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San Diego Native Chris Carlson
Hired to Lead Triton Men's Basketball Program
 After a two-month long national search, UCSD has hired UCLA's director of basketball operations as the new head coach for the Triton men's basketball team, officials announced. Chris Carlson replaces Bill Carr who posted a 38-45 record in his three seasons at the helm before leaving to become the associate head coach at the University of San Diego.
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What is Ailing the American Diet?
UC Berkeley Professor Tracks
Industrial and Organic Food Chain in New Book
 What should we eat? Author Michael Pollan came to La Jolla Tuesday and spent about 90 minutes trying to answer this deceptively simple question. He took his audience on a tour of the nation’s food supply, from industrial agriculture, to large organic grocery chains, to small sustainable farms.
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Researchers Reveal Structure
of Protein Altered in Autism
As a result of mapping the structure of the protein complex
implicated in autism spectrum disorders, a research team led by scientists at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has discovered how particular genetic mutations affect this complex and contribute to the developmental abnormalities found in children with autism. Their work should help scientists pinpoint the consequences of other genetic abnormalities associated with the disorder.
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Fewer UCSD Commuters Driving Alone to Work
and School, More Using Alternative Transportation
The number of University of California, San Diego commuters
driving to the La Jolla campus or the UCSD Medical Center via single-occupancy
vehicles has dropped 12 percent in the last six years, down from 66 percent in 2001
to 54 percent in 2007, according to a recent report from the UCSD Department of
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography Honors
Genome Code Breaker J. Craig Venter
in Public Ceremony and Lecture June 20th
 Imagine a future in which your physician writes a prescription for a drug made to your exact genetic specifications. Imagine genetically engineered bacteria being used to clean up toxic chemical spills. Imagine being able to diagnose the health of the oceans by analyzing the genetic makeup of a microorganism. Thanks to genomics visionary J. Craig Venter, leader of the Human Genome Project that successfully sequenced human DNA in 2000, all this could become a reality very soon.
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UCSD Director of Athletics
Earl Edwards Wins National AstroTurf Award
 UCSD Director of Athletics Earl W. Edwards received an AstroTurf Athletic Director of the Year Award from the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics earlier this month. He shares the honor with 28 other athletic directors across the nation. Edwards was recognized for the association's Division II West Region.
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Next time you hear the sound of chimes coming from the top of the Geisel Library, stop and look up. If they’re tolling the hour, you’re hearing a machine. But if you’re hearing a pop song, an aria from an opera or a modern piece, you’re listening to Scott Paulson, the man behind the chimes’ music.
New Basketball Coaches
San Diegans are getting a chance to travel back in time to the Middle East in pre-Biblical times, some 6,000 years ago. Their time machine is a new exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Man. “Journey to the Copper Age” opened to the public last week to rave reviews and it is guest-curated by UCSD archaeologist Tom Levy. 
The La Jolla Playhouse is offering its annual special
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