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Open Studios Provides
Window to Students’ Art and Lives
One makes giant tree-like sculptures. Another makes
documentaries revealing some of her darkest secrets.
Yet another teamed up with cooks and anthropologists
to create a vitamin-rich meal and sell it on the streets
of Mexico. They and about 50 others will show their
work April 6 at UCSD’s Visual Arts campus. The
student-run event includes more than 50 MFA and doctoral
students. More
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UCSD Women’s Basketball Team Ends
Best Season in History with Semifinal Defeat
The best season in the history of UCSD’s women’s
basketball team ended Thursday with a defeat in the semifinals
of the NCAA’s Division II national championships, known
as the Elite Eight. The Tritons lost 67-53 to Southern Connecticut
State University in Kearney, Neb. Southern Connecticut went on to win the national championship title. More
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Campus to Present Monthlong
César E. Chávez Celebration
The life and accomplishments of César E. Chávez, labor leader and champion of human rights,
will be observed with a monthlong series of diverse activities beginning April 2 and
continuing through May 7 at the University of California, San Diego. All events are free
and open to the public.
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Pacific Rim Researchers to
Collaborate on Analysis of Avian Flu
Researchers at UC San Diego and the 
University of Hawaii will use bioinformatics, grid
computing and networking infrastructure, as well as
collaborative ties to Asian institutions, to learn
more about avian flu, in hopes of helping to head
off a much-feared pandemic in the region of the world
where the disease has already cost human lives. More
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Supercomputer Simulations May Pinpoint
Causes of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s Diseases
Using the massive computer-simulation power of the San Diego Supercomputer Center at
UC San Diego, researchers are zeroing in on the causes of Parkinson’s disease,
Alzheimer’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases.
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Students, New Faculty Offered
Long-Distance Mentors via Email
Long-distance relationships are often tough. But when it comes to mentoring, the
distance can turn out to be a good thing. Over email, a mentor who is hundreds or
thousands of miles away can give advice and feedback based on a perspective that
you might not get from an advisor down the hall.
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from Damage from Multiple Sclerosis
A fibrous protein called fibrinogen, found in circulating
blood and important in blood clotting, can promote
multiple sclerosis (MS) when it leaks from the blood
into the brain, triggering inflammation that leads
to MS-related nerve damage. More
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Hands-On Science Inititative Brings
Excitement
of Biological Discovery Into Area Classrooms
On a recent Saturday morning in Chula Vista, 25 science
students from four San Diego County high schools were
in a classroom learning about the wonders of DNA research,
specifically how to isolate and purify protein samples
derived from jellyfish and corals. More
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Scripps Geophysicist Among Team Finding
Evidence of First Plate Tectonics 3.8 Billion Years
Ago
Identification of the oldest preserved pieces of Earth's crust in southern
Greenland has provided evidence of active plate tectonics as early as 3.8
billion years ago, according to a report by an international team of
geoscientists in the March 23 edition of Science magazine.
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$400,000 Gift Brings UC San Diego Closer to Funding Telescope for Unique Look Back at the "Big Bang"
The Division of Physical Sciences has received a $400,000
gift toward funding a proposed $1 million telescope
and observatory that will allow physicists—for
the first time—to measure the “gravitational
waves” that emanated from the universe during
the first moments of its creation. More
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Through Deaf Eyes:
Two UCSD Authors to
Appear in PBS Documentary
Two UCSD faculty members appear in the national PBS documentary “Through Deaf Eyes”
that will air tonight at 9 p.m. on KPBS-TV. Tom Humphries and Carol Padden contributed to the
making of the film not only by serving as interview subjects but also through their influential
writing on Deaf culture.
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Chicana Activist and Author
Enriqueta Vasquez to Speak April 2 at UCSD as Part of Chávez Tribute
Activist and author Enriqueta Vasquez, a major figure
in the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s,
will sign and discuss her recently published collection
of writings at 3 p.m. April 2 at the Cross-Cultural
Center. More
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Member of Parliament to Speak on Campus
April 5 on "Civil Liberties And The War On Terrorism"
The Right Honorable Geoff Hoon, a member of Parliament
since 1992 and Britain’s Minister for Europe, will
speak on "Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism"
at 6 p.m. April 5 in the Price Center Ballroom. The
annual Higgs Memorial Lecture is jointly sponsored
by Warren College and the California Western School
of Law. The event is free and open to the public.
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Jump into a Carpool
Make getting to work easier on your nerves and the environment.
UCSD's new online Ride-Matching Service
helps faculty and staff to find people in their neighborhoods
to form car- and vanpools. Find
out how it works.
UC Staff Advisors
to the Regents to speak at Staff Association General Meeting
Staff Advisors Dave Miller and Lynda Brewer spoke about the Staff Advisor position on Monday, March 26, starting at 12:15 p.m. in Pepper Canyon Hall, Room 106, on Russell Lane next to the Gilman parking structure. More
Single Graduate Housing, One Miramar Street, Plans Open House April 2
An open house for One Miramar Street, the newest single graduate housing development at the University
of California, San Diego, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. April 2. Chancellor
Marye Anne Fox will share remarks at 1:30 p.m.
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Upcoming Staff Education and Development Courses
Negotiating Effectively: Skills for Managers
4/05/07
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Financial Systems
at UCSD
4/04/07
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Internal Controls:
What are they
and why should I care?
4/04/07
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
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Ride 4 AIDS
April 1, 2007
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Next Life
By Rae Armantrout
In her latest collection, Rae Armantrout considers the shaping effects of language in the context of new
and frightening global realities. Attempting to imagine the unimaginable and see the unseen, Armantrout
evokes a “next life” beyond the current, and too often degraded, one. From the new physics to mortality,
Armantrout engages with the half-seen and the half-believed.
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Tuesday at a UC San Diego earthquake-safety research complex eight miles east of campus.
All but one of the seven-story buildings constructed by 20 teams of students in their classrooms toppled during Tuesday’s quake test, with K’NEX rods, connectors, and building parts scattered across the surface of UCSD’s largest shake table. 
