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Scientists Predict Droughts,
Rise in Temperatures, Sea
Levels in Global Warming Report
Temperatures will probably increase by 3.2 to 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. Sea levels will rise by 7 to 23 inches. Many of the world’s most populated regions will face severe water shortages. Scientists made these dire predictions in a report issued Friday in Paris by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This was the IPCC’s fourth report since 1990. For the first time, it states with near-certainty that global warming is man-made. More

Renowned Alzheimer's Expert
and Chair of Neurosciences Dies in Plane Crash
Dr. Leon Thal, Distinguished Professor and chair of the department of neurosciences at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, and one of the world’s leaders in the development and study of new therapies for Alzheimer’s disease, was killed in a plane crash Saturday night. Thal, 62, was piloting the plane between San Diego and Borrego Springs, California. More

Atkinson Outlines Fallout of Prop. 209 at UC Campuses
Diversity at elite universities faces increasing threats nationwide more than 10 years after the passage of Prop. 209, which banned affirmative action in California’s public universities and other agencies. That was the warning delivered by former UC President and UCSD Chancellor Richard Atkinson Thursday at UCSD’s Faculty Club in front of more than 100 donors, community members and students. More

Nurse Midwife Delivers 1,000th Baby
A nurse midwife at the Medical Center recently delivered her 1,000th baby. “When I came here in 1999,” said Hope Renn.“I’d only caught 159 babies. That means most of the 1,000 were delivered right here at UCSD.” Renn helped Ana Torres deliver Jesus Alexis Torres at the UCSD Birth Center at the UCSD Medical Center-Hillcrest after a very short labor. More

Campus Kicks Off Black History Month Celebration
The UCSD community kicked off Black History Month Thursday at the Price Center Plaza with a celebration.
The program, sponsored by the Black Student Union and Associated Students, included students portraying unsung black history heroes, a talk by UCSD professor Pat Washington and musical numbers. "The event is planned as a celebration acknowledging the history of African American struggles and successes," said co-chairs and sisters Sheme're and Shemia Jones. Visit Web site

Ultrathin High-Resolution
Camera Developed By
Folding Telephoto Lens
Engineers at UC San Diego have built a powerful yet ultrathin digital camera by folding up the telephoto lens. This technology may yield lightweight, ultrathin, high-resolution miniature cameras for unmanned surveillance aircraft, cell phones and infrared night vision applications. More

Simulating Human Metabolism
to Find New Diets to New Drugs
Bioengineering researchers at UC San Diego have painstakingly assembled a virtual human metabolic network that will give researchers a new way to hunt for better treatments for hundreds of human metabolic disorders, from diabetes to high levels of cholesterol in the blood. This first-of-its-kind metabolic network builds on the sequencing of the human genome and contains more than 3,300 known human biochemical transformations that have been documented during 50 years of research worldwide. More

Prominent Physicists Ask
Congress to Forbid Use of Nuclear
Weapons Against Non-Nuclear States
Twenty-two of the nation's most prominent physicists asked Congress last week to restrict the authority of President Bush to order nuclear strikes against non-nuclear-weapon states.
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Tritons Win Big on National TV
Fresh off its ninth and tenth consecutive road wins, including an impressive 17-pt. national television triumph over No. 8 Chico State, the women's basketball team returns to RIMAC Arena Tuesday to host Cal State Dominguez Hills, then battles Sonoma State Friday and Humboldt State the next night. Tritons are now 15-3 overall, 11-2 in the CCAA and tied for the top spot in the conference with Cal State Bakersfield, half a game up on Chico State. More

Traditional Indian Dance Fuses with Hip-Hop

They mix traditional Indian dance moves with hip-hop. Last week, they won second place and $500 in prize money during a nationwide competition in Philadelphia. UCSD’s Hindi Film Dance team, known as K.Y.A., has 18 members. They also enjoyed quite a run last year. They won first place and $2,500 in prize money at Phillyfest in Philadelphia, defeating about 10 other teams. Then, in March, they won first place and $1500 at Jhoomti Shaam, a competition in Los Angeles. They also brought home from Los Angeles a best costume award and a hype award, with $500 in prize money each.

"Sideways" Author And UCSD Alumnus
Highlights "Merlot Fights Back" Dinner at Faculty Club
Rex Pickett, a UC San Diego alumnus and author of the novel “Sideways” and the resulting popular movie of the same name, will be the featured speaker at a “Merlot Fights Back” dinner on Friday, Feb. 16, in the Faculty Club on campus. More

First Woman, African American
to Direct a NOAA Office to Speak Feb. 16 on Campus
Rear Adm. Evelyn Fields, USN, ret., is the first woman and the first African American to serve as director of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations at the Naval Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This is just two of Fields’ “firsts.” She will speak on Journey to Empowerment at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Price Center Ballroom. The lecture is part of UCSD’s Black History Month activities. It is free and open to the public. More

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