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| Science of Learning
Center Comes to Campus
If a robot responds to a child's smile
too quickly, that child may not realize the robot
is really smiling back. If a teacher piles on too
many new ideas during the last ten minutes of a 60-minute
lecture, students may have an extra tough time following
along. The physics problem you couldn't figure out
last night at 2 a.m. may not be so daunting the next
day.
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Native American Culture and Traditions
Highlighted as Campus Celebrates
First California Native American Day
The first time Jane Dumas came to campus, a professor
wanted to write down her language. Later, she became
the first Native American woman to be inducted in
the San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame. On
Thursday, Dumas came back to UCSD to give a blessing
during the kick-off ceremony for the campus’
first California Native American Day Celebration.
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| Nobel Prize Economist, Influential Thinker
on Poverty, Famine and Social Changeto Speak on Campus
Friday
Amartya Sen, holder of the Lamont University Professorship
and professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard
University, and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize
in Economics, will speak at UCSD on Oct. 5 at 5:30
p.m.
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| New Cross-Border Program Aims
to Assess and Treat Tuberculosis in Tijuana
A two-year project to support Mexico's efforts to
control and prevent tuberculosis has been funded with
a $324,810 grant from the United States Agency for
International Development. The program will be spearheaded
by Richard Garfein of the School of Medicine. More
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| Beauty and the Brain
The phrase "easy on the eyes" may hit closer to the
mark than we suspected. Experiments led by Piotr Winkielman,
an associate professor of psychology, and published
in the current issue of Psychological Science,
suggest that judgments of attractiveness depend on
mental processing ease, or being "easy on the mind." More
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| Whats New: Construction
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 is a short
list of some of the new buildings that have opened
or will pop up on campus throughout the year. More
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New Assistant Vice Chancellor
of Human Resources Appointed
Tom Leet has been appointed as Assistant Vice Chancellor
of Human Resources. Leet has more than 25 years of
progressively responsible higher education human resources
management experience, including 10 years at Purdue
University and 15 years at UC San Diego. More
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Associate Vice Chancellor
for Government
Research Relations and Director of
Research Innovation
Initiatives Appointed
John Orcutt has been appointed as Associate Vice Chancellor
for Government Research Relations and director of
Research Innovation Initiatives. More
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Participate
in
Rideshare Week 2006
Explore alternative ways to get to work during Rideshare
Week 2006, Oct. 2–6. UCSD Rideshare Operations offers
free and discounted programs to make it easy to participate
in this statewide effort.
* Register online at RideLink.org and qualify to win
prizes.
* Rideshare Operations' new monthly Bicyclists' Breakfasts
begin Thursday, Oct. 5, from 7:30–9:30 a.m.
Call for Diversity Nominees
Nominate a colleague or department by Nov. 15 for the Equal
Opportunity/ Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards. Awardees
will be recognized at a ceremony Feb. 14. More
Upcoming Staff
Education and
Development Courses
Computer
Ergonomics
10/12/06
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Financiallink:
Managing Your General Funds with Financiallink Tools
10/10/06
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Grey Matters
October 4, 2006
from 5:30p.m.
San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park
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Indian Ragas
October 7, 2006
from 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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US News & World Report ranking for UCSD neuroscience/neurobiology (Harvard is #1)
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Archaeology, Anthropology and Cult: The Sanctuary
at Gilat, Israel
by Thomas E. Levy
This book provides an in-depth study of the role of religion in the evolution of societies.
It melds anthropological theory and archaeological data to present one of the most comprehensive
archaeological studies of the role of ritual as a vital force for promoting and consolidating social change.
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Health insurance, retirement and education were some
of the hot topics discussed during a town hall meeting
with Chancellor Marye Anne Fox Tuesday at the UCSD
Medical Center in Hillcrest.
