Making a rare appearance at a UC Board of Regents meeting, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger came to UCSD Wednesday to tout a budget proposal to freeze UC student fees for 2006-07. The governor, who also is the board's president, urged the regents to work with him to include the proposal in the final budget the legislature will approve this year. More
Regents
Restructure Pay Scale for Senior Managers
The University of California Board of Regents approved a new salary structure for senior management positions and new rules for severance agreements during a meeting at UCSD last week. Regents also responded to some of the criticism UC has faced over its executive compensation packages.More
UCSD Partners with Venter Institute
to Decipher Genetic Code of Marine Microbes
Since 2003, Sorcerer II has crisscrossed the world’s oceans, dropping its anchor every 200 miles and harvesting samples of microbial life. The results of the project, financed by UCSD alumni J. Craig Venter and his research institute, have been staggering: the expedition uncovered up to 40,000 new species at some sites and discovered millions of new genes between Halifax and the Galapagos, with many more to come. More
UCSD
Takes "Special Unit Award"
Honors at the Martin Luther King Parade
More than 500 UCSD students, staff,
administrators, family and friends,
including Chancellor Marye Anne Fox,
marched in the Marting Luther King Parade
at PetCo Park in San Diego to the theme
of "Freedom Through Education." See
photos of the parade>
UCSD On Track To Raise $1 billion in Private Support
A
few years ago, it was unheard of for
an institution of higher education to
launch a $1 billion fundraising campaign.
Yet today, with declining state funds
and skyrocketing budgets, there are
25 American universities - including
UCSD - that have embarked on ambitious
private support initiatives to raise
$1 billion or more. More
Biologists
Find New
Evidence for One-Way Evolution By
tracing the 30-million year history
of variation in a gene found in plants
such as tomatoes and tobacco, biologists
have found new evidence to support an
old idea — that some evolutionary
changes are irreversible. More
Study Finds Evolution Doesn't Always Favor Bigger Animals
Biologists have long believed that bigger is better when it comes to body size, since many lineages of animals, from horses to dinosaurs, have evolved into larger species over time. More
National Academy of
Sciences Awards
Major
Prize to Chemistry
and Biology Professor
Russell
F. Doolittle, a UCSD research professor,
has been selected by the National Academy
of Sciences to receive the academy’s
John J. Carty Award for the Advancement
of Science.
More
Australian Leaders Visit UCSD UCSD's Graduate School of International Relations/Pacific Studies Dean Peter Cowhey is shown questioning former Premier Bob Carr, who, until he stepped down last year, had served more than 10 years as leader of Australia's most populous region, the province of New South Wales. Now a leading spokesman for the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue, which aims to promote relations between the two nations, Carr was interviewed January 18 by Cowhey and Andrew MacIntyre, Dean of the Asia-Pacific School of Management at the University of Australia on a wide range of topics. The interview and conversation took place as part of the Dean's Round Table at the Faculty Club and was taped by UCSD-TV for later broadcast.
Beyond Energy Savings
UCSD's Sustainability Initiative is more than a campus conservation plan. It's also about combining research, technology and academic resources to find solutions to global environmental problems. More
Where Does it All Go?
UCSD e-mail users got spammed 27 million times in 2005. Which is nothing compared with the 207 million total incoming e-mails. See these and more UCSD e-mail stats.
1,110: Number of Junior Biology majors at UCSD, 2005-2006
=
1,422: Number of Senior Biology majors at UCSD, 2005-2006
=
1,599: Number of Male undergraduate biology majors at UCSD
Antimicrobial Peptides in Human Health and Disease
Richard L. Gallo
This book represents a cutting edge summary of one of the most important fields in innate immunity. Antimicrobial peptides rapidly and directly inhibit infection by microbes and are of enormous importance in the body's natural defense against disease. Written by the leaders in the field this book provides an understanding of the implications of antimicrobial peptides in human disease.
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Since 2003, Sorcerer II has crisscrossed the world’s oceans, dropping its anchor every 200 miles and harvesting samples of microbial life. The results of the project, financed by UCSD alumni J. Craig Venter and his research institute, have been staggering: the expedition uncovered up to 40,000 new species at some sites and discovered millions of new genes between Halifax and the Galapagos, with many more to come. 
More than 500 UCSD students, staff,
administrators, family and friends,
including Chancellor Marye Anne Fox,
marched in the Marting Luther King Parade
at PetCo Park in San Diego to the theme
of "Freedom Through Education." 
By
tracing the 30-million year history
of variation in a gene found in plants
such as tomatoes and tobacco, biologists
have found new evidence to support an
old idea — that some evolutionary
changes are irreversible. 
Study Finds Evolution Doesn't Always Favor Bigger Animals 
National Academy of 
UCSD's Graduate School of International Relations/Pacific Studies Dean Peter Cowhey is shown questioning former Premier Bob Carr, who, until he stepped down last year, had served more than 10 years as leader of Australia's most populous region, the province of New South Wales. Now a leading spokesman for the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue, which aims to promote relations between the two nations, Carr was interviewed January 18 by Cowhey and Andrew MacIntyre, Dean of the Asia-Pacific School of Management at the University of Australia on a wide range of topics. The interview and conversation took place as part of the Dean's Round Table at the Faculty Club and was taped by UCSD-TV for later broadcast.
