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Sharing an Inconvenient Truth
What do two key UCSD administrators, actress Cameron Diaz and a stay-at-home mother from Alabama all have in common? They all wanted to learn more about Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth." So, they attended training sessions where Gore himself taught how to give the slide show about climate change that is the backbone of his Academy Award-winning documentary. They also got to rub shoulders with the former vice president, albeit for a few minutes.
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Campus Sustainability Leaders
Recognized During Earth Week
From supporting a 100 percent biodiesel shuttle bus test program to an ongoing quest for energy efficient buildings, students, staff, faculty, and alumni of UC San Diego are engaged in all-out sustainability efforts. An awards ceremony to honor leaders in these sustainability endeavors was held today in the Price Center to mark the beginning of Earth Week April 16-20. More

Medical Students Reach Out to Care
for Uninsured through Free Clinic Project
One cares for her six grandchildren while fighting off knee and stomach pain. Another lost his job months after being diagnosed with diabetes. Yet another suffers from asthma and heart ailments. None of them has health insurance. Their medical conditions could spell disaster in their already precarious lives. But they, and more than 1000 others, have access to free health care through the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project. More

New Student Services Center Already Hub of Activity Before Grand Opening
It’s Tuesday morning at UCSD’s brand-new Student Services Center, and though many departments haven’t yet moved in, the place is buzzing with activity. About 1,400 high school students and their families are going through the building’s courtyard, which is the starting point of their campus tour. More

Making a Difference
Students Spend Spring Break Helping Others
Every year, scores of UCSD students fan out across the globe for spring break. Some spend their time at the beach or on the slopes. But quite a few choose to dedicate their one-week vacation to community service. The trips, known as alternative spring breaks, can take students as far as China, Russia and Peru. Some work in orphanages. Others volunteer in schools and hospitals. Here, we ask two participants to check in and tell us about their experiences. More

Level-Headed:
Economics Experiment Finds Taste for Equality
The rich don’t get richer—at least not in laboratory games. According to a new study of behavioral economics, published in the April 12, 2007 issue of Nature, people will spend their own money to make the rich less rich and the poor less poor. They do so without any hope of personal gain, acting, it seems, out of a taste for equality and sense of fair play. More

Festival Showcases Emerging Writers
An Arab-American archeologist looks for a sacred book in Saudi Arabia. Five idealists try to start a commune in the mountains of Kentucky. A 15-year-old and his mother visit the wildflower capital of Colorado. A Mexican immigrant helps a 12-year-old girl get over her fears. Their stories will unfold on a UCSD stage in April during the university’s Baldwin New Play Festival, showcasing the talents of student writers, directors, actors and designers. More

Wired for Sound: How the Brain Senses Visual Illusions
In a study that could help reveal how illusions are produced in the brain’s visual cortex, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have found new evidence of rapid integration of auditory and visual sensations in the brain.  Their findings, which provide new insight into neural mechanisms by which visual perception can be altered by concurrent auditory events, will be published online in the April 12 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience. More

Earthshaking Images
The powerful earthquake struck suddenly, shaking the seven-story building so hard it bent, cracked and swayed in response. In a groundbreaking series of tests, engineering researchers from UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering jarred a full-size 275-ton building erected on a shake table, duplicating ground motions recorded during the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles, California. More

Award Recognizes Chief Operating
Officer in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jan Cox, the chief operating officer of the department of electrical and computer engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2007 Betsy Faught Award. The award recognizes excellence and outstanding achievement in the management of general campus academic units and honors the memory of Betsy Faught, a department manager who adeptly and skillfully managed an academic program at UCSD for more than 20 years. More

Basketball Coach Janell Jones Leaving UCSD
Coach Janell Jones, who led the women's basketball team to their best season in history, is leaving UCSD. Jones accepted a head coach position at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. Mercer is a Division I school but finished last in their 10-team league last season. This year, Jones led the Tritons to their first-ever victory in a regional championship. The team then went all the way up to the semifinals of the NCAA national Division II championship.

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