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| Jump in Athletics Fee Paves
Way for
Brighter Future for UCSD Sports Programs
Teams will travel out of state more often. Coaches'
salaries will increase. All athletes will receive
$500 scholarships. These are some of the payoffs from
a hike in athletic fees approved by students during
an Associated Student election held Jan. 29 to Feb.
2. A record number of UCSD students voted to raise
their athletic fees from $95 to $329 per year. More
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| Two New Studies Back Vitamin D for Cancer
Prevention
Researchers Report Levels Needed
To Cut Breast and Colon Cancer Risk
Two new vitamin D studies using a sophisticated form
of analysis called meta-analysis, in which data from
multiple reports is combined, have revealed new prescriptions
for possibly preventing up to half of the cases of
breast cancer and two-thirds of the cases of colorectal
cancer in the United States. More
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| Rady School of Management to Offer
Undergraduate Courses Beginning This Spring
The Rady School of Management will offer a new series
of undergraduate business courses, 
with two of the courses being offered for the spring
quarter. The courses are designed for upper division
students who want to learn how to bring innovative
ideas to the marketplace and how to manage technology
and human capital in business projects. Course materials
and lectures cover a broad set of applications and
are appropriate for students from a wide range of
academic disciplines. More
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Scripps Scientists Take
Center Stage in Vanity Fair Shoot
It was almost 5 p.m. Wednesday, and Nancy Knowlton,
a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
at UCSD, was wearing a wet suit and holding a huge
white head of coral, while walking back and forth
in ankle-deep water at the foot of the Scripps Pier.
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| San
Diego Supercomputer Center Helps
Red Cross Reconnect Families after Florida Tornados
The deadly tornados on Feb. 2 that cut a 40-mile swath
of destruction across four counties in central Florida,
destroying homes and killing residents also left widespread
outages in power and phone service. During this stressful
time, many families and friends remain cut off from
communication with loved ones in affected areas of
Florida. More
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| San Diego Research Ethics Consortium
Formed
Four of the nation’s leading biomedical research
institutions 
have announced the formation of the San Diego Research
Ethics Consortium, a multi-institution core resource
to support the ethical conduct of science in stem
cell and other research programs. The four San Diego
institutions – The Burnham Institute for Medical
Research, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
The Scripps Research Institute and UC San Diego–
have established a joint program for ethics teaching,
outreach and review of stem cell research as well
as other areas of science and technology. More
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| Research Team Receives $6 Million
for Five-Year Cardiovascular Disease Study
A $6 million grant from the Fondation Leducq will
help 
researchers at UC San Diego direct an innovative global
network of scientists in the study of cardiovascular
disease. The investigation will focus on the development
of novel ways to help prevent atherosclerosis, the
build up of cholesterol within the walls of arteries,
which is the leading cause of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular
diseases that cause heart attacks and strokes. More
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Women's Basketball
Team Headed for First
Place Showdown Friday Night
Ranked 18th nationally and riding an eight-game win
streak, the Women's Basketball team faces Cal State
Bakersfield Friday at RIMAC Arena in a match-up of
two clubs tied for the lead in the CCAA. More
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Looking for a last-minute Valentine’s
Day gift for your sweetheart? UCSD has plenty of resources
to help you.
Head for the Price Center, where several events take
place this week, including:
ICRA Valentine’s Day Extravaganza, Feb.
14
Candy
Rose Sale, Feb 12 to 14
Temper
Bake Sale, Feb. 14
You can also buy tickets for the Music Department’s
Soirée for Music Lovers, which will take place
on Valentine’s Day. The program includes pieces
by Mozart and Brahms. Click here
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| Town and Gown Outreach Group Launched
 When
Lucy Haugh moved to San Diego 12 years ago, she didn’t
miss the smog, congestion or general hassle of living
in Los Angeles. But she did miss the friendship and
events offered by USC’s Town and Gown group—so
she decided to do something about it. Haugh gathered
a committee of friends from across the county and
started a similar organization Town and Gown, UC San
Diego—to support the region’s leading
research university. More
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Scripps Marine Ecologist Named
National Geographic Emerging Explorer
 Eight
young, visionary trailblazers—including Enric
Sala of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC
San Diego—have been named to the 2007 class
of National Geographic Emerging Explorers. Other winners
include a polar adventurer, a former Sudanese "lost
boy," a primatologist and a Congolese environmental
hero. More
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Brown University Professor
and UCSD Alumnus to Speak on Campus
A distinguished visiting scholar on black theatre
and UCSD alumnus will speak and answer questions at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at the theatre and dance department's 157
Galbraith Theatre. Elmo Terry-Morgan is associate
professor of Africana studies and theatre and performance
studies and artistic director of Rites and Reason
Theatre at Brown University. More
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Discover Your Management Strengths
The Management
Skills Assessment Program will be held at Lake Arrowhead in early May. The
program is designed to assess and improve job performance and enhance
competitiveness for management positions. Apply by Feb. 26.
United Way/CHAD:
You Can Help
UCSD's United Way/CHAD 2007 campaign runs Feb. 14 to March 17.
Your pledge can help support programs to meet a host of needs in the San Diego community.
Upcoming Staff Education and Development Courses
Blink: Getting
the Most From It
2/15/07
9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Compensation/Classification B: Job Classification Procedures
2/16/07
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Online Journal Voucher Training, Miscellaneous Documents
2/16/07
1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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The Science and Ethics
of Genetically
Modified Athletes
By Angela J. Schneider
and Theodore Friedmann
Advances in genetics have begun to deliver on their promise of new and improved approaches to the prevention and treatment of human disease, including the gene-based therapeutics. The international sports community has begun to recognize the potential harmful use of gene transfer technology by athletes. The task of monitoring and controlling sports doping must be a truly cooperative effort, involving the cooperation of a range of local, national, and international organizations. This book tackles all these issues and more, serving as the first such focused treatment of this increasingly important topic, which has broad-based implications for science, medicine, sports, and society.
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