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| Looking Back at 2006
A character right out of the "The Da Vinci Code." Birds that learn grammar. Author Maya Angelou and movie director Woody Allen. What do all these characters have in common? They all made appearances in This Week@UCSD in 2006. With the end of the year just around the corner, we decided to take a look back at the last 12 months. Here is a list of some of the most important and interesting stories that ran in This Week@UCSD this year... More
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| Staff to Display Crafty Creations
at Staff Association Pancake Breakfast
You might have spotted Judy Schulman on campus before,
say on a shuttle, hauling four or five bags full of
pine needles. Well, Schulman is no crazy pine needle
lady. She actually makes baskets from all her loot
— and they will be on sale on campus this Wednesday.
Schulman, and many other crafters, will take part
in the first full-blown crafts fair to be held at
the Staff Association Holiday Pancake Breakfast. Offerings
will include jewelry, baskets, holiday cards and ornaments
and much much, more. More
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Guest Chef Marye Anne Fox on Duty
at Associated Students Pancake Breakfast
Students took a 10 p.m. to midnight break from studies
during finals week to enjoy a pancake breakfast served
by guest chef Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and Associate
Chancellor Clare Kristofco (above). More than 800
students received free bluebooks and downed pancakes, potatoes, fruit, muffins, coffee and
juice.
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Reducing Air Pollution Could Increase
Rice Harvests in India, Suggests New UC Study
New research from the University of California indicates that reductions of human-generated air pollution
could create unexpected agricultural benefits in one of the world’s poorest regions. These new
findings appear Monday, Dec. 4, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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| Climate Change Heats Up Senate Hearing
UCSD’s Naomi Oreskes, professor of history and
science studies, testified at the Dec. 6 “Climate
Change and the Media” hearing of the U.S. Senate
Committee on Environment and Public Works. This was
the last hearing called by outgoing committee chair,
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.). More
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| Chemists Help Local Students
Win LEGO Robotics Competition
The subject of nanotechnology might seem a bit over
the heads of high school students, let alone middle
and 
elementary students. But a group of fifth- to ninth-grade
students from San Diego city schools managed to employ
one of the latest developments in nanotechnology from
UCSD to win this month's FIRST (For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League
Southern California robotics challenge at Carlsbad’s
Legoland. More
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| Joint Cartilage Gets Slippery During Flex Time
Taking a cue from machines that gently flex patients’ knees to help
them recover faster from joint surgery, bioengineering researchers at
UC San Diego have shown that sliding forces applied to cartilage
surfaces prompt cells in that tissue to produce molecules that
lubricate and protect joints.
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Regulatory Pathway in Brain Development
Possible Basis for Malformations
 Researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine have identified
a genetic regulator of brain development that sheds
new light on how immature neural cells choose between
proliferation and differentiation. More
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What's New: Division of Biological Sciences
What’s new this academic year? This Week@UCSD is taking a quick look at
what’s in store for different areas of campus. Here’s what the Division of
Biological Sciences is up to for 2006-07.
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Acting Dean of IR/PS Gets Japanese Award
In a ceremony held in Tokyo on Dec. 6, Prof. Takeo Hoshi, acting dean
of IR/PS, was awarded the 2006 Enjoji Jiro Memorial Prize. Hoshi is one of
three inaugural recipients of the prize created by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun
newspaper, the Japanese equivalent of the Wall Street Journal. The award was
established in celebration of the newspaper’s 130th anniversary. More
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| Chief of Rheumatology, Allergy and
Immunology Recognized by Arthritis Foundation
Dr. Gary S. Firestein was awarded the Lee C. Howley
Sr. Prize for Arthritis Research by the Arthritis
Foundation at its national meeting on Nov. 17 in Colorado
Springs, Colo. Firestein, chief of Rheumatology, Allergy
and Immunology, was recognized for his research on
the origination and development of rheumatoid arthritis.
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| Associate Vice Chancellor - Academic Planning
and Resources Retires After 40 Years of Service
After 40 years of service to UC San Diego, David R.
Miller, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
and Associate Vice Chancellor - Academic Planning
and Resources, has announced his intention to retire
effective
December 31. More
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Holiday Lights
Where are the best holiday lights displays in your neighborhood?
This Week@UCSD is compiling a list of the best
spots to see holiday displays in the San Diego area and
would like your help. Please e-mail us your suggestions
at thisweek@ucsd.edu,
with holiday lights in the subject line, including city,
street names and nearest cross streets. Watch for our holiday
lights guide on December 18th.
Tickets for Snowy Slopes and Fairway Flop Shots
The UCSD Box Office
now sells lift tickets to:
Bear Mountain and Snow Summit ($45 for adults; $35 for students to age 21), as well as tickets to the Buick Invitational golf tournament at Torrey Pines Golf Course ($15).
Upcoming Staff
Education and
Development Courses
Financiallink:
ENPET for Managers
12/12/06
8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Guide To Reading Operating and Encumbrance Ledgers
12/13/06
1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Negotiating Effectively: Skills for Managers
12/12/06 at 8:30 p.m.
12/13/06 at 4 p.m.
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A Brief Tour Of Human Consciousness:
From Impostor Poodles To Purple Numbers
by V.S. Ramachandran
What does an amputee who still feels a phantom limb have in
common with an avant-garde artist, or a schizophrenic who
claims to be controlled by alien implants, or an autistic
child who can draw a hyper-realistic horse? According to neuroscientist
V. S. Ramachandran (coauthor, Phantoms in the Brain),
named by Newsweek as one of the 100 people to watch
in the 21st century, the answer lies deep in the physical
structures of the brain. Ramachandran's new book offers a
thought-provoking survey of his area of research. Through
examples, anecdotes and conjecture, Ramachandran aims "to
make neuroscience... more accessible to a broad audience."
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