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Making WISE Choices
About Career and Family
You're building a career. You're taking care of your family. And on top of that, you're one of a handful of women
in your profession or field of study. Women scientists and engineers face these challenges every day.
At UCSD, Women in Science and Engineering, also know as WISE, is trying to help them.
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| Passage of Prop 1D Gives Green Light
to
Construction and Upgrading of Campus Facilities
New $75 Million Structural and Materials
Engineering Building Among Projects Funded
UCSD will receive $94.5 million from a statewide school
bond 
that voters approved on Nov. 7. The money will allow
the university to refurbish old facilities and build
new ones, including laboratories for students and
researchers, as well as artist studios and offices.
In all, 56.6 percent of California voters cast ballots
in favor of Proposition 1D, which set aside $10.4
billion for public schools, community colleges and
universities, for construction and renovation, repairs
of aging buildings and upgrades for labs and other
scientific facilities. More
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Midterm Elections: Where Do We Go From Here
UC San Diego Political Scientist
Gary Jacobson Analyzes Impact of Vote
An increase in the federal minimum wage and comprehensive
immigration reform are much more likely now that Democrats control both houses
of Congress after the 2006 midterm elections, UCSD political scientist Gary
Jacobson said last week.
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For God, Family and Country
Need to Serve Guides UCSD Veteran of the Year
 He was born on D-Day. He belonged to the Boy Scouts of America for 25 years. He served in the Army for 30 years. Looking back, Robert Beiner says it seems he was destined for service in general and for the military in particular. Last week, UCSD rewarded him for all his efforts by recognizing him as the campus’ Veteran of the Year. More
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Classic Cars Event Raises
More Than $450,000 for Preuss School
 Three colorful vignettes illustrating projects at The Preuss School UCSD—and a fourth vignette underlining the need for bus transportation support—were demonstrated by students during the fourth annual “Classic Cars for Classic Kids” benefit held recently at The Evans Garage.
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Novel Experiment Documents
Evolution of Genome in Near-Real Time
A team led by bioengineering researchers at UC San
Diego report in the 
November issue of Nature Genetics rapid evolutionary
changes in a bacterial genome, observed in near-real
time over a few days. Scientists have previously published
static "snapshots" of the genome sequences of more
than 100 bacterial species, from the harmless to those
that cause plague, but this new report shows how these
genomes are moving targets.
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Scientists Establish Connection Between
Life Today and Ancient Changes in Ocean Chemistry
Researchers in computational biology and marine science
have combined their diverse expertise and found that
trace metal usage by present-day organisms probably
derives from major changes in ocean chemistry occurring
over geological time scales.
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Cancer Center to Offer
'Light One Little Candle' Book Program
Program encourages parents undergoing treatment
to read to their children. .
The Costanzino family's experience is not unlike that
of Joelle Pauporte, the founder of the Light One Little
Candle Foundation, a non-profit organization that
promotes reading as a means for parents and caregivers
with cancer to connect with their children.
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What's New: Jacobs School of Engineering
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 Jacobs School of Engineering is up to for 2006-07.
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Announces New Deputy Director for Research
Ken Melville, a professor of oceanography specializing
in air-sea interactions, has been appointed deputy
director for research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
at UC San Diego. Melville conducts research on small-scale
processes coupling the atmosphere and the ocean, and
related phenomena.
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Calit2 Names First Filmmaker in Residence
Reaching out to a one-time radical French film director
for a fresh perspective on the future of technology,
film and video, one of California 's highest-profile
technology institutes has named its first Filmmaker
in Residence. The UCSD Division of the California
Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
(Calit2) appointed Jean-Pierre Gorin to the new position
for an initial two-year term.
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Four Faculty Members Named as Fulbright Scholars
Four UC San Diego faculty members have been awarded
Fulbright Scholar grants for study in Europe during
the 2006-2007 academic year, according to the U.S.
State Department and J. William Fulbright Foreign
Scholarship Board. Additionally, UCSD has been named
host for four Fulbright Visiting Scholars.
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Science, Engineering and Medical Students
Receive Scholarships from ARCS Foundation
The San Diego Chapter of Achievement Rewards for College
Scientists (ARCS) Foundation has awarded $205,000
in scholarships to support 23 science, engineering
and medical students at UCSD during the 2006-2007
academic year. The recipients will be honored at the
20th annual Scholarship Awards Luncheon to be held
Nov. 17 at the Kona Kai Resort.
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