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April 10,
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You're Appreciated
From a Polynesian paradise to a pretend prom, the last week of April is brimming with staff-appreciation events. Reservations fill up fast; treat your team to some of the fun.
See the 2006 staff appreciation schedule
Take Our Daughters
and Sons to Work Day
Each year on the fourth Thursday of April, employers across the country participate in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Programs and activities planned at UCSD are intended to expand future opportunities for our nation's daughters and sons, ages 8-12, promote gender equity, and encourage parents and their children to think about how the work they choose fits into their overall future. This year's event will take place on Thursday, April 27, 2006. A schedule of events and registration information are available at http://women.ucsd.edu. For more information, please contact the Women's Center at (858) 822-0074.
Upcoming Staff
Education and
Development Courses
Financiallink: Transaction Sampling (PWRuP)
04/18/2006
Basic Elements
of Records Management
04/18/2006
Working with Windows XP
4/19/2006 |
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15: Number of kidney transplants performed at UCSD Medical Center in March 2006. |
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2: Number of double lung transplants performed at UCSD Medical Center in March 2006. |
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Consuming Citizenship: Children of Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Lisa Sun-Hee Park
Consuming Citizenship investigates how Korean American and Chinese American children of entrepreneurial immigrants demonstrate their social citizenship as Americans through conspicuous consumption. Extending our understanding of such children beyond the traditional emphasis on assimilation, Park argues that their consumptive behavior is a significant expression of their paradoxical position as citizens who straddle the boundaries of social inclusion and exclusion .
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