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UCSD Baseball Player Hangs
Hopes on Major League Draft
Brain Tumor Doesn't Deter Athlete's Drive
Matt Lawson always liked Tim McGraw’s song “Live Like You Were Dying.” He didn’t know that very tune might become the soundtrack of his own life. Lawson, the captain of UCSD’s baseball team, found out he had a brain tumor last year. But that hasn’t stopped him from playing -- and leading his team to one of its best seasons in years. “I don’t feel sorry for myself,” he said. “I like to live like I’m dying, even though, hopefully, I’m not.”
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Solving the Omnivore's Dilemma
UC Berkeley Professor Michael Pollan
to Discuss New Book on What Ails the American Diet
What’s for dinner? According to New York Times Magazine
contributor and UC Berkeley professor Michael Pollan, our very survival as a species depends on how we answer this seemingly simple question. He will explain why during the latest installment of UCSD’s Revelle Forum Series June 12 at The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla.
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New Phone Messaging System Boosts
Campus' Emergency-Response Ability
Following the tragic deaths on the Virginia Tech
campus in April, UC San Diego leaders conducted a Town Hall on May 7
for students, faculty and staff to explain the university’s
emergency-preparedness plans and procedures. One of the
communication upgrades promised at that meeting, a voice-and-text-messaging
system sent to individual cell phones that promises to speed and expand
campuswide notification of emergencies, began operation on Friday.
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Eleven Campus Commencement Ceremonies
to See Diplomas Awarded to Some 5,000 Students
A total 5,547 students are scheduled to receive diplomas
during 11 separate graduation ceremonies to be held on campus June 2 to June 18. More than 50,000 family members and guests are expected to attend. The first of the commencements was held by the Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Saturday. More
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New Home of Rady School of Management Dedicated
Building Named After UCSD CONNECT Co-founder
 Hundreds of voices shouted: “One, two, three, cut!” Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, San Diego businessman Ernest Rady and Anne Otterson, the widow of local entrepreneur Bill Otterson, graciously obliged. They cut a silky ribbon to dedicate the new home of the Rady School of Management Friday.
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Engineers Will Rock Porters Pub as
Part of New 'Jacobs School of Rock' Concert Series
At rock shows, the engineers are often backstage operating the sound equipment and running the computer systems; but at UCSD, the engineers are moving out front. Serge Belongie, a computer science and engineering professor, has started a new concert series featuring bands affiliated with the Jacobs School of Engineering.
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Human Stem Cell Treatment
Restores Motor Function in Paralyzed Rats
Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned
to near normal ambulatory function six weeks after receiving
grafts of human spinal stem cells researchers from the
School of Medicine
report. The study, led by Dr. Martin Marsala, a
professor of anesthesiology, is published in the June 29
issue of the journal Neuroscience, which is now available online.
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Artist’s ‘Scalable City’
on Exhibit at National Academy of Sciences
After Los Angeles, Warsaw, and Shanghai, Washington D.C.
is the newest venue for an interactive multimedia art
installation developed by Visual Arts Professor
Sheldon Brown. Components of his Scalable City project went on display today at
the headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences in the nation's capital,
as part of a new exhibition titled "Speculative Data and the Creative
Imaginary: Shared Visions Between Art and Technology."
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ICAM Students to Display Best Work at Art Show
The exhibit “ICAM.best_of” showcases the talent of Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts Major (ICAM) seniors who have been working in the interdisciplinary worlds of technology and art. Their pieces include a wide range of works, from static art to robots. The exhibit takes place from 7 to 10 p.m. June 11 at Calit2’s auditorium. |
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Engineering Professor Elected to Royal Society
Paul Linden, a professor at the Jacobs School of
Engineering, has been elected as a fellow to the United Kingdom's National Academy of Science in recognition of his worldwide influence on the scientific field of experimental fluid dynamics. Linden, the Blasker Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering and chair of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is one of 44 scientists recognized this year by the Royal Society for exceptional contributions to society in the fields of science, engineering and medicine.
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Be the First
UCSD Staff Idol
Got pipes? Sing your heart out at the first-ever "UCSD Staff Idol" contest at the 2007 Staff Picnic in August, with prizes for finalists and a grand prize for the winner. E-mail sachair@ucsd.edu for sign-up info.
Upcoming Staff Education and Development Courses
Performance Management
6/6/07 to 7/18/07
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Advanced Microsoft Access 2003
6/12, 6/14, 6/19 and 6/21
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Resilient Leadership
During Changing Times
6/13/07
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Carmen
June 5 — July 22
La Jolla Playhouse |
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total number of degrees UCSD will confer during this year's commencement ceremonies |
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104: number of M.D. degrees awarded by the School of Medicine during its June 3 graduation |
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number of Pharm.D. degrees the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences awarded during its June 2 graduation |
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What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Do They Matter? (Paperback)
By David Noel Freedman
and Pam Fox Kuhlken
There are plenty of scholarly volumes on the Dead Sea Scrolls, full of indexes, footnotes, and jargon. But what about nonspecialists who just want a basic understanding of what the Dead Sea Scrolls are and why they're so important? That's where this little book comes in. David Noel Freedman and Pam Fox Kuhlken offer an informed, inside look at these significant ancient texts. Full of humor and behind-the-scenes glimpses into research on the Scrolls, "What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Do They Matter?" is perfect for any reader seeking a brief, quality introduction to this inscrutable subject.
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Congratulations to the more than 6,000 students who will graduate from UC San Diego’s undergraduate colleges and graduate schools this month. 
