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Miguel Torres (center) and dozens of other UCSD students marched last week during an immigration protest in San Diego. |
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Students March in Support of Immigrant Rights
Chanting in English and Spanish and holding home-made signs, UCSD students, faculty and staff took part last week in a pro-immigration demonstration -- possibly the biggest in San Diego history. Anywhere from 50,000 people, according to police, to 100,000 people, according to organizers, marched Sunday from Balboa Park to the County Administration Building in downtown San Diego. Many waved the American flag. A few held up Mexican flags. More
The Immigration Debate, a Primer
Lawmakers in Washington, D.C, need to reconcile two very different proposals if they want meaningful immigration reform to happen this year, experts said last week. Four UCSD experts talk about the issues that lawmakers will have to resolve. More |
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Kyoto Prize Laureate
Simon Levin to Speak at UCSD on Biodiversity
 Three of the world’s foremost contributors to advanced technology, basic science and arts and philosophy will be honored in San Diego April 19-20 as Kyoto Prize Laureates, with UCSD hosting Laureate Simon A. Levin for the basic science presentation at 4:30 p.m. April 19 in the Price Center Theatre. More |
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Nanopore Method Could
Revolutionize Genome Sequencing
 A team led by UCSD physicists has shown the feasibility of a fast, inexpensive technique to sequence DNA as it passes through tiny pores. The advance brings personalized, genome-based medicine closer to reality. More |
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Discovery of Mutation in Blood Stem
Cells Provides Clues to Cancer Development
A mutation in blood stem cells occurs in patients with a blood disorder called polycythemia vera (PV), scientists at the UCSD Moores Cancer Center and the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center at Stanford University School of Medicine have confirmed. More |
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UCSD to Celebrate Earth Day Thursday
Chancellor Marye Anne Fox will launch UCSD’s Earth Day 2006 Festival with a welcome at 10 a.m. on April 20 on the Sun God Lawn. Scott Anders of the Energy Policy Initiative Center (EPIC) and Stephen Grealy, recycling program manager for the City of San Diego Environmental Programs , will speak at noon at the Price Center Plaza . Spoken Gun will perform from noon to 1 p.m. and Scott Law will perform from 1 to 2 p.m. on the Sun God Lawn. More than two dozen environmental organizations and vendors will host informational booths, also on the Sun God Lawn. More |
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 Preuss School Robotics Team
Earns Regional Top Award
As regional top winners in high school robotics competition, members of “The Midnight Mechanics” – the Preuss School robotics team – will be on their way to Atlanta, Ga., April 26 to compete in the National Robotics Championships. More
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$5 Million Gift for Rady School
of Management to Create Endowed Chair for Dean
 The Rady School of Management announced a new endowed faculty chair, which will be held by the dean of the Rady School of Management. A $5 million gift from philanthropist Pauline Foster will fund the Stanley and Pauline Foster Endowed Chair. More |
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Compensation update
President Dynes has issued a message to the UC community about the special meeting regarding compensation and other issues held by the UC Regents on April 13. Read the president's message (PDF).
Online chat:
Long-range planning
UC staff are invited to participate in an online chat about UC's long-range planning on Tuesday, April 18, from noon – 1 p.m. Read more about the process and chat 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.This year's event will take place on Thursday, April 27, 2006. A schedule of events and registration information are available at women.ucsd.edu.
Upcoming Staff
Education and
Development Courses
Campus Operating Budget
and Capital Planning Process
4/24/2006
Facilitating Groups: The Basics
05/05/2006
Financiallink: Enpet for Managers
4/27/2006 |
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475,000: The number of outpatient visits to UCSD medical centers annually. |
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$12,000,000: Total amount of alumni contributions to UCSD’s comprehensive, $1 billion fund raising campaign |
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The New Testament and Literature: A Guide to Literary Patterns
Stephen Cox
The New Testament is perhaps the most influential book in the world from both an intellectual and literary standpoint. Still, few readers understand how to read the New Testament as a piece of literature. "The New Testament and Literature acts as a guide, focusing on the underlying patterns that combine ideas with literary devices. The book identifies the literary formulas in the New Testament and shows how these elements have shaped English and American literature. More |
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