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Campus Community to Usher in
Earth
Week with Whirlwind of Green Activities
There will be a lot of listening to Mother Earth next
week as the campus community shows during an action-packed
Earth Week that it is easy being green. The weeklong
celebration that begins April 16 includes some 30
events, ranging from a clean car show and a video
competition to nightly organic dinners and celebrity
author book signings. More
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| China: Fragile Superpower
New Book by UCSD Political
Scientist Takes a Look at the New China
Susan Shirk, director of the University of California system-
wide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation,
first traveled to China in 1971 and has been doing
research there ever since. She served as Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for relations with China during
1997-2000. Now, Shirk has published a new book entitled
"China: Fragile Superpower" that looks at
how the country's internal politics could derail its
peaceful rise. More
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| UC San Diego Admits More Than 19,000
Freshmen for Fall 2007 and Winter 2008 Quarters
 UC
San Diego has admitted 19,133 freshmen for the Fall
2007 and Winter 2008 quarters, down 2,172 students
for a 10.2 percent decrease from the previous year.
UCSD made fewer admissions offers for the Fall 2007
term due to the enrollment of a larger than expected
freshmen class in Fall 2006. More
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| First Chancellor’s Chair Challenge At UC San Diego Nets 15 Critically Needed Endowed Faculty Chairs
An outstanding faculty is the hallmark of any great
university. To stay competitive in attracting and
retaining distinguished scholars, Nobel Laureates,
Pulitzer Prize recipients, academic leaders and innovators
of all kinds, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox recently challenged
alumni and friends of UC San Diego to increase the
number of academic chairs campus-wide. More
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Is America Ready for an African-American President?
A leading authority on race and politics in America,
UCSD political scientist Zoltan Hajnal will
address voter attitudes toward black leaders and candidates
when he speaks at the UCSD Social Sciences Supper
Club on April 25. The public is invited to attend.
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UC San Diego Honors National Hispanic
Leaders at April 12 Fiesta De Las Estrellas Event
Across the nation, eight Hispanic leaders—all alumni of the
University of California, San Diego—are making a difference in
fields ranging from healthcare and higher education to tourism and philanthropy.
These individuals, who are also working to nurture and advance their own
communities, will gather on April 12, 2007 in San Diego for a celebration
to honor their outstanding accomplishments at the university’s annual
Hispanic scholarship benefit, Fiesta de las Estrellas.
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UCSD Discovery Raises Questions About Some Therapies Designed to Treat Half of all Human Cancers
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have uncovered a new way
by which common mutants of a critical human tumor-suppressing gene can promote
tumor progression, a finding which may explain why some cancer treatments
targeting human cancers with these mutants have proven ineffective.
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Stop Signs: Study Identifies
‘Braking’ Mechanism in the Brain
As wise as the counsel to “finish what you’ve started” may
be, it is also sometimes critically important to do just the opposite – stop.
And the ability to stop quickly, either to keep from gunning the
gas when a pedestrian steps into your path or to bite your tongue
mid-sentence when the subject of gossip suddenly comes into view,
may depend on a few “cables” in the brain.
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Campus to Mark Take Our
Daughters and Sons to Work Day April 26
UC San Diego employees will be able to bring their children
to work on Thursday, April 26 to celebrate the nationwide Take
our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. “This special day focuses
our nation's attention on creating opportunities for girls and boys
to share and communicate their expectations for the future,”
Chancellor Marye Anne Fox wrote in a statement.
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Cleaning up the Beach
Rady school staff participate in a beach clean up for the school's Annual Staff Development Day.
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Mexican Journalist on Latin
America to Speak on Truth and Beauty in Mexico April
24
Alma Guillermoprieto, author and Mexican journalist
who has written extensively about Latin America for
the U.S. press, will speak on Truth and Beauty
in Mexico and Latin America at 7 p.m. April 24
in the Price Center Ballroom. More
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Get Up to Speed on
UC Ethical Standards
All UC employees are required to take a new online Ethics Briefing by June 4. The 30-minute briefing covers the UC's Statement of Ethical Values and Standards of Ethical Conduct.
Know Where to Find
a Cardiac Defibrillator
If a cardiac emergency occurs in your workplace, do you know where the nearest automated external defibrillator (AED) unit is? Do you know how to use one?
See a list of locations and other AED information.
Wendy’s to Move Out of Price Center Food Court
The opening of the expanded Price Center food court takes a big step forward when Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers serves its last hamburger and Frosty on Wednesday, April 11.
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Upcoming Staff Education and Development Courses
Cash Control Training
4/17/07
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Blink: Getting
The Most From It
4/12/07
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
FinancialLink: ENPET for Managers
4/17/07
8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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Grey Matters
April 11, 2007
6 p.m.
San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park
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number of UCSD undergraduates who received financial support in 2005-06
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number of UCSD undergraduates who received need-based financial aid in 2005-06
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total financial support for undergraduates UCSD administered in 2005-06
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Sorry, Tree
By Eileen Myles
Sexy, cool and uncompromising -— these qualities secure
Eileen Myles' eminence as America's most fearless poet. Myles'
trademark punk sensibility and intimate knowledge of poetic
tradition are at work in this eighth collection where every
love poem is political and every political poem is, ultimately,
about love. Myles has written and published more than twenty
books of poetry, prose, plays, and libretti, including "Skies,"
"Cool for You," "School of Fish" and "Not Me."
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